12/03/25 - VIRTUAL THREAD Talk - Karen L Miller - 8-9pm
What are THREAD talks?
THREAD talks is a virtual lecture series featuring a new guest speaker each month.
Lectures are live at 8pm Eastern time on the first Wednesday of each month, and cover all sorts of topics of interest to quilters and makers.
Each lecture is $35, or you can join Club Gotham to get a year's worth of THREAD talks for just $125!
THREAD talk lectures are included with a Club Gotham membership. Club members, add the lecture to your cart while logged into your account to get the automatic discount. You must register for each lecture you are interested in to receive the link to watch.
Are you a Club Gotham member?
THREAD talk lectures are included with you Club Gotham membership.
To register, add the lecture to your cart while logged into your account. When you reach the checkout page, your Club discount will be applied.
You must register for each lecture you are interested in to receive the link to watch.
Join Club Gotham for a presentation by educator and all around expert, Karen Miller! This virtual talk will take place in the Gotham Quilts Community. Once you register, you will receive an email with instructions for logging in. All Talks are in Eastern (NYC) time. Talk will not be recorded.
Gotham Quilts is committed to making our events accessible to everyone. If you have any questions about access or to request any reasonable accommodations that will facilitate your full participation in this event, please contact us at US@gothamquilts.com . If you require an accommodation or service to fully participate, please contact us at least 3 days prior to the event.
Align Your Free Motion Quilting Stars
Jump-start your Free Motion Quilting (FMQ) journey with this fun, informative, and inspiring program designed especially for home machine quilters. In "Align Your FMQ Stars," Karen shares the tips, tricks, tools, and
valuable lessons she’s gathered over years of quilting on a domestic machine.
Through slides and an engaging trunk show featuring a large variety of quilts and projects, you’ll discover what works—and what doesn’t—when quilting on a domestic, sit down or longarm machine. Karen dives deep into the details of her own quilting process, highlighting common FMQ pitfalls and offering practical solutions to help you build confidence and achieve beautiful results.
Whether you’re just starting out or looking to refine your skills, this lecture will help demystify the process, strengthen your technique, and equip you with the tools and confidence to successfully finish your quilts and small projects at home.
Meet Karen
Karen L. Miller, owner of Redbird Quilt Co., is Master Educator for Aurifil USA, an
Aurifil designer, Aurifilosopher, national educator, author, and cheerleader of all
things free motion quilting. In 2014, Karen launched Redbird Quilt Co. to share her love of machine quilting and reveal how it transforms projects from finished to fabulously finished. Karen enjoys quilting on a variety of home, sit-down, and long-arm machines. Designing and creating with all weights of Aurifil thread, she openly contributes her knowledge and experience to the greater quilting community.
When she’s not with her family and husband Cliff enjoying the multitude of songbirds that grace the Finger Lakes Region of NY, you’ll find her sharing her love of thread, applique and free motion quilting at in-person and ZOOM events with Guilds, Shops and Groups across the globe.