Quilting Department
Quilt crafts are for more than dressing your bed! Today, quilting is used for home décor, clothing and much more.
Our Quilting department will show you the basics and teach you piecing techniques. You’ll find tips and hints, quilt blocks, free projects and even a quilt shop finder to help you find your local quilting store. And for the more-advanced quilter, you’ll find information on the foundation or paper piecing technique of quilting.
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Recent Videos and Tutorials
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This easy four patch quilt is a great project for a beginner quilter. It uses charm packs and some coordinating yardage and goes together quick and easy.
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Learn to make classic quilt block, the sailboat block. This free sailboat block pattern can be used in a quilt, wall hanging, pillow or many other projects.
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How to sew an easy strip quilt. A strip quilt is a quick and time-saving way to whip up a quilt and is the ultimate quilt for beginner quilters.
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What to do with leftover batting? Learn how to join batting pieces together with sewing machine.
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How to Join Quilt Binding Strips
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How to Machine Quilt with the Serpentine Stitch
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Learn how to sew a Sailboat Quilt! With our free tutorial, use the classic sailboat block pattern to sew a quilt. Charming fabric stash buster quilt.
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This page and video tutorial will show a completed string quilt and give ideas and tips for making your own. A scrap busting quilt.
Book and Magazine Recommendations
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Marie AndersonDesign and Create Your Own Memory Quilt In One Weekend! This book is for anyone who has wants to make their own memory quilt, T-shirt quilt or scrapbook quilt.
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This magazine has quilting projects with full-size patterns, easy-to-follow instructions for quilters of all skill levels.
New Stuff
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Memory quilts are a wonderful way to preserve special moments, like birthdays, graduations, weddings and deaths. Each one is unique and treasured by families.
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Create with Claudia
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These calculations will help you calculate how much fabric you need when adding a continuous bias binding to your quilt.
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The Sewing Loft
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This 12" block is the chain and hourglass block. This is a charmer when made in muslin and homespun fabrics.
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Quilter's Cache
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Answer the question how many yards should I buy to add borders to my quilt. This page will take you through the calculations and can be printed to keep in your quilting area.
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Studio Dragonfly
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Learn how to make a memory quilt in 3 easy steps from old clothing.
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Suzy Quilts
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There are different types of quilts you could make with clothing. The typical memory quilt is a t-shirt quilt. But there are many others. Read this article to get some ideas.
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Too Cool T-Shirt Quilts
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How to make a necktie quilt.
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Crafty House
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Basic information on making a necktie quilt.
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Anita's Piecing and Quilting Tutorials
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As inspiration, this is a photo of a necktie string quilt. It is a way to use old neckties. No instructions. Just picture.
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Flickr
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Some information and tips on how to make a quilt with photos.
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Quilting 101