Ricky Tims video

A friend of mine took a class from him a few years ago at a Martha Pullen seminar in North Carolina. She said she enjoyed the class with him. He was the featured entertainment one night at a dinner. She said he can really play the piano (she taught music for 30 years). She said he was very funny and one of the nicest instructors she has had.

Sherry Starr

If you ever get the chance, take his class. It's well worth the time and money!

We were lucky enough to have our class in a big room with a piano. When he had us all sewing, he would sit down at the piano and play. Probably the first and last time I'll ever take a class with first class entertainment while I'm sewing.

Donna

Rose, I have the video, and it's worth every penny! If I never learn to quilt as perfectly as he does, there's one little trick he shows about how to get the bobbin thread to the top of the quilt after finishing an area that's worth the price all by itself. No more reaching underneath and clipping the thread! He's been at camp a couple of times, though I've never had a class from him. However, he does play a mean piano and has a subtle sense of humor that's absolutely delightful. I think you won't regret getting the video!

I recently bought both his videos, "Caveman Quilting" and "Grand Finale". They are both awesome! By the time you're done watching them, you feel like he's your new best friend. And you also feel like you can run over to your machine and do just what he does...he makes it look so easy and second nature. Well, guess what.....it was still MY clumsy free motions quilting I was doing. DARN! I will never let an opportunity to take a class with him pass me by. He is fabulous!

Hi Our guild brought him out to Australia in early August. I didn't do the workshop but I attended his day seminar including playing the piano. Everyone's right - he is such a nice fellow, with a great sense of humor AND can play the keys exceptionally well!

Cheers

-- Bronnie

I have to agree with ya, he really is very talented. I met him at camp last year & even heard him play. I was in "stitches" with his stories too. We have his caveman DVD (got it for joshua), but we haven't watched it yet....guess we need to get to it. Teri

You can see my "caveman" project in my webshots album. I have to admit it wasn't "quite" as easy as he makes it out to be. Like any project, you can see the way to do it much better after you do it wrong first! The "Grand Finale" DVD has so much information in it, you have to turn it off and walk away for a while. Information overload.

You people are good saleswomen. I just order a CD and a DVD on his site based on this thread!

You won't regret it! Hummm maybe we should contact Ricky for a commission?

... and did you notice he uses his bare fingers to move the quilts along those wonderfully graceful curves? My fingers are so dry and smooth I need a moisture cream applied way too frequently (can't use any gadgets comfortably) Mickie

Diane Gaudynski uses Neutrogena Norgwegian Formula hand cream for her hands when machine quilting. It is slightly sticky but not greasy as to leave a mark on the fabric.

Yes, the Neutrogena Norwegian Formula is what I use, but I have to apply it very frequently, seems my fingers have no sponge qualities to soak that hand cream up!

Yes, the Neutrogena Norwegian Formula is what I use, but I have to apply it very frequently, seems my fingers have no sponge qualities to soak up that hand cream!

I quilt with Neutrogena, too! I've tried most everything else for free-motion quilting, but it works better than gloves or rubber fingers or .........

joan

Can't. Put me in a room with a bunch of women, and at least one of them will be wearing perfume, or more likely a whole bunch of them. Then, one or more of the following things will happen: I will get dizzy. I will get a migraine. I will get sick. I will collapse. I will get loopy and start saying and doing really weird things.

And if one of them is wearing that stuff that I'm so allergic to that I can't even smell it, I will suffer chemical burns to my airways.

I was really lucky last night that nobody was wearing perfume at Bernina Club.

Too bad you don't live near me. Most of the shops will call all the students and let them know to not wear perfume if someone signs up and states it bothers them.

marcella