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,…
Boy it has been a rainy month of June this year. Everywhere in the news there is rain and here in Illinois is no exception. I have to say that with all the rain the plants look great and my flowers are flourishing. I was going through some photos of the year so far and…
I have added two new classes to my workshop page. They are two of my new patterns - Seaside Village and Whispering Pines. These are both raw edge fused designs and both are made using my Rainbow fabric. Such joy. I taught SeaSide Village for the first time on the Alaska cruise and everyone loved…
Going back to work after the weekend always takes a little doing. Do any of you struggle with Monday morning blues? I find that getting outside and walking helps or doing my morning routine of working out and then dyeing always gets me back in the work week mentality. It has been so gorgeous outside…
Years ago, before the rabbits and the squirrels invaded my garden, I grew Sunflowers for the pure enjoyment of they way they looked. About 10 years ago the neighbors behind me decided to put up a row of evergreens between our proprieties, thus shading my garden space and making it hard to grow the sunflowers.…
I have dyed a new gradation color way. Rich in brown’s and oranges this new color way needs a name. I have tentatively called it TreeBark. Help me give it a good descriptive name. If I pick your suggestion I’ll send you a free 1/4 yard of this gradation.
My poppies are blooming. I do so love them. I hope you enjoy seeing them too. Have a great and colorful weekend.
I love working with color. I have been thinking about that lately. Why do I want to work with such bright and bold colors? Why aren’t I attracted to brown, beige and wheat? I think it stems from growing up in the 70’s when psychedelic colors were so popular. My bedroom as a girl had…
I remember my husband’s grandmother always had Rhubarb growing in her vegtable garden. She used to make a wonderful Rhubarb bread. I still have the recipe, too bad I don’t cook much any more. I love that tangy taste and the wonderful color combination of the red’s and green’s. I still love to order Rhubarb…