Life Gets in the WAY. Life is funny like that, sometimes things and nature get in the way of our plans. I was suppose to go to Wilmington NC on September 23 of this year. That was RIGHT after the hurricane struck there, I mean RIGHT after. My trip was of course canceled do to…
I will be teaching this January in Orlando at the Mancuso show World Quilt Florida. I hope you can join me there. Orlando, what a great place to be in January! These are the three classes I will teach. DragonFly Garden, Seaside Village, and Under the Sea. Each piece finishes at about 18″ x 20″.…
I received this email from one of my customers. I think it is a wonderful testament to determination, DESIRE and perseverance. I hope you do too. Dear Frieda, I was so overwhelmed at first when I received your package, and I postponed starting the quilt out of fear that I would not be able to do…
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!
When I am fusing fabrics to start a project and I know that I want to use all the fabric, I have to mend or over lap areas of the fabric that I am fusing to make sure all the fabric gets fusible web on it. This is important if you want to make sure…
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…
Join the West’s Premiere Quilt Show 15 DAY FULL TRANSIT PANAMA CANAL CRUISE APRIL 15-29, 2014 WITH TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS FRIEDA ANDERSON – PATT BLAIR MELINDA BULA – GREGORY CASE ANITA GROSSMAN SOLOMON – TERRY ANN WALDRON I am going to be teaching several of my fusing classes. There will be pre-fused kits to make…
At the International Quilt Festival in Houston, they have a celebrity quilt auction each year….. here is the piece I will have in the silent Auction during the Quilt show and Festival…. “Jack in the Pulpit-Forest Floor” It is created with my hand dyed silk and cotton from my original drawing. I hope you get…
As you may know I am a fuser. In fact I am a member of the Chicago School of Fusing. I am Dean of Technology. As Dean of Technology I help with all technical issues. I will now help you apply fusible web to your fabrics the CORRECT way. Follow along. Applying Fusible Web to…