I am a professional member of SAQA – Studio Art Quilts Association. Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA)is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the art quilt through education, exhibitions, professional development, documentation, and publications. SAQA is divided into regional groups and I am a member and past representative of the Illinoin/Wisconsin group.…
I am spending the day reorganizing. After the quilt show in Chicago I have to put all the stock back in it’s proper place and get ready for the next gig. So before the show it gets dragged out of the “studio” (basement) and put into boxes and stored…
THE winner of last weeks give away is Linda Brown. Please contact me with your address so I can send you your thread and fabric. Congratulations. I have been fusing my art quilts for more than 20 years. BUT, I also make pieced quilts. I have a hankering for making more pieced quilts lately.…
I wish I was a better photographer, with fancy lighting etc.… But here are more quilts. Enjoy. All the little dots on this quilt, which won a prize,are appliqued. Truly amazing. And Oh look this is my creation. It is from the Celebrate Spring collection. It was in the way far back on the back…
I like to take pictures of quilts that really catch my attention when I go to the quilt shows. Many of these are not prize winners but are certainly winners because they have made it to the “show.” Here are some of the ones that caught my eye. This quilt was made from blue jeans.…
I will demo machine quilting in the Fairfield booth #936 tomorrow from 11:30 – 12 noon. Be sure and stop, and if you are not in Houston with the rest of us enjoy this little video. Machine Quilting Hope to see you there. Be happy and remember – “Where ever you go there you are.” I just…
Fairfield Booth 936 ARTFABRIK/FRIESYLE Booth 839International Quilt Festival Houston Texas October 31 to November 4 I was thinking about all the things that help me while I am machine quilting that I want to tell people when they are standing there watching me demo.Here is my list so far: Wash your backing fabric before using…
Several years ago I took these videos in our booth at Houston.Laura Wasilowski and I will be in the ARTFABRIK/FRIESTYLE booth #839 in Houston at the IQA show again this year.We sure hope you will stop in and say hello as well as buy a few wonderful things to take home and work on.We hope…
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…
Little Fused Art Quilts with Frieda and Laura – Birds and Flowers Part 2 starts today on the Quilt Show. Laura continues her lesson on making her little quilt, Birds and Flowers, follow along as she shows you how to build a nest for your birds. Even a bird brain can do this easy weaving…
We all have to eat sometime and eating with friends seems so much more fun then eating alone.Being at the quilt show is no different. It is what I love the most about coming to the AQS show in Paducah, my favorite quilt show.Last night we had a real treat when several of us were…
Laura says she’ll be lonely in booth 516 in Des Moines, IA, without me to kick around (I am teaching at the show and won’t be in the booth), so come on by and keep her company, and while you are there you can pick out a unique piece of gorgeous hand dyed cotton or…