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When I first paged through this book, I wondered why on earth it had been published? What was the big deal? And when the photograph I studied the longest was that of the author's fabric stash - and am I jealous of some of the fabrics she's got, things you never see in my local shop - I knew I obviously wasn't the kind of quilter this book was aimed at.
Here at last was a quilter who proved that you could do whatever you liked with your fabrics. Where I fairly quickly became bored with yet another of Freddy's busy houses, she was rivetted. By having the blocks repeated with a unique mixture of fabrics each time, and the combining of plaids, dots, novelty prints, whatever, showed her what I'd been trying to explain for I don't know how long, i.e. if it feels right in your heart, just do it. Never mind about "the rules", and if it doesn't work, you haven't "failed", you just put that piece to one side for a rainy day, which may or may not come. Listening to her, I realised how lucky I was that I had always been uninhibited with my colour and fabric combinations, that by teaching myself by trial and error, reading "advanced" books and studying the works of my heros (like Ruth McDowell) I'd never been instilled with the concept of "this works" and "that won't". So now I think Freddy's House is an extremely important book. If you're a conservative colourist, or know someone who is, liberation is on hand... Freddy's motto is "10 colours don't work, but 100 do!" So get colouring! Published by C&T Publishing. ISBN 1-57120-074-6.
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