50 minutes plus Q & A

Lectures for Guilds

Digital slide shows with tons of images, stories, insights, and ideas for your own creative practice.
Virtual or in person. Booked by your guild.
$475 (in person or virtual)

  • A colorful quilt depicting a landscape scene with trees, a yellow field in the foreground, a blue sky with white stars, a large full moon, and red flowers at the base of the trees.

    Exploring Art Quilt Collage

    Deborah shares her most recent art quilts and talks about developing her own personal style. Tons of examples of her favorite techniques, materials and themes. She’ll tell stories about exciting collaborations, surprising discoveries and finding inspiration in unexpected places.

  • Art exhibit featuring three textile art pieces hanging on a white curtain and a wooden wall. The artworks are colorful and abstract, displayed with informational placards below each. A small table with a globe sculpture and a wire frame structure is positioned nearby, with a fire extinguisher on the floor and a window with blinds.

    All About Art Quilts

    What exactly is an art quilt? What can you look for in the art quilt category at a quilt show? Deborah will share an overview of art quilting materials and techniques. This is a great program for guilds who want to get a taste of the art quilting world… even if they make mostly traditional quilts.

  • Close-up of a quilt featuring a central design of a stylized dark blue bird feather on a turquoise background with various patterned fabric patches surrounding it.

    Captivating Compositions

    A lively introduction to design and composition. Deborah introduces eight classic compositions and shares inspiring examples from traditional, modern and art quilting, plus examples from fine art! Learn how using these compositions can generate ideas for fabulous, original work.

  • A quilt with embroidered designs of murals, insects, and flowers, including a large bee and a dove, set against a multicolored, tie-dye fabric background.

    Developing Your Creative Voice

    Want to make quilts that are uniquely yours? Deborah shares ideas about fully utilizing your head, heart and hands to create original work. Lots of tips for generating ideas, developing a body of work and exploring themes. Get inspired and leave with action items to get to work in your own studio.

Contact deborah

Deborah expertly manages the virtual classroom, using its possibilities to expand the information and learning opportunities. She is friendly, lively, encouraging, and full of advice on students' work.

-Workshop Participant