Lecture: Make Your Mark

By Gretchen Keller

Make Your Mark Lecture Description

Adding hand embroidery to a small quilt is a great way to personalize your project and add an extra layer of visual interest. In this lecture, ideas will be flowing as you see a wide variety of examples from easy stitches to more complex designs. Hear about helpful tools, techniques and tips. Whether you are a beginner or experienced quilter, modern or traditional, you will want to attend this lecture and make your mark! 

Hand embroidery example on the Sally's Seeing Stars quilt.

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Make Your Mark Lecture Dates

New dates are added as lectures are booked.

• Material Girls Quilt Club

  • Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

  • May 7, 2026

• Winter Quilt Show by Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts

  • West Bend, Wisconsin

  • February 14, 2026

Speaker: Gretchen Keller, Patsy Mabel Designs

Gretchen is the owner of Patsy Mabel Designs, a quilt pattern company named in honor of her two grandmothers. She has been making quilts for more than 20 years and today her patterns blend the tradition of quilting with the craft of hand embroidery. Gretchen enjoys making contemporary quilt designs and helping quilters have joyful and rewarding experiences.

Lecture speaker Gretchen Keller at a sewing machine.