These are approx. 50-minute presentations, including 10 minutes of Q and A.
If you’d like a class on something you see on this website, and it’s not listed below, please email me! We can work it out! Currently these classes are offered online only.
English Paper Piecing Revival
It’s at least 300 years old; it’s raging in the quilt world now, for good reasons. I’ll show my EPP quilts, small and large; and 3D stitched objects, like polyhedrons that become bowls, purses, toys, etc. Machine vs. hand sewing options. How to use children’s blocks to design quilts. This lecture stands on its own, or can be the opening of my workshop on the subject.
Examples of these quilts are in Gallery 2, English Paper Piecing, and the polyhedra are here.
English Paper Pieced mat
Pincushion (truncated cuboctahedron
Scrap Cities
I’ve made quilts inspired by New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and many fantasy lands. We’ll go on a whirlwind tour with photos of real buildings, and how they inspire fun, mostly pieced fabric versions.
This lecture stands on it own, or can be the opening of my workshop on the subject. See quilt examples in Gallery 3, Scrap Cities.
Time Travel Quilts
Examples of using vintage fabric, like denim jeans; linen dinner napkins; clothing (beyond tee shirts); neckties; embroideries; hankies; lace; and much more. Ideas for combining new and old elements. This lecture stands on it own, or can be the opening of a workshop
‘Luncheon Linens’ combines old textiles with new hexagon-shaped quilt blocks
‘Sunbonnet Sue says “Me Too,”’ made from vintage embroidered and crocheted linens, and vintage buttons.
Lookouts: 4-Face sculpture, made from jeans. Travelling internationally with a Studio Art Quilters Association show.
“These are old jeans,” in French (Ce sont des vieux jeans.”)
A Jewish Quilting Journey
All-American patchwork quilting meets Judaica. How my Jewish heritage influenced my quilting. Judaism has a historic love for textiles. Quilting techniques and ideas are perfectly suited for it. Wedding canopies, prayer shawls, yarmulkes designed using kaleidoscopic quilting techniques. My love for trompe l’oeil matzoh fabric (for quilted Passover evening purses, earrings, pillows, and matzoh covers). This lecture stands on it own, or can be the opening of a workshop.
Learn more about this on my Judaiquilt.com website.
‘Invocation’, a Tree of Life quilt that also serves as a wedding canopy, shown to the right.
Testimonials
Cathy, your presentation was fabulous. — MS
Cathy's quilts were outstanding and her explanations just wonderful. Made me want to be a quilter. Maybe a few careers from now. — AS
Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your talk today. So did the rest of the guild. Keep creating and sharing. Your quilts are awesome. — CL
Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your talk today. So did the rest of the guild. Keep creating and sharing. Your quilts are awesome. — CL
Cathy gave a FABULOUS presentation for our needlework guild. She is a fount of knowledge. Her talk was appreciated by quilters and non-quilters alike. She is so creative—we were all in awe of all her different block configurations and quilts. — MS (English Paper Piecing)
Cathy Perlmutter was amazing with her presentation. So surely knows her stuff with piecing. — DM
Thank you so much for your talk and presentation last night. I was blown over by your arrangement of fabrics and colors. Such talent!! It's amazing what you create from such simple shapes. — EL
