Wisconsin Illinois Landscapes

This week-end we drove up to Madison WI to visit my brother-in-law and his girlfriend. I have mentioned this before, but I love to see the landscape flying by out the car window. I am always snapping pictures of the fields and barns as we drive along. I will be driving down to Bloomington IN on Wednesday to teach at the IHQS and will of course have my camera out and taking pictures as I drive along.

I don’t know why but seeing the landscapes like this makes me feel safe and warm and good all over.

Of course I have starting turning these images into quilts and am constantly thinking about the colors and layout of these compositions.

Illinois Landscape

On the way home

Sister Trees

And the winner is…

I just got home from a week in PA visiting my new grandson Micah. Isn’t he the cutest!!

Micah and his mom and dad picked the winner for my drawing of a free copy of Noriko Endo’s inspirational book called “Confetti Naturescapes” from Dragon Threads – Extraordinary Textile Arts Books.

Micah says he hopes that BEV in Utah enjoys her new copy of this fabulous addition to her library. Bev if you are reading this send me an email with your mailing address to -

frieda@friestyle.com

I’ll be giving away something exciting next month so please be sure and check in to see what it could possibly be.

Forest Verge

Tomorrow I will pick a name to send out the free copy of Noriko’s book.

This wonderful landscape is titled “Forest Verge”

Noriko says about this quilt

“This quilt is my first large Confetti Naure scape quilt. I wanted to achieve in cloth what the impressionist painters achieved in their oil paintings.

I was doing a lot of cutting fabrics into toothpick-size pieces but this quilt also has lots of large on inch square pieces.”

Noriko

Of course I love Noriko’s work. She loves trees and leaves and so do I. Here are several more overall shots of some of her work. In the book you also get great close-up pictures, you can really see how these are made. And she talks about her inspiration.

Ohio Land

Cotton, tulle, machine appliquéd and quilted.

Grand Teton #1 Snake River

Cotton, machine quilted and hand appliqué.

Leave me your comments and be sure and tell a friend about the free give away.

Noriko Endo

Noriko's work is like taking a walk through these wonderful landscapes.

I love her use of color and perspective.
Let me know what you think.

Confetti Naturescapes

Noriko Endo has written a wonderful book – Confetti Naturescapes.
Noriko is an award-winning quilter, she was born and raised in Japan.  Her unique perspective makes this one of the most interesting quilting books on the market. In Confetti Naturescapes Noriko writes about the inspiration she finds everywhere in nature and the techniques she employs to create her masterpieces.
Her naturescapes have the look of impressionist paintings and feature trees, leaves, flowers, lakes, small forest creatures, mushroom, spider webs, and more.  Shapes and images in Noriko’s naturescapes are created using her confetti techniques, which  involves layering colorful bits of fabric on batting, adding a covering of tulle and then machine quilting the entire piece.  Noriko takes readers step-by-step through her process of choosing a subject and selecting colors, then designing, constructing and finishing the work.

I meet Noriko years ago when we were in a workshop together. She is a lovely, lively and talented artist. I know you are going to enjoy her book. This week I am going to feature several of her quilts and on Friday I will be giving away a copy of her book to one lucky winner.
So leave your comments with email address and on Friday my new little grandson and his mom and dad will pick one lucky winner who will receive a free copy of “Confetti Naturescapes” to enjoy.

Purple Coneflowers

This is your chance to own one of my original art pieces. Purple Coneflowers is made with Hoffman Batik fabrics and measures 16” x 20”. It is machine quilted with Superior Rayon Thread and is a raw edged fused original Frieda Anderson design. The bidding on Ebay ends Feb 20, 2011 5:00:20 pm PST. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to have original art work hanging on the wall of your studio – work space.