Our general meetings are educational, fun, social events when we gather to celebrate our love of modern quilting! Meetings are free for members.
This is a special Modified General Meeting in person evening lecture by Giuseppe Ribaudo on Friday evening March 13, 2026 6:00pm-8:00pm EST. Please note this will be instead of the normal 3rd Saturday meeting.
Zoom or Hyatt Place Boca Raton 100 E. Palmetto Park Road Boca Raton, Florida
Lecture: Giuseppe Ribaudo (Giucy Giuce) - My Professional Journey + Trunk Show
Bio : 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. I continue to design fabric and patterns and teach quilting classes for shops and guilds across the country.
Find out more about Giuseppe at IG: @giucy_giuce | Website: GiucyGiuce.com
Zoom link will be sent via email or find in Facebook Members Only Group Events.
Meeting Preview will be available on the blog about a week before the event.
Meeting Recap will be available on the blog about a week after the event.