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Non-MEMBERS: Workshops become available for registration to our non-member friends, 90 days prior to Workshop Date.

Unless otherwise stated, all meeting programs are held at Faith United Methodist Church, 432 59th Street, Downers Grove, IL, 60516

Quilting with Rulers on a Domestic Sewing Machine

Debbie Wesenberg

and

Bobbi Butler

The same workshop will be held on two days. Your choice:

Friday, October 24, 2025

OR

Saturday, October 25, 2025

9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Class Level: Beginner

Workshop Description

In this workshop, Debbie Wesenberg and Bobbi Butler will focus on techniques for using rulers on your domestic sewing machine. Debbie and Bobbi are excellent educators when it comes to teaching you how to set up your machine and workspace for successful quilting results.

You will be using Debbie’s rulers in the class. By the end of this workshop you will feel confident in your work and you will know if this is a new skill you want to develop more, and then invest in a couple of rulers.

  • Machine quilting with rulers—also known as ruler work—is a technique that allows quilters to achieve precise, consistent designs using a domestic or longarm sewing machine. By guiding specially designed acrylic rulers, along with a ruler foot, quilters can stitch straight lines, curves, circles, and intricate motifs with control and accuracy that’s difficult to achieve with freehand quilting alone.

    This method bridges the gap between the freedom of free motion quilting and the structure of walking foot quilting, opening up a world of creative possibilities.

    Whether you’re aiming for modern geometric patterns or elegant traditional motifs, ruler quilting offers a powerful toolset to elevate your quilting precision and polish.

Tiny Little Pieces

Giuce Giuce

March 26, 2026

9:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Class Level: All

Workshop Description

This workshop will build your skills and your confidence in worksing with tiny pieces, something that Giuce is known for. More details on the workshop will be available soon.

Giucy learned to sew from his grandmother, a very talented (but exacting) seamstress. While he found garment sewing a bit finicky, he discovered quilting while in college. He began with improvisational quilts before moving into modern traditional territory. “I joined Instagram shortly thereafter and quickly found myself making long distance friends in the ever-growing quilting community via social media.” He moved around a bit but moved back to New York to pursue a career in textiles. Shortly after, he was offered a marketing position at Andover Fabrics and was promoted to multimedia manager a year later. In 2018, he refocused his energy to fabric design and released his first collection Quantum. In 2021 he released his TENTH collection called Nonna, “an homage to my beloved grandmother and her home where I learned to sew”. His release of Sleuth, is the third and final collection in a true crime series I have dubbed The Gnarls Hollow Trilogy.  His newest offering, Enrapture, is in collaboration with Free Spirit fabrics and should be available November, 2025. Giuce resides in Portland, Maine where he continues to design fabric and patterns, lecture, and  teach quilting workshops.

A supply list will be available closer to the class.

Register online for this class or contact Rosemary Sullivan.