Westalee Design Accredited Teacher
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About The Instructor
Leave a ReviewA native New Yorker, Geraldine Wilkins moved to Los Angeles in 1993 to begin her photojournalism career at the Los Angeles Times. After a successful 11-year career that garnered a Pulitzer Prize, she moved to Virginia in 2005 to work for a worldwide Christian magazine.
She began her quilting journey with a Virginia church group in 2006. Since then, she has made many quilts and is a member three quilt guilds.
As a Westalee Design Accredited Teacher, an Island Batik Ambassador and Designer, a BERNINA Ambassador and a former Juki America Educator Geraldine lecture and teaches at quilt shops, retreats, and guilds. She also shares her love of quilting on www.courses.livingwaterquilter.com and social media outlets.
Geraldine teaches at national quilt shows like the American Quilter’s Society at Paducah and Grand Rapids, Quilt Con, and Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza.
Classes / Workshops
Lecture and Trunk Show
From Backstage to Main Stage – Drama and surface design with rulers – View quilts, wall hangings, placemats and other projects that showcase ruler quilting. Learn how each project is part of a journey to successful quilting on a domestic machine.
Demonstration and Trunk Show
Quilting is made easy with Westalee Design ruler foot and quilting templates! Learn how easy it is to quilt your project with the Westalee Design ruler system. A live camera demonstration, trunk show and Power Point presentation includes a large variety of physical samples quilted with Westalee rulers.
Beginner Classes
1. Power Lines – One Ruler Many Designs – Learn the power of using one ruler to create many designs and ruler techniques with the 12″ Arc ruler. Practice techniques and stitch a learned design on a pre-printed quilt panel.
2. Going in Circles – Begin with basics circle designs, then build your skills step-by-step to create repeatable designs with techniques that you’ll use again and again.
3. Dot 2 Dot – Learn how to use a ruler that combines a circle and line. Beginner’s learn design techniques and have fun making designs suitable for adults and children.
4. Clambake – Take the classic and well-loved Clamshell quilting design to the next level with advanced acrylic ruler design techniques that you can use on almost any project.
Confident Beginner Classes
1. Power Curves – One Ruler, Many Designs – Learn several Serpentine ruler designs and techniques. Select a learned design, quilt a pre-printed quilt panel and make a pillow.
2. Oval Here – Learn the versatility of the three-piece Oval set by exploring border, continuous designs, and the beauty of multiple pass designs.
3. Hex Knot, Want Knot – Learn how to use a hexagon ruler to make border edge-to-edge and block-based designs. Use a pre-printed panel to apply a learned design.
Designing with Rulers
1. ABCs of Ruler Quilting – Learn design techniques for edge-to-edge, borders and centered block designs with Sampler Set 1
2. Designing with Rulers – Learn how to design with a Crosshair Square using one ruler to create multiple designs and transfer them to a star quilt. Also learn how to combine templates to create a cohesive design.
3. Ruler & Free-Motion Surface Design – Design a Medallion with Circles on Quilts. Then fill circles with Spin-e-Fex Feathers and your favorite free-motion quilting fills
Specialty Rulers
1. Border Lines – Learn five border template techniques with Continuous border set. Designs are great for borders, sashing, negative space and edge-to-edge fillers.
Instructor Project Gallery
Geraldine:
Attending the ABC’s of Ruler Quilting Workshop in February 2020, I was so impressed with your knowledge, teaching skills, and patience with our large group at Glory Bees, Fallston. You are a wonderful lady with so many talents. I was glad to be able to read your information on Sew Steady’s web site. Congratulations on being highlighted as one of their star instructors. Enjoy life, keep motivating others, and do what makes you feel great! Thanks again.
Since February, I have ruler quilted a quilt for a veteran neighbor, made a few table runners that have been ruler quilted with the sample pack, and am currently planning out the designs for two other quilts. Thank you for you inspiration and confidence.
Debbie
I recently had a terrific time at Dena’s trunk show and beginning design class at Dover Sewing Center here in Delaware. I was both challenged and inspired by this wonderful teacher to get the most from my ruler templates and take my quilting to a whole new level. Thank you!
Loved our class with Dena. She was an outstanding teacher, so willing to share her amazing talent and insight on how to create designs with the Westalee rulers and templates.
Had a wonderful class with the most patient, caring teacher I have every come across. She works with you explaining till you understand the process of the design you are working on. Highly recommend her classes you will leave feeling that you can accomplish any design in the world. She is a excellent educator
Geraldine just did a trunk show and 2 workshops at Delaware Sewing Center and I was so inspired. It is amazing how much she can do with each template and the way she teaches with patience and helpfulness is outstanding. She shows step by step how to do each exercise and gives time for some practicing to make sure we got it. Love her workshops and hope to attend some more.
Had a good day learning how to design quilt patterns. Dena is a very good teacher, letting you figure how she made patterns and giving detailed instructions on how to do the patterns your self
Outstanding educator!
Dena is excellent. Step by step education. Dena did not rush at any time in the two day event. Not a minute was wasted time, as well.
One of the best educators, she got down to business and taught a remarkable class.
Your company has an asset, not be ignored.
Thank you, for sharing her and her talent.