Quilting Articles, Audio Clips, Videos and e-Courses
Glossary of Quilting Terms
Quilting e-Courses
7 Common Quilting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Quilting Fabric
Color
A Brief History of Red Fabric Dye
Selecting
Fabric - Cotton
Selecting Fabric
- Silk
Selecting Fabric
- Wool
Fabric - Right Side or Wrong Side?
To Pre-Wash or Not? That is the
Question
Thread Count
How to Buy Quilting Fabric
I - Cotton
How to Buy Cotton Quilting
Fabric – Part II
Batik Fabric for Quilting
Defining the Fabric Grainlines
Sewing Strips of Fabric Together to Make "New" Fabric
Color and How to Pick Fabric
Color - Some Basic Definitions
Color
The Ives Color Wheel and Fabric Dyeing
The Ives Color Wheel and the Colors in Your Quilt - from Joen Wolfrom
Tips for Sewing Quilt Tops
Bed and Quilt Sizes
Easy Blocks for Beginning Quilters
5 Quilt Blocks made from Strips of Fabric
Calculating Fabric Requirements - a specific example
Calculating Fabric Requirements for an Attic Windows Quilt
Chain Sewing Patches
Making a Quilt With Embroidered Blocks - a specific example
Fusing Fabric
Sewing Strips of Fabric Together to Make "New" Fabric
Sewing a Flat Quilt (Keeping the Buckles and Puckers out)
How do I Make Sure the Batting and Backing are Big Enough?
Hand Cutting Patches with Scissors
My Kid Just Cut a Quilt - Now What?
Attaching a Hanging Sleeve Under your Binding
Tips for Sewing Triangles
Blind stitch - short video
Miter the Corners of Your Binding - short video
How to Remove Sections of a Quilt
Thread and the Tension on Your Sewing Machine - audio clip
Layering Your Quilt for Basting - video clip
Seam Allowances
Seam Allowances
Sewing a 1/4 inch Seam Allowance
Seam Allowances in Rag Quilts
ZigZag or Serge a Seam Allowance on a Patch?
How to Remove Sections of a Quilt
Sewing Patches
Half-Rectangles
Square in a Square
Tips for Sewing Accurate Patches
Tips for Sewing on the Bias
Sewing on the Bias
Sewing on the Bias Using Freezer Paper
Using Freezer Paper for Applique and Quilt Blocks
Borders
Measuring Your Quilt Top for Perfect Borders
Measuring Borders for your Quilt
Adding Borders to Your Quilt Top
Use Blocks as Borders
Backing
What is the Best Type of Backing for my Quilt? from Ricky Tims
Video
Miter the Corners of Your Binding
How to Chain Sew Half Square Triangles
Rotary Cutting for Right Handed Quilters
Blind stitch- Short video demonstration of how to blind stitch
Layering Your Quilt for Basting - video clip
Measuring Borders for your Quilt - video clip
Sashing - How to add interest to your quilt blocks
Add a Simple Sashing
Now Add Cornerstones to Sashing
Sashing on Point with Cornerstones
Sashing Using Stripes of Fabric
Crazy Pieced Sashing
Pieced Sashing
Design Ideas for Borders
Same Blocks, Different Colors
Make your Borders Soar with Flying Geese
Sew a Stripe in the Middle of your Geese and Break Them Up
Use Blocks as Borders
Measuring Borders for your Quilt - video clip
Quilt Batting
Hobbs
Premium Battings Made to Quilters Specifications - Explore
the wide variety of Hobbs quilt batting and which to use in your
quilt.
Save Small Pieces of Batting
- Waste not, want not! Combine your small pieces of batting into
a quilt size batting with a few big stitches.
Layering and Basting
How to Layer a Quilt
Layering Your Quilt for Basting - video clip
Tips for Basting a Quilt
How to I Make Sure the Batting and Backing are Big Enough?
Tips for Machine Quilting
Machine Quilting Gloves
How to Set the Tension on your Machine for Successful Machine Quilting - Audio Clip
Quick Tips for Successful Machine Quilting
Tips for Machine Quilting from an Expert - Rick Tims
Hand Quilting
Hand Quilting – Part I
- Discover the very basics of hand quilting.
Hand Quilting – Part II
- More about hand quilting.
How Far Apart Should My Quilting Stitches Be?
What Kind of Quilting Design Should I Use?
Should I use a Hoop or Quilting Frame?
How to Set Up a Quilting Frame
Stitch in the Ditch - Stitching in the Ditch
Hide Your Hand Quilting Knot Inside your Quilt Top
Your First Hand Quilting Can Be a Frightening Experience
Tips for Hand Sewing
A 2 Loop Knot
A Second Method for Making a Two Loop Knot to Secure Hand Stitching
Hand Cutting Patches with Scissors
The Quilting Hobby
Can Quilting Really
Promote Good Health?
Are you part of the New
Generation who is unleashing their artistic potential by learning
how to make a quilt?
Beginning Quilting – a New Hobby
or Craft?
Healing Quilts
Are there men Quilters?
Create fun quilts just by changing the fabric & shapes of the patches
A Tidbit of Quilting History
Quilting Tools
Dritz Needle Threader and Cutter
Dritz Wire Needle Threader
Fusing Fabric
Sewing Machines
Buying a Sewing Machine
Those Little Singer Featherweight
Machines
What is a Quality Machine?
- audio clip Video
Rotary Cutting - Right-Handed Quilters
Audio
The Shelf Life of Thread - audio clip (Bob Purcell)
Types of Thread - audio clip (Bob Purcell)
How to Set the Tension on your Machine for Machine Quilting- audio clip (Pam Bauer)
Thread and the Tension on Your Sewing Machine - audio clip (Bob Purcell)
What is a Quality Machine?
- audio clip - Monika Gassaway
Thread
Types of Quilting Thread
More about Quilting Thread
Matching Thread or Contrasting Thread?
Should I buy my Thread at Walmart?
Tidbits About Thread from History
How is Cotton Thread Made?
The Shelf Life of Thread - Audio Clip
Types of Thread - Audio Clip
Rotary Cutters
How
to Cut Fabric with a Rotary Cutter
Quick Tips for Using Your Rotary Cutter
Cutting
a Short Strip from a Piece of Fabric Using your Rotary Cutter
Cutting Straight Fabric Strips
Quick Tips for Cutting Fabric with Your Rotary Cutter
Using Your Rotary Tools to Cut 45° Angles
Tips for Sewing Rag Quilts
Rag Quilting
Tips for Making Rag Quilts
Rag Quilts from Bluejeans and Spandex; Photo Quilts
Seam Allowances in Rag Quilts
Rag Quilts with Uneven Edges
About Quilts
Labeling Your Quilt
- Your quilt isn't finished without a label!
My Kid Just Cut a Quilt - Now What?
Paper Piecing
Tips for Successful Paper
Piecing - Your fabric postcard paper piecing guide
Quilt Binding
Binding a Quilt
Store Bought vs. Hand Made Binding
Self-Binding
Fun Ideas for Quilt Tops
Easy Blocks for Beginning Quilters
Making Quilts Using Photographs
Give a Teacher an Apple that They can Keep for a Lifetime
Using Different Size Blocks in a Quilt Top
Crazy Quilts
Irish Chain Quilts - including fabric requirements
Making a Quilt With Embroidered Blocks - a specific example
Half-Rectangles Butterfly and Flowers
5 Quilt Blocks made from Strips of Fabric
What to do with Those 4 inch Batik Squares
Quilters Quandries
What can I do when I discover that my quilt batting and backing are too small?
How should I quilt a vintage quilt when the fabric is fragile?
What can I do with my sister's old bluejeans and spandex shirts?
Should I ZigZag or Serge a Seam Allowance on a Patch?
What should I do when the edges of my rag quilt are uneven?
My Kid Just Cut a Quilt - Now What?
Quilters Questions
Matching Thread or Contrasting Thread?
Quick Tips for Cutting Fabric with Your Rotary Cutter
How Far Apart Should My Quilting Stitches Be?
What Kind of Quilting Design Should I Use?
Should I buy my Thread at Walmart?
Are there men Quilters?
Should I use a Hoop or Quilting Frame?
How to Set Up a Quilting Frame
I Don't Know What Stitching in the Ditch is
What Do I Do With Seam Allowances in Rag Quilts so My Needles Will Stop Breaking?
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