Scarlett Rose - Quilt Teacher

Scarlett is the fifth teacher to present a 15 minute demo in the Global Quilt Connection's Sampler Platter on March 20th, 2022. Please view her 3 minute talk for groups and guilds about her virtual lectures and virtual classes on youTube. Watch Scarlett's 2021 Zoom lecture video which focuses on her lectures, from the October 4th 2021 Global Quilt Connection Meet The Teachers event. She would be glad to help with gathering a group together for a Zoom class.

Please listen or download Paula’s podcast interview where Scarlett talks about her Celtic applique and other quilts on a Quilter’s Life at aquilterslife.com/episodes/scarlett-rose

5-6 hour (1day in person or on Zoom - optional 3 hrs. on two dates for Zoom) workshop - $700

If you need a last minute replacement for a Zoom or hybrid lecture, please check Scarlett's schedule and lectures to consider contacting her. She is happy to fill in as her schedule allows. Please email Scarlett if you represent a private or small group, shop or event for other pricing options.

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Here are some recent reviews of Scarlett's Zoom classes, lectures and judging:

March 26, 2025 - Scarlett was one of four quilt judges for the San Francisco Quilters Guild for their biennial quilt show.

January 16th & 18th, 2025 - Scarlett's Quilts Tell Their Stories Zoom lecture and Camellian Star Machine Applique Zoom workshop for the Narragansett Bay Quilters Association of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts

October 17, 2024 - Celtic Quilts Around The World Zoom lecture for the Fairfax Chapter of Quilters Unlimited.

Mollie, Co-VP & Program Chair - Thank you so much for this presentation. I never expected that "Celtic" would include Australia, India and Japan. But I suppose that proves that great design really is universal. You gave us a wonderful time and have encouraged me to pull out my long deferred Celtic project.

March 7, 2024 - My Celtic Quilts Lecture for Annie's Star Quilt Guild, Chico, CA

December 6, 2023 - Celtic Quilts around the World Zoom lecture for the Santa Monica Quilt Guild of Santa Monica, CA.

October 18, 2023 - Scarlett's Celtic Quilt Journey Zoom lecture for the Baltimore Applique Society of Baltimore, Maryland

September 19, 2023 - Quilts & Memories of My Grandmother from the 30s to 50s lecture for the River City Quilter's Guild of Sacramento, CA

Scarlett Rose came to our guild, River City Quilters in Sacramento, in September. Her lecture, Quilts and Memories of My Grandmothers from 30s, 40s, 50s, was very well received by our guild members. Several commented about how much they enjoyed her talk and reflected back to their own time their grandparents. As Scarlet mentioned in her talk that it is important to remember the stories of the generations before us so we can pass them down the line. She is a very interesting person with many great stories of her own. One of which is her wedding which you can read about on her web page. I think you would be very pleased if you were to hire her.

Nancy Causey, program chair of the River City Quilters' Guild of Sacramento, CA

September 4, 2023 - Quilt judging for the Tulelake Butte Valley Fair in Tulelake, CA

August 14, 2023 - Scarlett's Celtic Quilts trunk show for the Chester Piecemakers of Chester, CA

Scarlett Rose visited the Chester Piecemakers Quilt Guild in August 2023. She presented her program featuring her own Celtic Quilts. She said she had randomly pulled the quilts off her shelf so some were older ones and some were more recent. Scarlett showed some different ways of using Celtic knots including in borders. She also showed different ways of sewing them as well as drawing them. Her hand quilting is really beautiful. She interacted with the members as she showed her quilts which was nice. The program was well received by our members, many who were not familiar with Celtic Quilting. It was so nice to see such a variety of different Celtic quilts.

August 9, 2023 - History of Celtic Quilting from 1980 to Present Zoom lecture for the Glendale Quilt Guild.

June 19, 2023 - Adult Clothing & Textile, 4-H Clothing & Textile, Jr. Clothing & Textile judging for the Shasta District Fair in Anderson, CA

March 15, 2023 - Memories of the My Grandmother from the 40s & 50s lecture for the Pacific Flyway Quilters of Colusa, CA.

January 21, 2023 - A History of Celtic Quilting Zoom lecture for The Applique Society

April 14 & 16, 2022: Modern Celtic: Bias and Beyond Zoom lecture and New Circuitry Zoom workshop

We were thrilled to have Scarlett Rose present a lecture and workshop with our guild this month via Zoom. Her lecture on “Modern Celtic” quilting was a fantastic presentation in showing how bias tape could be used in a multitude of ways through traditional, modern, and Celtic quilting. It was truly fascinating to see the wealth of ideas and suggestions in how to incorporate bias tape in all of your quilts through borders, frames, outlines or knot designs. This lecture was a true eye-opener in learning how this technique could add so much to your modern or traditional quilts!
Scarlett’s workshop, “New Circuitry”, was the perfect compliment to her lecture in learning how easy it was to make your own fusible bias tape, and the tricks in creating your own Celtic knots with the ease of a pattern template. The results were beautiful!
Scarlett is an excellent instructor and lecturer. She is extremely knowledgeable and is very patient and helpful in the learning process.
Thank you, Scarlett, for a wonderful presentation and workshop!
Kathy Wasilewski
VP Programs 2022
Arapahoe County Quilters
Denver, Colorado

March 2022 Zoom lecture: "Modern Celtic: Bias and Beyond"
"Scarlett Rose’s Lecture "Modern Celtic: Bias and Beyond” was a very informational and fascinating look at modern Celtic quilting. She was knowledgeable and engaging and it was clear that she is passionate about this work. We are grateful for Zoom because since we are in Massachusetts we would not have access to such an accomplished quilting expert."

March 2022 Zoom lecture: "Modern Celtic: Bias and Beyond"
"Thank you so much for the wonderful presentation! With a business analyst mentality, it is sometimes hard for me to think of new creative formats for projects.
I got so many great ideas from your presentation."

February 23 & 24, 2022 lecture: "Round Robin Quilts" & Camellian Star Workshop

Scarlett recently was the guest speaker at our guild meeting and led a workshop the following day. Her presentation was all about Round Robin quilts. She had so many wonderful, creative and diverse examples of Round Robins she has participated in over the years. Several people mentioned they would now like to participate in a Round Robin. Her workshop the next day was on the Camellian Star. She was so patient and helpful wanting to make sure we all understood the process and were successful! Scarlett, you are an amazing, interesting person! I would highly recommend her for any guild's meeting or workshop.

Debbie Horton
Program Chair
Gold Bug Quilters, Placerville, CA

We were very pleased to host Scarlett at our recent Zoom monthly meeting. All our meetings usually are live but due to Covid over the last 12 months or, so we have been using the Zoom platform and have hosted many speakers in that time. I would recommend Scarlett to any Guilds looking for a competent speaker with good online presence, backed up by good technical skills using high speed bandwidth.

After each segment of her talk, Scarlett would pause and allow time for our members to ask questions which was very helpful.

Scarlett covered her work starting in the early 1990’s to the present day. We were particularly impressed with the designs she had put together for her wedding focusing on her Japanese heritage. Her skills in blending different types of quilting techniques in particular Celtic and Sashiko were very impressive. A lot of her work tended towards the modern even before that became popular. We found Scarlett’s work very innovative, and she gave an informative and interesting talk.

"Scarlett Rose recently gave a zoom presentation “Celtic Quilts Around the World” to our quilt guild, the Mount Vernon Chapter of Quilters Unlimited, on September 28th, 2021. She has developed a large network of master Celtic quilters from Canada, South America, Australia, South Africa, the United States, Italy, Japan and England showing their work. Each quilt is a master piece incorporating the Celtic knot with the culture of the country. Every quilt is museum quality and a feast to a quilter's eye. What an inspiration and treat to view these beautiful quilts. Scarlett is very knowledgeable with a smooth presentation and answering questions during the presentation as well as after. I highly recommend her for your quilt guild programs."

This lecture was very well received. When we chose to host Scarlett Rose to present a program for our guild, we had very little knowledge of her skill as a speaker. There are great artists who are poor speakers, just as there are great speakers who have nothing new to say. We hit the jackpot. Scarlett was a lovely, engaging speaker, which is especially important in a Zoom presentation. Then the quilts she used to illustrate her program were very surprising and inspiring. Most of us had never thought about the many ways Celtic design can be stretched beyond the traditional look. It was a very successful program.

Scarlett Rose created a very comfortable learning atmosphere. She gave some background information, some instruction, some little handy little tips, and a lot of time to just practice. Some students suggested that she might have asked to check their work after a few stitches, others were appreciative of the relaxed, pressure-free approach. Most everyone went on to finish their workshop samples shortly after the class, so her instruction must have been a success.

Zoom Lecture and Workshop given for the Ohio Valley Quilters Guild in Cincinnati, OH - Reviews provided by Zoe Enright, Guild Vice President.

“Our guild recently hosted our first virtual speaker, Scarlett Rose. The Nov. 18th 2020 lecture she presented was ‘Quilts + Genealogy = Family Stories.’ What a fantastic lecture! Who knew so much family history can be found in a quilt! Her presentation consisted of a PowerPoint presentation and a live portion. The PowerPoint portion was well prepared. All of her pictures were clear, vibrant and in focus. Not only did she share full quilts, but also up close detail of quilt blocks as well. She managed to capture detail in all of her photos. If you have members that share an interest in old quilts as well as family research and documentation, I would highly recommend this lecture! Not only did she totally draw us into the past, she inspired many of us to start documenting our own family histories through the use of quilts for generations to come!”

Vickie Wassell, Programs Coordinator of Pieces ‘n Patches Quilt Guild of Steger, Illinois

Please visit My Teaching Schedule for the current list. Here's Scarlett's current workshop and lecture brochure PDF.

Scarlett has sample blocks pictured on My Samples page, so have a look and see what's there. There are descriptions and pictures for all of Scarlett's lectures, too. There are links to pictures of students' blocks included in each workshop description.

A detailed listing of Scarlett's Celtic applique books, other publications, show awards and other achievements. More class and lecture reviews are at the bottom of the Resume page.

A selection of quilts that Scarlett has made, such as art quilts, exhibition quilts, etc. There are two pages of quilts!

Scarlett's Fabric Collections in her Spoonflower Shop
Choose from Scarlett's many modern prints, all designed with solid colors. There are Celtic knots, continuous patchwork panels for the double wedding ring, irish chain, storm at sea and more of Scarlett's variations of classic patchwork and applique patterns.

Here are pictures of quilts made by students. Some are completely Celtic; others are a mix of styles among the five pages. Check out the Galleries linked to each of Scarlett's Celtic & More patterns for more sample photos, specific to each pattern.

Scarlett's Etsy Shop - Buy Scarlett's Celtic & More digital patterns from your favorite shopping site! Bias bar sets are sold there as well.

More pictures of student's quilts, with even more on Page 3. Have a look at some of the students' finished quilts.

From her Quilt Top Wine Cellar, these are WIP's! Scarlett does plan to finish them when the time is right.

Some of these are round robins Scarlett participated in, others have Celtic borders in them!

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