Creative Designs. Reasonable Rates.
QUILT LECTURES,
TRUNK SHOWS & WORKSHOPS
Inspirational, Informative, & Entertaining Presentations
for Quilt Guilds & Other Groups
Be inspired by Barbara’s passion for quilting and design as she shares her expertise and showcases her traditional and artistic contemporary quilts to demonstrate her lecture’s lessons.
Barbara is a juried member of the New England Quilt Museum’s teachers’ league. She has taught quilters in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East.
She has been honored with four solo exhibits in recent years. She has displayed widely at local quilt and art shows, libraries, county fairs, and, on her first attempt in summer 2022, an international juried show. In 2023, she began exhibiting her work in Massachusetts art galleries from Boston to Lowell and Cape Cod to Concord.
Her quilts have appeared in national print publications,on local cable and PBS TV networks as well as in the American Quilter’s Society World Quilt Parades. Her quilts are in private collections from San Francisco to Sao Paolo, Brazil and Paris to Madrid.
Groups of all kinds – not just quilters – enjoy Barbara’s trunk shows.
QUILT PROGRAMS BY BARBARA GRACEFFA
All quilt lectures and trunk shows available via ZOOM
QUILT LECTURES/SLIDESHOWS
View quilt lecture descriptions, updated July 2024
A GUILD FAVORITE:
7 Easy Steps to Achieve Color Harmony
NEW Gee’s Bend: The Artistry of “My Way” Quilts
MY MOST POPULAR LECTURE:
If Picasso Was a Quilter: How to Cultivate Your Creative Genius
Keeping You in Stitches: Quilters’ Comedy Café
Let It Go: Decluttering and Organizing Your Sewing Room
(BONUS: Barbara’s three-step process is applicable to any space in your home!)
NEW Modern Quilts: Try It. You’ll Like It!
Secret Codes in Quilts from the Underground Railroad: Fact or Fiction?
Setting Up Your Sewing Studio for Fun and Function
QUILT TRUNK SHOWS
View quilt trunk shows descriptions and photos, updated July 2024
Flower Power: A Garden of Floral Quilts
An Introduction to Art Quilts:
Taking Baby Steps to Think Outside the Block
Kick It Up A Notch:
Color, Embellishments, Techniques, and More
Lady Sings the Blues: Barbara’s Favorite Blue Quilts
“Sew” Creative: The Fabric of My Life
NEW Small Quilts, Big Stories
ANOTHER GUILD FAVORITE:
A Walk Down “Cheat Street:”
Using Panels and Large Print Fabric in Quilts
Water, Water Everywhere:
The Best of Barbara’s Coastal Quilts
Winning Weekend Wonders:
Quick and Easy Small Quilts
QUILT WORKSHOPS
View quilt workshop descriptions and photos, Updated July 2024
NEW Block Heads: Silly Self-Portrait Quilts
Cut ‘n Paste:
From Fussy Cut Panel Pieces to Unique Art Quilts
Do the String Thing: The “Coffee Roll” Quilt
Fracture Fun: Easy Art Quilts Using Printed Panels
An Introduction to Improvisational Quilts
Welcome to Wonky Town
THREE NO-SEWING-MACHINE-REQUIRED WORKSHOPS
NEW Confetti 2.0
A Good Hair Day:
Creating a No-pattern, Collage Wall Hanging
Trees, Trees, Trees
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Santa Claus is Coming to Quilt Town
Yule ab-sew-lutely love this Christmas program. Have photos with Santa Barbara (wearing her handmade Santa suit, of course!). See a sample of her Christmas and winter quilts and hear funny seasonal quilting song and poems (This event is for “good girls and boys” only!)
Book early for November and December meetings.
TESTIMONIALS
“Barbara’s workshop was AMAZING! Her presentation was exciting, inspiring, and so informative. Her creativity is off the charts and her patient encouragement, helpful suggestions and pleasant, happy demeanor made this workshop so much FUN! I can’t wait to take another workshop with Barbara!!!”
“Thanks for an uplifting lecture. Often after a lecture, I question my choice in hobbies – doubting I can quilt well. But Barbara’s Picasso lecture on creativity gave me hope and confidence to tackle any future project. Thinking outside the block is so much more fun!’
“All the reviews from our guild were ultra-positive. Barbara speaks as if she is talking to friends. Her presentation was enjoyable and inspirational.”
“Barbara’s presentation was the best talk on color I have heard in 20 years of quilting. The talk was professional, highly- organized and delivered with the use of beautiful graphics and examples of her own lovely work.”
“A very inspiring talk. Barbara’s quilts are beautiful and very much art pieces.”
“Barbara’s warm and gentle, but confident, personality make her an instant fit with any group. She is a talented and enthusiastic member of the quilting community.”
“Barbara’s ‘super power’ is the relaxed, non-judgmental learning environment she creates. Encouraging us to ask questions, share our own ideas and providing helpful feedback are the three pillars of her classes.”
Ready to book an event?
Please contact Barbara for open dates and rates.
Call 617-921-6033 or email barbara@sec-interior.com