Richard Tharp is Coming to the Bernina Road Show!

We are proud to present the newest Bernina Event called the Bernina Road Show with Richard Tharp!  Here is his BIO and I'll post more on the Road Show separately.  Have a read and look him up!

Richard Tharp’s expertise is being a maker.  He loves making anything and began by learning how to cut quilt pieces and piecing quilt tops. Then he taught himself garment construction and started working on the production lines at a sewing factory.  Mr. Tharp is currently running a successful long arm business at his shop in north central Illinois. 

He has worked in the sewing industry for over 25 years. His first Bernina was the Aurora 440 QE and has owned the Q20, 790, 880, Kaffe 475 QE, L890, and the Yaya Han b79. Richard has a passion for overlockers and cover stitch machines and incorporates them into his quilt making and his Kimono workshops!  He also has a YouTube channel with over 300 how to sewing videos, featuring a LIVE tutorial every Friday night at 6pm CST (when he is not travelling).  The YouTube channel is “Richard Tharp Quilts”.

Richard’s passion for sewing began as soon as he was old enough to cut out quilt pieces so it’s only natural that he would end up a quilter as well—and one with a keen eye for design.  A proud moment for Richard was his quilt, “The Sisters”, became a winning finalist in the Hoffman Challenge.  He dedicated his winning project to his “Memaw” and aunts.  The quilt shows the family generation of quilters and has served to be a great sales tool on his business trips!

Now Richard loves teaching and seeing the student have an ah-ha moment—that moment when it all clicks.  He’s adopted a “Learn Inspire Create” concept in his teaching and it’s a philosophy he loves passing along to his students and it is evident in his teaching style.  He’s taught all over the U.S. and Canada where his workshops have been well attended and he looks forward to each opportunity to connect with his students.