I love to hear from former students and just this morning I received this wonderful email. We made my pattern SunSet Pines (with any order you will also receive another free pattern) in class and this is Ragi’s rendition of that pattern. LOVE IT! For over a year and a half now I’ve been meaning to…
Category Archives: patterns
New Videos
I’v recently added two new videos to my YouTube channel. They are both step by step visual tutorials for two of my most popular patterns. If you have purchased either Under the Sea or Seaside Village patterns from me, these will help you make those designs. Under the Sea Seaside Village I hope you will…
Winter Forest
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…
Falling Leaves – Part 3
I hope you’ve been following along on this mini tutorial and are ready to finish up your project. Did you print the free pattern from the last post, well if not here it is again. This is to make a small Mug Rug with the crisp curved pieced process – Frieda Anderson Leaf Mug Rug It’s…
Creative Crisp Curves – Falling Leaves- part 1
Surprise Surprise, my new pattern Falling Leaves is a PIECED pattern. This is a new direction I am going with my quilting ideas. I have used an easy to apply, freezer paper technique, to create these designs, and I thought I would share the process with you. First thing I do is to copy the central…
PDF patterns
I don’t know if you know it, but you can purchase most of my patterns as PDF’s, Printable Download Format, over on the CRAFTSY site. I just uploaded my latest three new patterns there. Autumn Leaves is not yet a printed pattern, soon, but you can download it as a PDF and start the fun…
New pattern – Cardinal
I just finished these two new quilts that I am now making into my newest pattern. Tentatively I am calling it Cardinal. How boring. Do any of you have a suggestion for a name for this pattern. It will include both the Spring Cardinal and the Winter Cardinal in one pattern. I’ll send a quarter…
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!
Free Access to the Quilt Show this weekend
Dear Friends Big news here! In honor of International Quilting Weekend, March 20-22, 2015, The Quilt Show (www.thequiltshow.com), the web TV show hosted by Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, will open all of its shows from the first nine series– shows 100-1513 –for the entire weekend. This means that, for three special days, everyone will…
Cathy’s Basket completed
I showed you the first steps for making the scrappy project Cathy’s Baskets. Now let’s finish it up. After making all the triangles for the bottom of the baskets, I will then make each of the basket squares one at a time. After completing the top section I need to put the bottom section…
Cathy’s Baskets
I wanted to share the steps to making Cathy’s Baskets. This quilt is 35” square so it is the perfect size to hang on the wall or to become a table topper. I made a 10” square pattern for my basket design from freezer paper. I like working this way, it allows me freedom as…
Peace Peace Peace Peace
I am participating in the Quilter’s Blog Hop Party Give Away. Visit the 175 quilting blogs participating in the Quilter’s Blog Hop Party. You can register on each blog for their giveaway. If you have been following along you know that at the end of this week there will be a drawing from my blog…