Schedule a Lecture/Workshop with Paula Reid
- Lecture Fees: The fee for one lecture is $350 plus travel expenses.
(Click HERE to view a sample contract.)
Confessions of an Avid (some say batty) Machine Quilter:
This lecture is approximately one hour duration, can be tailored to fit your time frame. This is a trunk show of Paula’s work from the very modest
beginning to the present. LOTS of quilts; no slides.
The 10 Commandments of Successful Machine Quilting
(Or How to Persuade a Wayward Quilt to Hang Straight!):
This lecture is a light-hearted, but informative look at the various challenges you may encounter and techniques you can use to
wrestle your problem quilt into submission.
WORKSHOPS
- Workshop Fees: The fee for all one-day workshops is $650 for 20 or fewer participants; additional participants are $30 each. Plus travel expenses. (Click HERE to view a sample contract.)
- Miscellaneous: If an overnight stay is planned, a non-smoking private residence is wonderful as long as Paula gets to see the quilts. No dogs, please.
Beyond the Basics: Free Motion Boot Camp
This class is definitely not for your beginning quilter; it is for someone who is already comfortable with free motion techniques, but wants to build on those skills with more detailed quilting. Beyond the Basics touches on feathers (it's a great follow up to Feather Frenzy - you can simply continue on the same piece!) and concentrates on design, thread colors / weights, and background fills.
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Borders and Bindings
In a 6 hour workshop, participants will learn how to measure and apply straight borders, crumb catchers (a sneaky way to add color to a quilt without adding size) and borders with cornerstones by constructing a quilt based on a fat quarter and coordinating fabrics. Paula will also demonstrate mitered borders, double fold bindings (including that tricky join), bias bindings for scalloped edges, and prairie point finishes.
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Feathers & Rulers: A Double PlayA thorough exploration of feather stitching, utilizing both freehand techniques and the use of rulers (templates) to achieve this widely loved quilting design element that has stood the test of time. Different approaches mean more ways you can approach those curvy flourishes we all want on our quilts!
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Feather Frenzy
You've practiced your free motion quilting and are ready to kick it up to a whole new level. This workshop is feathers, feathers and more feathers -- stenciled as well as freehand -- to challenge your skills and help develop them further!
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Fluff & Stuff
There have been many requests for multi-day machine quilting workshops. By running the class over two or more days, participants will have the time to learn to “handle the bulk” by working on their own larger quilt tops rather than just a small sample. Instead of having to visualize techniques that work on larger quilts, your group will have the opportunity to use them. Workshop follows the format of the “Fluff & Stuff: Machine Quilting with Paula Reid” DVD.
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Introduction to Machine Quilting
Starting with "batting practice" and working through use of the walking foot, darning foot, free motion techniques, stencils and decorative threads, Paula shares her invaluable tips for streamlining the quilting process, making it faster and more fun for you. This class normally lasts 6 hours, but it can be tailored to your time frame and the group’s experience level.
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Machine Appliqué Techniques
Several appliqué techniques are taught in this class, including faced appliqué, freezer paper, reverse appliqué, and three dimensional appliqué. Since the object of this class is to teach techniques that duplicate the look of time-intensive hand work without actually having to do any, no fusibles are used. Class duration is 4 to 6 hours, depending on practice time.
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Machine Embellishment Techniques
Learn texturing techniques using fabric manipulation, threads, ribbons, beads, charms, and any other found objects with no other immediate discernible purpose. (Don’t use that whisk! It’s going on my desserts quilt!). A six hour frenzy leads to an ever-increased creativity quotient that helps you distinctively embellish quilts, wearables,?
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Positive/Negative: Adding Color to Trapunto by Machine
In this workshop, we experiment with Trapunto techniques by adding color. There are four blocks in this 26” quilt; two of them bring color into the background while the other two have color in the Trapunto area. Recommended for the intermediate quilter with some free motion experience.
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Ruler Play on a Domestic MachineHave you ever seen longarm quilters using rulers to keep their lines straight while in free motion? Or maybe executing curves and circles without having to draw on their quilts? Now, Leonie West of Australia has designed a system for domestic machines so that we can use rulers, too! No walking foot needed for straight lines, minimal marking for the fancy stuff – this is really fun, easy and time saving!
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Ruler Play 2 - Feathers, Circles, & More!Picking up where Ruler Play ends, the templates include different feather styles with both curved and straight spines, spinning feathers, and Baptist Fan motifs, expanding the student’s design selection and template handling skills.
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Ruler Play 3 - Quilting & Applique
Another cool way to use rulers for quilting! With this technique, you will learn to use templates to accomplish reverse applique and quilting at the same time, making applique faster and easier to add to your quilts! Using techniques from Leonie West, the inventor of the Westalee templates, you will add the Templee Quilt Technique to your roster of skills you can do with your rulers!
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Continuum: A Two Day Ruler Play Project
Continuum is an 87”x78” quilt-as-you-go designed by Leonie West, the genius behind the Westalee brand of quilting templates. The quilt contains 13 different blocks using the templates included in the Continuum Class in a Bag. In this two day workshop, you will stitch each of the blocks once (and Block A twice) to make a 49”x42” quilt. Because we are stitching so many blocks and time is of the essence, the blocks (fabric and batting) must be cut ahead of time and brought to class. Be sure to read through the cutting instructions to allow time for this before you come to class; it took me about 2-1/2 hours to cut everything.
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Tequila Sunrise
A one or two day workshop featuring instruction in weaving with raw edges, piecing, and Trapunto to make a striking contemporary 34” square wall hanging with a pieced border. The original is made of hand-dyed fabrics; kits from Pieces of Dreams are available if participants wish to use the identical fabrics. This class is for the quilter with intermediate skills. A 1- or 2-day class available.
- 1-day class results in a 14" piece with one woven block.
- 2-day class makes a 34" wall quilt with 4 woven blocks.
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Trapunto by Machine
Using techniques that were pioneered by Hari Walner, Paula teaches you how to easily attain that beautiful raised look without time-consuming stuffing or cutting holes in the back of your work. In 6 hours, most participants will complete an 18" project, but the workshop can be shortened and the project finished at home.
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Tropical Seas
A 2-day workshop featuring instruction in weaving with raw edges, piecing, and machine appliqué to make an underwater seascape as seen on "Simply Quilts"
Episode 539. This quilt measures 34” square and has a pieced border. The original is made of hand-dyed fabrics; kits from Pieces of Dreams are available if participants wish to use the identical fabrics. This class is for the quilter with intermediate skills.
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Winter Holidays Kaleidoscope Quilt
Originally designed for Alex Anderson’s "Simply Quilts" television series, this is a piecing class for beginning to intermediate level quilters. On the show, we made wall hangings for Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Use theme fabrics and coordinates to celebrate your own winter holiday!
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