{"id":8349,"date":"2021-04-30T09:41:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T16:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.road2ca.com\/blog\/?p=8349"},"modified":"2021-04-30T09:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T16:41:09","slug":"catherine-redford-roadhome-may-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/30\/catherine-redford-roadhome-may-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine Redford \u2013 Road@Home May Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Catherine Redford<\/a> will be teaching a one-hour lecture on Friday, May 21st<\/sup> from 1:00 \u2013 2:00 PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FL05 \u2013 Walking Foot Quilting – Steps To Success<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And two, three-hour classes on Sunday, May 23rd<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SU109 \u2013 Walking Foot Quilting – Beyond The Ditch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Catherine<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

SU114 \u2013 English Paper Piecing: Traditional Techniques, Tips And Tricks (This class has a kit available which must be ordered by May 7th<\/sup><\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Catherine<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Meet Catherine Redford<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Catherine Redford is a quilter, teacher, speaker, author, and as she says, \u201cProud to be a BERNINA Ambassador<\/a>!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Catherine shared that she has \u201calways been a maker, preferring crafts to homework for most of my teens, which led to a lot of homework getting finished on the bus!\u201d She cross-stitched while her children were small and learned to quilt after her family moved to the United States. Her eldest daughter needed to make a block for a Girl Scout project and Catherine says from helping with that little project, she has never looked back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catherine\u2019s current focus is on teaching machine quilting classes. This interest started in 1968 when she took a beginner class to make a four-block sampler. The class hand quilted it, which according to Catherine \u201cwas OK, but that class was followed by another one, and then another one\u2026 I realized I needed to learn to machine quilt to keep up with all the tops. So, I did! I quilted everything I could until my skills improved to a level I was happy with. I still learn something every time I finish a quilt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quilting and Teaching Through Coronavirus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When the Coronavirus lockdowns began, Catherine Redford started making lots of small quilts to keep herself busy and to try out some ideas that she had \u201cbrewing for a long time with no time to investigate.\u201d  She hand stitched a series of embroideries to stay calm and give her \u201cpause for thought in the summer.\u201d It was during this period that she also began teaching and lecturing via Zoom, keeping up with all the little tasks associated with on-line teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catherine describes her sewing studio as \u201ca lovely large room. It used to be our daughters\u2019 room and is painted daffodil yellow, so it is always bright and cheery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Catherine<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Being a BERNINA Ambassador, of course her BERNINA sewing machine is her favorite quilting tool and is \u201ca very important part of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teaching at Road@Home May<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Catherine Redford started teaching in her local quilt store in 2003 and taught there until 2013 when the owner retired and closed. She taught up to 20 classes a quarter, always learning as she went. At about the same time, several opportunities arose that led her to teaching nationally and that is where she is at today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Catherine says that \u201cquilters are a great group to work with. Classes bring people together and are just so much more than a pure learning experience. Creativity, and being a creator is such an important part of all of us. I am so appreciative<\/strong> to be able to play a role in promoting that in my students\u2019 lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students taking Catherine\u2019s classes during Road@Home May<\/a> will find Catherine in her dedicated Zoom studio in her home which has great lighting and HD cameras<\/strong>. \u201cEveryone gets a front row seat <\/strong>whether I\u2019m showing my work table or stitching at the sewing machine. I will include a slide show for a close-up view<\/strong> of my finished quilts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does Catherine hope her students will learn from her classes? \u201cI strive to be a life-long learner. If I learn something new, I have always wanted to tell people about it. It was the same with learning to quilt. I love teaching technique classes that give my students new tools in their stitching tool box. I want every student to leave class energized and ready for their next project.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about Catherine Redford, please visit her website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Catherine Redford will be teaching a one-hour lecture on Friday, May 21st from 1:00 \u2013 2:00 PM FL05 \u2013 Walking Foot Quilting – Steps To Success And two, three-hour classes on Sunday, May 23rd SU109 \u2013 Walking Foot Quilting – Beyond The Ditch SU114 \u2013 English Paper Piecing: Traditional Techniques, Tips And Tricks (This class […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8356,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8349\/revisions\/8356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}