I am thrilled and excited to share that my award winning quilt, Cherry Baskets, was selected for inclusion in the Machine Quilting Category for the International Quilt Festival’s Judged Show, in Houston, November 3rd – November 6th, 2022. It is always an honor to be included in this show. I hope I see some of you there! …
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This World is on Fire
My newest quilt, finished in 2020. This World is on Fire – 47″ x 55″ will be exhibited at the IQF quilt festival in Houston October 28-31, 2021. I am unable to attend the show this year, BooHoo. But it is always great to be represented by a quilt there. If you are able to…
Hip Hip Hooray, I am a winner!

I am very excited to report that I am a winner. I just returned home from the IQA Quilt Festival in Houston, TX where the TWO quilts I entered in the show both won awards. My quilt WINTER TREES, 60″ x 70″ won a first place in the small pieced category. This is the second…
Working on the B880 BERNINA Embrodiery machine

While at the @BERNINAusa Ambassador Reunion this week we made this adorable mug rug right in the embroidery hoop of the B880 Embroidery machine. Amazing. Debbie Cacciamani a BERNINA educator designed the project and the programming for this fun and easy project. First we hooped the machine with tearaway stabilizer with batting on top. Once we put…
Celebrate National Craft Month
Celebrate National Craft Month in style with Craftsy’sLearn it, Make it, Love it Sale!“I have taken a lot of online classes…Craftsy has the best instructors, layout, lesson plans and videos of what is currently available on the internet…Way to go Craftsy!” — Craftsy member SAVE Up To 50% on all classes: Sign up for my class “Machine…
Sketch it, Fuse it, Quilt it!!

Take Your Quilting to Beautiful Places! My friend, Laura Wasilowski, has a brand new online Craftsy class ready for you to view now. It’s called Sketch It, Fuse It, Quilt It class In the class she shows you how to make a fused art quilt from start to finish. And it all starts with a…
The process for quilting Silk Leaves

My new little quilt Silk Leaves, which is on it’s way to it’s new home in Norway, is machine quilted and then pillow-cased finished. It has TimTex inserted between the two layers to complete the small wall art. The TimTex makes the small art stiff and allows it to hang beautifully on the wall. Once I…
CRAFTSY Sale today only

Spooky Savings! Shop hauntingly low prices on select online classes today only. Click here to enroll: http://www.craftsy.com/ext/FriedaAnderson_holiday If you haven’t already signed up for my class today is a good day to do so. Machine Quilting the Home Sweet Home Quilt. Happy Halloween.
CRAFTSY SALE

CRAFTSY is having a sale on all of their craft classes starting TODAY. My class Machine Quilting the Home Sweet Home class is a great class for the beginner machine quilter. Here is a little video I made when my class first aired last year. Go on over to the CRAFTSY site and sign up…
Can you SEE!!!

I am getting old. I hate the fact that my body is aging and yet I still feel young inside. One of the things that I am acutely aware of is seeing well. When you are machine quilting you need to be able to see well. You need to be able to see where you…
Happy Valentine’s DAY – Quilting away in the frozen Midwest.

I thought I’d show you what I have been working on this week in the quilting studio. Enjoy.
Quilt Scene

Look what I just got – the upcoming issue of Quilt Scene magazine. This is an Interweave publication – you know Quilting Arts magazine. I have a little article in this issue about Machine Quilting. You can order your copy here. …