After I have finished designing my fused quilt tops and before I layer them with batting and backing fabric to make them into a quilt sandwich, I make sure I steam set the fused quilt surface. This sets the fusible web. Nothing will peal up after I steam set the top. Watch along - Steam…
Category Archives: Fusing
Seaside a fused art quilt - Bergen Norway
I am visiting and teaching at the Norwegen Quilt Symposium in Bergen Norway. As a tribute to the town of Bergen I made this fused art quilt called -Sea Side. Enjoy this video tutorial sharing with you how I made this art quilt.
Love and Kisses
Every year I make home made Valentine Cards for all the woman in my family. I guess this started way back when my kids were in nursery school and the kids and I made Valentine Cards to give to their friends. I made ones to give to my sister and mom. Each year I come…
Storing Fused Fabrics
I am a fuser. I have LOTS of left over fused scraps. Let me share with you how I store these treasures.I keep several plastic stacking drawers full of the left over fused pieces. Just because something has fusible web on it doesn’t mean you can’t use it for another project. I try to keep…
Getting ready for Christmas
I have mentioned this before, but it bears repeating, I love to decorate for the holidays, any holiday. So it was great fun to design and make these Christmas treats.The tree skirt and fire-screen are featured in this year’s Quilting Arts Gift issue now on news stands. The patterns and directions are included in the…
Basic Fusing III
Putting it all together.Once I have all my design elements cut out and ready to assemble I will begin to fuse things in place.Remember we put our background fabric that had fusible all over it on the back of the fabric back on a piece of release paper? Now since it is sitting on the…
Basic Fusing II Star Lilies
Let’s get started with our project my pattern “Star Lilies”. Star Lilies was inspired by the Star Lilies in my garden. I love them and they come in such bright and wonderful colors unlike regular day Lilies that I also have in my garden. Star Lilies 14” x 16” These are the basic tools I…
Gladiolus
I just got this nice note from Cobi in Holland? and thought I would share it so you could see her wonderful creation. The internet is so cool, connecting people from all over the world who would not normally meet. Hi Frieda I love your quilts so I recently bought your book. I love it.…
Art Quilts Fused Collage
Laura and I have produced another brilliant project with Nancy Zieman from Sewing with Nancy. The work book has just been released – you can order it from Nancy’s Notions. Or if you are going to the Madison Sewing Expo next week it will be available there too, in our booth #835. Art Quilts- Fusible…
Changing a photo in photoshop
Yesterday I posted about my quilts of George. And Chay asked me if I had photos of the process. Well no I don’t. I made that quilt YEARS ago. But I can tell you sorta how I made the image and then the process of making the quilt. I opened a picture of George that…
Fused binding
Here are a few pictures up close and personal of the top stitched fused binding. This is the edge of my quilt “Star Lillies” and is top stitched with #30 weight rayon thread. The thread that I top stitched this quilt with is Laura’s #8 cotton and is put in the bobbin. When I put…
Quilt Expo phone registration
Now is the time for phone registration for Quilt Expo in Madison WI. Laura and I will be giving a presentation, as well as teaching and wo-manning our booth. If you have been wanting to take a free motion machine quilting class with me, now is your chance. I will be teaching it THREE times,…