Ruler Quilting

an in-person workshop by

Gina Perkes

Sponsored by the Cholla Chapter of AQG

Friday, September 19, 2025
1 pm to 4 pm (Arizona Time)

Quilting rulers or templates are amazing tools! Gina will show you how to use them to create incredible free-motion designs. Discover how to hold them for better control and accuracy, how to use the registration marks on the rulers for angles and combined designs, and how to set up your machine. Participation in the workshop exercises is optional. Students can just listen and observe.

Supply List

Class Kit (Optional):
A class kit will be available for purchase ($50.00) but is not required. Gina will have rulers that the group can use as well as having rulers for purchase.

Important!                                                          Additional Event Information:

Ruler work requires you to have a ruler foot for your sewing machine and at least the slide-on table that comes with most machines. An extended table is highly recommended. You cannot do ruler work on a free arm. The ruler must be supported by the table. See the instructors' supply lists for more information. Visit your LQS or sewing machine dealer if you don't have these.

AQG members get a 15% discount
on most purchases at 35th Ave Sew & Vac
when you show your membership card and sign up.
(Go to the membership tab for how to print your card. Then ask the cashier to sign you up to get your discount!)

Learn more about Gina Perkes

Gina Perkes is an internationally award-winning quilter. In 2015, she received the Best Longarm Machine Workmanship award at the AQS Paducah show. Her quilt Nostalgia is now part of the American Quilter’s Society collection displayed at the National Quilt Museum in Kentucky. Gina has been quilting for nearly two decades and has developed many tools for machine quilters including ruler templates and stencils for longarm and domestic machine quilting. She has appeared on several quilting shows and is the author of: Mastering the Art of Longarm Quilting, Appliquilting, Guide to Grids, and Tips for Longarm Quilting. She operates her shop, The Copper Needle, BERNINA sewing machine and longarm dealership in Payson, Arizona. Gina loves working with other quilters, sharing her techniques and helping them find inspiration and gain confidence. She teaches both domestic and longarm techniques and believes that quilting is therapeutic and strives to create a stress-free, fun learning environment for her students.

https://thecopperneedle.com/

Workshop location: Las Sendas Community Trailhead Facility
7900 E. Eagle Crest Drive
Mesa AZ 85207

This location has available parking and is fully accessible with no steps.

Registration $40

Registration is discounted to $30
for members of the Cholla Chapter until July 29.

• Members: 

Log into your account on AQG's website to register for this event!

• Non-members of AQG may attend for an additional $10.

Registration is required for admission.

Registration ends September 5, 2025

Registration is limited to 20

Cancellation Policy: 

• Cancellations must be made online (no emails).
• Cancellations 5 days (120 hours) or more before the scheduled event will receive an account credit.  The credit can be used for future AQG events.
• Cancellations less than 5 days before the event are not eligible for a credit.
  
• Refunds are not offered.

For those who are also attending the morning trunk show, Lunch is not provided. The Lunch Break is from 11am-1pm. A refrigerator and microwave are available. There is a nice restaurant near the community's golf course and several lunch restaurants are within 2-3 miles of the meeting room.