Giucy Giuce Mayhem-Managed Retreat
Giuseppe is coming back and it's going to be amazing!
Bring your sewing machine and get ready to go on a educational adventure with Giuseppe Ribaudo of Giucy Giuce!
Update 08/13/24:
Controlled Chaos
Improv meets foundation paper piecing meets mystery quilt. Need I say more?! Join Giucy Giuce as he demonstrates his foundation paper pieced approach to improv sewing in this BRAND-NEW workshop, Controlled Chaos: An FPPers Approach to improv! We'll draw improvisational elements at random from a bag. You will then learn to draft your own improv-inspired FPP designs based off the mystery element. The motifs will be the same, but everyone's pieces will be uniquely their own! This workshop will be a lively one! We'll set a timer to work on each element so we can pull enough designs to make a unique project. We’ll cover all sorts of looks and styles. Triangles, flying geese, stripes, wonky shapes. In this workshop we will be making a medallion quilt designed especially for Quilting Mayhem. Not only will we be learning this exciting approach to improv sewing, but we will also dive heavily into color and talk about Giuseppe's favorite tool for choosing fabric: VALUE! Whether you're an FPPer who loves the look of improv but long for the structure of paper piecing or you're an improv sewist looking for a new way to approach your work, this workshop truly has something for everyone. Bring an adventurous spirit to what is sure to be an exciting retreat you won't want to miss!
Click here to download the supply list.
Cancelation Policy for this event:
This event is non-refundable. We are flying the educator in specifically for this event. Please take this into consideration and make sure it fits in your schedule before signing up. If you have questions email info@quiltingmayhem.com. Please, no phone calls to the store.
Don't let this class get canceled! We have a minimum student requirement of 5 students per class. If this isn't met one week prior to the start of class, the class may be canceled.
| Skill Level: | Beginner |
| Skill Details: | All Skill Levels |
| Materials Included: | All templates and pattern info will be supplied by Quilting Mayhem on class day. Lunch each day will be provided. |
| Requirements: | Sewing machine in good working order. Supplies from provided supply list need to be brought on the first day of class. |
| Instructor: | Giuseppe Ribaudo |
| Instructor Bio: | Hi there! My name is Giuseppe Ribaudo, but I am better known as Giucy Giuce. I grew up in Long Island, NY. First generation Sicilian-American on my dad?s side and second on my mom?s, my family lived on the bottom floor of my maternal grandparents? house. My parents were restaurant owners and as such spent much of their time working, so my sister and I were often upstairs with my grandparents. My grandmother is a remarkably talented and prolific seamstress. She taught me to sew in the Sicilian fashion, which is to say she would show me how to do something and I would have approximately 10 seconds to demonstrate that I had learned it perfectly before she?d abruptly pick me up and sew the seam herself. I never much cared for the finicky elements of garment making, so sewing took a backseat for a while. It wasn?t until I was in college that I discovered quilting. I began with sewing improvisational quilts before moving into modern traditional territory. I joined Instagram shortly thereafter and quickly found myself making long distance friends in the ever-growing quilting community via social media. After bouncing around the country for about a decade, I decided to move back to New York to pursue a career in textiles. Within a few months of being in NYC I was offered a marketing position at Andover Fabrics and was promoted to multimedia manager a year later. In 2018, I refocused my energy to fabric design and released my first collection Quantum. In 2021 I released my tenth collection called Nonna, an homage to my beloved grandmother and her home where I learned to sew. My most recent release, Sleuth, is the third and final collection in a true crime series I have dubbed The Gnarls Hollow Trilogy. In 2020 I relocated to Portland, Maine where I continue to design fabric and patterns, lecture, and teach quilting workshops. |
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