Hi Cindy Walker, You are the big winner this week of a copy of Laura Wasilowski’s book and a skein of my hand dyed #5 pearl cotton thread. Please send me, frieda@friestyle.com, your mailing address and I will get this great prize out to you tomorrow. Lucky you!!! Thanks everyone for the great comments about…
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Field of Ideas
I love making landscape quilts and am often inspired by the mid-west landscape that I live in. Several years ago I made this little quilt, called The FARM, after driving to a quilt show and through the farm fields of Illinois and Iowa. Earlier this spring I was contacted by Cindy who was looking for…
Shimmering Foliage
My quilt Shimmering Foliage has always been a favorite of mine and it seems to have many admirer’s as well. Recently I received an email from Cindy who has purchased my book FABRIC TO DYE FOR and is taking my Craftsy.com class on Free Motion Machine Quilting. She has dyed her own fabrics and is ready…
Books
I just home from teaching at PIQF in sunny warm and beautiful California. Today the temperature is going to hit 50 degrees and last night we had our first frost! Ugh. However I had a very pleasant surprise in the mail. I received copies of two books that my quilts are featured in. Quilt Essential…
Modern Quilts
I have a pieced bed quilt in the new Modern Quilts Unlimited magazine out this month. It is made from 2 step gradations from my book Fabric to DYE for. I made this over the Christmas holidays and it was so fun to work on spring colors in the middle of winter. This is a…
Are you a Dandelion?
Doing something that not everyone understands. I have long thought that the lowly Dandelion is much maligned as a flower. It is one the prettiest yellow flowers that exist in nature and it’s bloom is so sunny, velvety and bright. I found this on the internet about Dandelions and if you want to read more…
Lo and behold A Cover Girl
Quilting Arts has come out with a fantastic new book – The Best of Quilting Arts – Celebrate the first 10 years of groundbreaking QUILTING ARTS magazine with a collection of the best articles, projects and techniques.• quilt art techniques from fabric collage and appliqué to resist dyeing, stamping, and foiling;• machine-stitching and thread-painting tips…
Fa la la la la la RED
Quilting Arts – GIFTS Tis the season to be jolly and Christmas Red is the color way to have. This is the color way – fuschia to red- that I used to make the tree skirt for Quilting Arts Gifts. In the 2011/2012 holiday gifts issue of Quilting Arts, I have contributed two new holiday…
Acorns
I am a big fan of acorns and oak trees. I guess it stems from my childhood and hearing my mom and grandmother talk about the flora and fauna so often when they were together. I especially love oak leaves and it only follows that I would also love acorns. I am amazed at how…
Fanciful Stitches
Be sure and stop by my blog on Tuesday May 3rd and leave a comment. I will be post an interview with Laura Wasilowski about her new book Fanciful Stitches. If you leave a comment on that day I will pick one lucky winner to receive a free copy of her book. You will love…
Fanciful Stitches
Fanciful Stitches, Colorful Quilts Blog Tour is happening now. I am going to be giving away a free copy of this really fun and creative book on May 3rd. So be sure and stop by and tell your friends.Other artist who are also doing the tour; you can try to win at each stop along…