I have a new pattern to share with you. Winter Forest is now available on my website along with all the luscious hand dyed fabrics. This is a larger pattern than I have done in the past, it finishes at 32″ x 22″, and is made using SILK for the background behind the three central…
Are you on YouTube? You can subscribe to my channel – Frieda Anderson – and get lots of information about all the quilting projects that I do. Check out this video on basic fusing. And then watch all three episodes on making Prairie Flowers – a fused Art Quilt.
I can’t help myself I want to share one more Rainbow Stripe inspiration story. This one is probably my favorite, because I love this way of working. Laughing Leaves collage quilt is a fun way to work with lots of color to achieve great movement and depth in your fused compositions. I have made several patterns…
I dye multi colored hand dyed fabrics. I want to help quilters understand how to work with all these colors to their best advantage. So I’m doing a series on working with multi colored hand dyed fabric. I have found that I really like working with my Rainbow Stripe fabric, mainly because it gives me so…
Have you visited my CRAFTSY pattern page yet? You can purchase a PDF of many of my patterns and print them yourself on my CRAFTSY pattern page . This make instant gratification so easy to accomplish! When you see one you like you just point and click and print and you can be fusing up a…
These two beauty’s are in Paducah with me on the FOR SALE wall. Cardinal was started this winter and I finally got around to finishing it this week. The same thing is true for Tiny SunDance I finally had a bit of time to get it finished. Cardinal measures 10″ x 8″, the teal background…
Frieda Anderson 2014 “Frie-Style” Quilted Naturescapes Retreat Frieda Anderson 2014 “Frie-Style” Quilted Naturescapes Retreat December 7-10, 2014 Frieda Anderson: “Frie Style” Quilted Naturescapes ($495) Dec. 7–10Using collage techniques and raw edge fusing, you will achieve beautiful effects on your landscapes or nature scenes. Also learn free form machine quilting without marking or templates to develop…
If you live near Indianapolis don’t forget to go to the Sewing and Quilting Expo this week at– Indianapolis Marriott East 7202 East 21st Street Indianapolis, IN 46219 May 29, 30 & 31, 2014 I’ll be there teaching my Free Motion Machine quilting class, sorry it’s full, PLUS two very easy and fun fusing classes…
I love to make and use gradated fabrics. I love doing gradations from one color to another to create beautiful multi colored fabrics and then using them to create my art quilts. Blue Sunset Pines is a perfect example of just that. I started with my Blue Sunset gradated fabric, this fabric starts out yellow…
I was so inspired by my little quilt for SAQA that I decide to make a few more. I started with a piece of wonderful warm jewel tone silk charmeuse that was already fused and waiting in my scrap drawer. I went to my other scrap drawer that is full of fused cotton pieces and…
Last year I became a Bernina Artisan. I am happy that I did and I am loving my 750EQ Bernina sewing machine. As part of being an artisan it is my responsibility to make a quilt for the Bernina booth. Bernina Leaves It is a fused collage “organic” quilt made with 1/2 yard of my…
While I was cleaning this week I ran across these post cards languishing in a drawer. They are made by a woman I meet years ago through my quilt group PAQA. Her name is Nina Kipshidze. She was from the Tbilisi, Georgia. At the time I was still doing work for several fabric reps. I was their…