GIUSEPPE RIBAUDO (aka Giucy Giuce) – Keynote speaker at World of Quilts

Re: Modular Foundation Paper Piecing

Wednesday, 6 May 2026
9:00 am to 4:00 pm with an hour break for lunch
Live, in-person at the Millwood Fire House
$75 members

Students will learn modular foundation paper piecing with Re Quilt, a uniquely customizable pattern

PATTERN FEE: $10/student for PDF of templates + printouts for class

We’ll cover all sorts of looks and styles. Triangles, flying geese, stripes, wonky shapes. 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 FPP’er 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 workshop you won’t want to miss!

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. My most recent release, Sleuth, is the third and final collection in a true crime series I have dubbed The Gnarls Hollow Trilogy.