Welcome!
Beth Ann Williams offers engaging virtual lectures and trunk shows for quilt guilds and creative communities.
With nearly 30 years of teaching experience, Beth Ann combines practical quilting techniques, thoughtful design insights, and personal storytelling to help quilters build skills and confidence. Her programs include beautiful quilt samples, close-up photography, and clear explanations designed to inspire quilters of all skill levels.
Beth Ann is the author of multiple quilting books published by Martingale & Company and teaches internationally through online workshops, quilting summits, and her growing YouTube channel.
Current Availability
Schedule permitting, Beth Ann is currently accepting bookings for:
Virtual Guild Lectures / Trunk Shows
• 45–60 minute presentation
• Live on Zoom
• Hosted on the guild’s Zoom account
• Includes time for questions
Lecture Fee: $550 USD
Beth Ann is also open to participating in online quilting summits and special virtual events.
Program Menu
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• Celtic-Style Appliqué by Machine: Continuous Lines and Timeless Designs
• Color Gets the Credit but Value Does the Work
• Fabulous Quilt Bindings by Machine
• First Steps in Thread Painting
• Heirloom Appliqué by Machine
Lecture/Trunk Show Descriptions – online only
Each program includes quilt samples, close-up photography, and time for questions.
Featured Lectures:
Celtic-Style Appliqué by Machine: Continuous Lines and Timeless Designs
When you look back over your life, can you spot themes, styles, colors, or emotions that act as through lines, connecting your past to your present? In this lecture/trunk show, Beth Ann shares both the historical context for Celtic-style designs and the personal context for how this inspiration has been a recurring element in her personal and creative life, helping to shape her career as a fiber artist, quilter, designer, and author. You’ll also get an overview of Beth Ann’s creative process, from drawing to finished machine appliqué. The tips and tricks she has developed over the years make the techniques surprisingly accessible!
Color Gets the Credit but Value Does the Work
How confident are you when picking fabrics for a new project? Do you ever hesitate when figuring out which fabric to use and where? Even more than color, value (the relative lightness or darkness of each hue) can make or break a design. But once you understand how the various elements work together, you’ll be ready to define individual shapes within a pattern, establish focal areas, and play with depth and luminosity with ease. Whether your style is traditional, modern, or somewhere in between, value is a wonderful tool!
Fabulous Quilt Bindings by Machine
Quilt bindings don’t have to be slow, fussy, or finished by hand to look beautiful. In this lecture and trunk show, Beth Ann shares five favorite machine-sewn binding styles—from nearly invisible finishes to eye-catching decorative edges.
Through step-by-step comparisons, real quilt samples, and close-up photography, you’ll see how each style behaves and where it shines. Along the way, Beth Ann will share practical tips for crisp corners, smooth joins, and bindings that lie flat and wear well.
If you’ve ever wished binding could be faster, easier, or just more fun, you may discover a new favorite technique!
Additional Lecture Topics:
First Steps in Thread Painting
See how fun and easy it can be to beautifully finish the edges of raw-edged machine appliqué, add subtle dimension and shading to commercially printed motifs, bring an original sketch to life, or add fun details to pictorial or landscape quilts – all on your home sewing machine. We’ll also explore how to set yourself up for success with your choice of stitch settings, presser feet, sewing machine needles, specific types of threads, and a variety of stabilizers. Thread painting techniques can be used for accents or embellishment in quilting, sewing, home dec, craft, or clothing projects; as well as to create frameable pieces of fiber art, To get started, you’ll need a free-motion, spring-embroidery, or darning foot and the ability to lower the feed dogs on your machine. Previous free-motion quilting experience will be helpful; but is not necessary. It’s a lot easier than you may think!
Heirloom Appliqué by Machine
Learn how satisfying it can be to create the look of heirloom-quality hand appliqué with finished edges – all with your sewing machine! Beth Ann, who transformed her quilting practice after health challenges, will use the classic Orange Peel design to showcase a step-by-step overview of three of her favorite beginner-friendly methods for preparing finished edges. We’ll also explore her top recommendations for presser feet, needles, thread, stitch settings, and handy notions that help make the process faster, easier, and more enjoyable. Includes a trunk show of quilts and design examples.
Quilting Inspiration Everywhere: Seeing Your Next Quilt in Nature
In this inspiring lecture and trunk show, Beth Ann explores how the natural world can spark creativity in surprising ways. From flowers and forests to lakes, landscapes, and even images from space, she’ll share the moments, memories, and visual details that have inspired many of her quilts.
Through beautiful quilt examples, photographs, and stories from her creative journey, Beth Ann demonstrates how color, texture, light, and pattern in nature can translate into powerful design ideas.
Whether you’re designing an original quilt or interpreting a published pattern, you’ll leave with new ways to see inspiration everywhere – and practical ideas for bringing those sparks of inspiration into your own quilting.
See Beth Ann Teaching
You can also sample Beth Ann’s teaching style on her YouTube channel, where she shares quilting tutorials and creative inspiration with thousands of quilters worldwide.
The video below is one of her most popular teaching demonstrations.
Visit the channel:
https://youtube.com/@bethannwilliamsquilts
Booking Information
Please download and review the Virtual Lecture Contract before contacting Beth Ann. Most common scheduling, payment and technical questions are answered in the document.
To check availability, please email Beth Ann at bethannwilliamsquilts@gmail.com
• your preferred lecture topic
• 2–3 possible meeting dates
• your time zone
• approximate guild membership size
Beth Ann typically replies within 24–48 hours.
Download the contract here:
ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
Pricing for contracted events will not change after the contracts have been signed by all parties, even if the listings change.
In the meantime, you’re warmly invited to explore my online classes, patterns, and free tutorials available through my Shop, YouTube channel, and Blog.
