Upcoming Classes
If you are in the Portland area, I’d love to see you!
I currently teach classes at Bolt Fabric Boutique:
2904 Alberta St NE
Portland, OR
Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Time: 11:00am-2:00pm (or later if we are having fun!)
Shibori Workshop
Learn how to create custom patterns and designs in indigo using traditional Japanese resist dyeing techniques. I will will walk through the steps of creating an indigo vat, and we will play with a variety of tools to create many designs.
This workshop will take place at my home studio in NE Portland.
Spaces are limited! REGISTRATION CLOSES JULY 31st.
Intro to Quilting
Date: October 11th, 18th, & 25th (three Sundays)
Time: 9:00am-1:00pm
During this three-session class, students will be guided through the entire process of creating a quilt from start to finish using Juli Rae’s Ventanas Quilt pattern.
Skills Covered in Class
Preparing and cutting fabric
Techniques for accurate and efficient piecing
Maintaining a ¼ inch seam allowance
Assembling the quilt sandwich
Basting
Quilting and binding
Can’t attend a class in person?
I have a selction of classes available online!
What others are saying:
“Juli is such an engaging teacher, and her pace, clarity and detail is excellent. This class helped me to create a quilt mockup using my own fabric collection and was thrilling to do! I will be following up with any classes Juli creates in the future for sure!” - T.S.
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“A wonderful course! Well organized, informative and with clear instruction. Whether you're a surface pattern designer or quilter (or both!) you will walk away with all of the tools needed for designing your own quilt mockups. Thanks, Juli!” -N.H.
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“Wonderful class! I did the first part as well, and because of that class and this class, I was able to complete my first quilt. I referred back to this class multiple times during my quilt's construction, the videos and explanations were extremely helpful. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in creating a quilt..” - N.B.
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“I downloaded Adobe Illustrator and then did a Google search to find some lessons on how to make a quilt in Illustrator and found this class. I had never opened Illustrator before this class. I now have a library of quilt block shapes that I can use to start dreaming up quilts of my own and even my own mock-up. The instructor is super responsive and answers questions in a very detailed and easy to follow way. As the description states, this class focuses on the mockup of the quilt, but not how to then turn that into a pattern. I highly recommend this course.” - Tasha