A Notion About Notions

When you take up quilting, there are many notions, or items that will make your task easier and more fun. These specialty items are available...

Add Life to your Quilting with Embroidery

Embroidery is enjoying a resurgence in popularity, much the same as quilting and knitting and other hand crafts. Many crafters who enjoy quilting...

All About Appliqué

Appliqué is a quilting technique which involves applying layering one fabric above another and sewing it on. The term appliqué comes from the...

All About Hoffman Fabrics

For the quilting enthusiast, one of the most important considerations is the choice of fabric. Let's face it; a quilt's beauty is totally dependent...

All About Quilting

Quilting is a craft that has been around for centuries. For hundreds of years, the Chinese have used quilted cloth for their padded winter clothing....

All About Thread For Quilting

The boom in quilting as a hobby and craft has caused manufacturers to produce a huge variety of thread. Yet you'll find there is such a wide...

Best Books for Quilting

Whether you are a beginning quilter, or an advanced practitioner of the craft, you will find many books on quilting that will help advance your...

Choosing And Preparing Fabric

Choosing fabric for a quilting project can be as much fun as doing the project itself. Even if to quilters choose the same quilt pattern, different...

Choosing Fabrics for Quilting

Many crafters are drawn to quilting because of the wide variety of beautiful fabrics available. Walk into any fabric store or quilting shop, and...

Choosing Quilt Fabric

There are many different types of fabric that may be used in patchwork, quilting and appliqué. The following information will help you identify and...

Discovering RJR Fabrics

Quilters looking for the best in quilting fabrics need look no further than RJR Fabrics, which is a leader in the fabric manufacturing market, with...

Essential Supplies for Quilting

If the quilting bug has bitten you, you may be confused about what exactly you will need for supplies for your new craft. A huge part of the fun of...

How to Choose the Right Batting

Many crafters do not take the time to learn about the correct batting for their quilting projects, but it can make the difference between a...

How to Use Stencils for Quilting

When the average person thinks of stencils, the word probably brings to mind early American style-painted floor cloths, or stenciled walls. ...

How to Use Templates in Quilting

With the recent increased interest in quilting and other crafts, manufacturers are constantly searching for new products to make quilting easier for...

Making Sense OF Quilt Patterns

There are literally thousands of quilt patterns already in existence, and more being designed everyday. If you are a beginning quilter it is best to...

Moda

Moda may not be a household name for the average person, but for the quilter it is well-known indeed. Since 1975, Moda has been producing quality...

Patchwork Techniques

When many people hear the word quilt they think of many colorful blocks or patches created from old clothes sewn together to form a large...

Quilting 101

There are many decisions to be made before a quilting project begins. The first is choosing what design you will use. This choice may vary from...

Quilting is a Hot D.I.Y. Craft!

You may have heard the initials D.I.Y. and wondered what they stand for and what all the fuzz is about. D.I.Y. stands for Do It Yourself, and it is...

Sewing Tips For Beginning Quilters

Sewing by hand, or with a needle and thread is the traditional method used to piece together quilt blocks. Even if you own a sewing machine you...

So You Want To Make A Quilt

The process of making a quilt involves several basic tasks: measuring, cutting, marking and stitching. Each step has special tools and or techniques...

The Best Quilting Pattern ForYour Needs

Quilting has enjoyed an incredible upsurge in popularity over the last couple of decades. This is a boon for the quilting enthusiast, because it...

What Are Quilts?

Quilts are bed coverings made up of three layers: a quilt top, a layer of batting, and a layer of material for backing. The layers are usually...

Where to Find Free Quilt Patterns

Back in the early days of American history, women made quilts with scraps of whatever fabric they had on hand, using patterns they had memorized or...

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