The Sale is on. Now through Wednesday September 9 get many classes 50% off. Don’t miss this great opportunity. Here is a link to the page my class is listed on. Machine Quilting the Home Sweet Home Quilt. Have a great fun filled Holiday Weekend.
Watch my most recent video over on the BERNINA We all sew blog. If you are struggling with free motion machine quilting, I think you will like this little tip I share.
Do you sew in the summer? I sew all the time, but I have to confess that I sew a little less in the summer. I want to be outside in my garden and of course there are always summer cook outs to attend and family vacations to participate in. This year my family all…
One of the ways that I like best to work is to use one of my gradated fabrics to give me inspiration to start a new quilt. I recently completed this little top that I’m calling Autumn Trees using my Orange Fiesta gradation to create the border and background area for this quilt. …
The dog days of summer are here. We lost our little dog George this past fall and not a day goes by that I don’t think about and miss him. This is especially true on these beautiful summer DOG DAYS, working out in the garden where George usually kept me company.. I keep looking up…
Do you get this newsletter? You should. All good things to know. These are the needles I use when I am quilting with rayon thread. Needle Points from Rhonda My sewing and quilting is often driven by weather. Too hot to garden and too humid for the beach, I often retreat to my air conditioned…
I was recently at my sisters house going through my mother’s stuff and I ran across this little “diaper” shirt that my grandmother made either when I was born or when my sister was born. My sister and I where both born in the state of Mississippi, me in May and she in August so…
I am so happy to be included in a lovely article in the upcoming August/September issue of Quilting Arts Magazine. Jane Davila asked me to contribute to her article called decorative stitching by Machine. My quilt “Farm Land”, is featured as one of the quilts using decorative stitches on your sewing machine to enhance the design. I hope…
You can view a tutorial of my pattern PEACE over on the BERNINA We All Sew Blog. You can purchase all three patterns from my website, they are called Holiday Moments. Why wait until the last minute to make something for the holidays when you can do it NOW!
As many of you know the catalogs are out for the Houston show that takes place each year the last week of October. I will again be teaching my Frieda’s Fun Fast Free Motion Machine Quilting class. This is a fun and easy way to learn the basics of Free Motion Machine Quilting. This year…
Like I said last week I am working on multiple projects all at once, so of course it seems natural to stop right in the middle of it all and clean. Isn’t that the way you work? I couldn’t stand my main scissor pen drawer any more and so I dumped it out and then…
It’s summer and I am busy. I am currently working on five separate projects. Geez wheeez I can’t really blog about any of them because for different reasons they are all secret, except one. I am still working on my version of the Lone Star quilt that I started in Jan Krentz’s class FOR MYSELF,…