Articles related to "Fabric Quilting"

Buying quality quilting fabric on line is almost risk free if you buy from trusted fabric manufacturers. Here are some hints to better judge the color & overall pattern.

Here are some helpful quilting tips for whether to prewash fabric and what to know to choose thread, batting, and basting method. Know before you sew.

Every quilt you make has its own story to tell. Keeping a quilter's journal helps you remember the details of how and why you created each quilt.

Fabric from local quilt shops costs more than fabric from the big chains. Is there really a difference in quality, or are discount chain-store fabrics just as good?

Understanding when and why accuracy matters in quilt making is key to enjoying the process. Know before you sew in order to make quilts you can take pride in.

Here are several favorite ways to assemble blocks into Log Cabin quilts: Broken Dishes, Chimneys and Cornerstones, Converging Chevrons, and Streak of Lightning.

Fabric is probably a quilter's greatest storage challenge. Arrange your fabric by size and color to make it easier to find what you need when you start a new project.

Wrap your gifts in clever cloth pouches that can be reused over and over. You'll help reduce the mountain of trash generated by gift wrapping during the holiday season.

Marilyn Belford, a leader in the art of fabric portraits, answers questions and reveals a bit about her art and herself.

Some quilters wouldn't dream of starting a project without washing and machine drying their fabrics first. Others never prewash. Which will work best for your project?

Conventional quilting fabric, threads, and batting are made with heavy doses of toxic herbicides, pesticides, and dyes. But now there's an eco-friendlier way to quilt.

If you're a quilter, or if you're close to a quilter, you'll appreciate these little gems of wisdom and whimsy about the joy - and the obsession - that is quilting.

Strip piecing can dramatically cut the time it takes to sew together many pieced quilt blocks. Try these tricks other quilters use for strip piecing success.

Sewing a cute baby quilt out of squares can be easy, especially when you start with adorable nursery fabrics.

Pantone, Inc. chose a shade of blue as its color of the year for 2008--and 2000, 2003, and 2005. Find out why blue is a color every quilter should try this year.

Using the right tools in any project eases the work considerably. These items are necessary for patchwork made using the English Paper Piecing patchwork technique.

If you're a time-challenged quilter - or a beginner who would like to start with a quick and easy quilt - here are four basic blocks you can make fast with strip piecing.

Four distinctive types of Log-Cabin quilt blocks use contrasts between lights and darks to help you create a variety of dramatic quilt looks.

This method of binding your quilt involves simply sewing around the edges of the quilt sandwich as if it were a giant pillowcase. Use it when you're in a hurry.

Here are nine easy and inexpensive ways to create a quilt design wall that lets you view your quilt and make sure it looks good before you assemble the pieces.

Learn how to make a simple Four-Patch block consisting of four squares, two squares of lighter fabric and two of darker fabric, arranged in a checkerboard pattern.

Art quilts marry the traditional craft of quilting with concepts and techniques imported from the fine arts and graphic design.

Bring spring motifs and color to the home with seasonal sewing and quilting projects.

Don't like hand sewing? Here's how to bind a quilt with a continuous binding strip that is attached to the quilt from the back side, then machine-sewed to the front side.

There are many ways to make half-square triangles, one of quilting's indispensable building blocks. Here are some of the most popular ways to piece them

Use this fast-piecing grid technique when you want to make more than a few half-square triangle blocks at once from the same two fabrics.

There's an ugly stain on your beautiful quilt! All is not lost. Here's how to remove blood, dye, ink, pencil, and some of the other most common stains from quilt fabric.

Quilted fabric postcards are tiny quilts that can fulfill many roles.

Optimize the beauty of these fun Stack-n-Whack, easy-to-create kaleidoscope designed blocks with a few pointers on fabric choice.

Are you ready to upgrade your quilting skills? Need a little inspiration or new patterns to try? Want to buy fabric from another country, but don't have the plane fare?

Making a quilt? In addition to cut, stitch, quilt and admire - be sure to take the steps to document the whole process and your quilt.

Even the smallest quilting space needs to include separate work stations for sewing, cutting, and pressing, plus storage space for fabric, tools, and other supplies.

It takes just an hour or two to make one-of-a-kind potholders from leftover fabric and batting. Potholders make great wedding shower, housewarming, or hostess gifts.