Articles related to "Quilt Fabrics"

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?

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Add applique to your sewing and crafts to bring additional decoration, or apply to garments and accessories to customize or give a unique touch to your work.

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.

Like contractions leave out letters, color wheels leave out colors, using only enough colors to complete the circle. Every color has a place in the circle.

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.

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

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

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.

You've decided to prewash your quilting fabric to control shrinkage and wash out potentially harmful dyes and chemicals. Here's how the expert quilters do it.

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.

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.

Fabric Inchies, one-inch square mini quilts, came on the art scene about the same time as fabric postcards and Artist Trading Cards. But how does anyone display them?

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

Jinny Beyer has been an integral part of the quilting world since the 1970s when her unique design style earned her a place at the forefront of the U.S. quilting revival.

Quilts can be striking or bland, depending on the fabrics used. Fabrics high in contrast or in different values can make a quilt beautiful.

Beginning quilters often struggle to cut fabric with a rotary cutter without wasting fabric or injuring themselves. Here are a few simple techniques to avoid problems.

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.

Learn several easy ways to use solid focus fabrics to bring harmony to a string quilt's many different colors and patterns.

Not only is watercolor quilting creative, it's also fun building up a stash of fabric for your quilts. Here are some guidelines for selecting fabrics.

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.

Show your Valentine what's really in your heart with this simple fabric postcard you can actually send through the mail. It's sure to be treasured for years to come.

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.

While accuracy is important in every step of piecing - in measuring, cutting, sewing and pressing-you need to make sure you are sewing a consistent quarter-inch seam.

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.

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.

Needles come in a confusing array of shapes and sizes. Here's how to choose the right ones for machine-piecing, machine-quilting, and embellishing with special threads.

If you've been looking for ultra-mini quilt patterns for fabric cards, here are some books with small-scale designs.

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.

The Nine-Patch block, consisting of nine squares arranged in a checkerboard pattern, is one of the mainstays in any quilter's block repertoire. Here's how to make them.

String quilts make good use of extra fabric scraps and help reduce waste in your quilting room. Learn all about string quilting and how easy it is to get started.

Most fabrics in a stash vary in size. Small bits can be lost among the larger pieces. Organize to see each fabric at a glance without digging, save time and frustration.

Here are five favorite ways to arrange Log Cabin blocks into quilts: Straight Setting, Fields and Furrows, Barn Raising, Sunshine and Shadow, and Chevron.

Learn which quilting fabrics, threads, needles, and battings are used by experienced heirloom machine quilters to create intricate quilted effects with no hand stitching.

Looking for a holiday present for the quilter who has everything? Here are nine easy gift ideas that will delight any quilter, including both beginners and experts.

The inexpensive Clover Quick Yo-Yo Maker really does save steps and speed up the process of making fabric yo-yos. It also comes in special flower and heart shapes.

A bib is the ideal present for either babies or toddlers (both notoriously messy eaters). Whip one up in just a few minutes for a new baby gift basket or baby shower.

"Round Robin" continues the story of the lives of several women in a quilting circle in a small Pennsylvania town.

"The Cross-Country Quilters" tells the story of five women from different backgrounds and regions who come together in a quilting class and the impact of those friendship

Here's a quick and frugal way to give your home decor a unique touch. Pillows add a splash of color and softness that makes a room feel comfortable and welcoming.

Binding a quilt with a durable double-fold fabric strip binding helps protect the quilt's edges from wear and gives the quilt a decorative touch.