Spring is coming. My Daffodils up against the house are blooming and crocuses are up in the front yard.The red male Cardinals are in the trees trilling out a spring song looking for their mate. Now is a perfect time to make your own Cardinal quilt to hang on the wall and cheer you on.…
Category Archives: Fusing
Fall Paducah show – I’ll be teaching there!
I will be teaching at the Fall AQS Paducah, KY show September 11-14, 2019. These are the classes I still have openings in. I hope you will consider joining me in one of these fun classes. These are all fusing classes and I provide a hand dyed PRE-FUSED fabric kit for each one. You can…
Life gets in the way
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…
Northern Isles Quilt Seminar at Sea
Don’t you deserve a great holiday! Join us for Northern Isles Quilt Seminar at Sea 14 Days • May 17 – 31, 2019 Join quilt instructors Frieda Anderson, Sue Nickels and Kathy McNeil and fellow quilt enthusiasts as you cruise to storybook castles, sweeping landscapes and the welcoming shores of Scotland, Ireland, France and more. http://www.quiltcruises.com/cruises/Northern-Isles-2019/……
YouTube
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.
Teaching in Orlando, FL
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″.…
Determination and Perseverance
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…
Laughing Leaves – Lansing MI
I just returned from teaching for two days at the Capitol Quilters Guild in Lansing MI. We had a wonderful time in a bright and airy facility. It always makes such a difference when the room has good light and there are lots of outlets for the irons, class always go so much better. This…
Christmas in July – a fused wall quilt – PEACE
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!
Pellon WonderUnder #805
I noticed in Sunday’s ads that WonderUnder #805 is on sale this week at JoAnn Fabrics. It is 50% off. Most of my quilts are fused. I am a fuser. So I use a lot of this stuff. If you are a fuser or like to use fusible now is a good time to go…
ALASKA CRUISE, come on let’s go
OUR SHIP IS SELLING OUT! Are you considering traveling with me in May on the quilting cruise to Alaska? If so, please do not delay your registration any longer. Many categories for rooms on the ship are already wait listed and I would not want you to be disappointed because the category you want is gone. Through…
Sew Generously
I had a great weekend even though it has decided to turn cold a little early here in Illinois. I gave a lecture – Flooded with Color from my book Fabric to Dye For – and taught a class – Three Pumpkins – at a wonderful store in St Charles IL called Sew Generously. If you…