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Quilting

Category: <span>Quilting</span>

Get quiltingly creative with fresh inspiration from the quilting community. Learn new techniques with our how-to articles, which guide you from which quilting tools and rulers give you an accurate first cut to finishing your creation with free motion quilting, whether you use a long arm or do your machine quilting on your home sewing machine.

You can start with precuts like charm packs, jelly rolls, layer cakes, or purchase quilt kits from your local quilt shops. We show you which quilting supplies you need, and which ones will just make your quilting life easier.

Start small with table runners or wall hangings before embarking on a larger quilt – just to get the techniques down.

We’ve got you covered on how to organize your fabric stash and how to use those fabric scraps in your next quilting project. So many creative ideas!

Free your imagination with improv quilting or embrace the slow stitch movement with hand quilting. There are so many quilting patterns to choose from (or design yourself), there’s no end to the whimsy you can create!

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Quilting Fun

Cosmic Spirals Close up

Scrap-Happy Stash-Busting Quilts: Scrappy Quilt Patterns

I love scraps. To me, they are the comfort food of quilts. My first contact with quilts was not the ornate Baltimore Album quilts or the intricately hand quilted whole...

Final quilting from the back

Best Tools for Quilting Projects

Quilting is about taking a good piece of fabric and cutting it up to make something amazing! Whether you make traditional quilts, modern quilts, art quilts or just starting to...

Fabric folded and fabric wrapped on comic book boards

Best Fabric and Thread Storage Ideas: Organize Your Stash

Ready for your MSM (Master of Stash Management) degree? I love seeing the innovative ways creative people store and organize their fabric. But the solutions are not one-size-fits-all. What works...

Traditional Quilt Inspiration

Hospital Sketches

Spotlight: Barbara Brackman, Quilt Historian

Was it fate that Barbara Brackman would become a central figure in quiltmaking? An accidental find of a drawer full of vintage quilt blocks ignited Barbara's curiosity, and since then...

Quilt by Philippa Naylor

Spotlight: Philippa Naylor, Textile Artist

Always up for the next challenge, Philippa Naylor takes on anything she needs to do to challenge her skills, grow as an artist and help others to grow, as well....

Two of Us made by Pat Holly and Sue Nickels

Spotlight: Sue Nickels, Quilter, Author and Teacher

Meticulous attention to detail is a hallmark of Sue Nickels' quilts. Inspired by traditional quilts, Sue, often collaborating with her sister, Pat Holly, freshens the designs with nods to current...

Modern Quilt Inspiration

More Modern Quilts
Triangle Joy

Spotlight: Carole Lyles Shaw, Modern Quilter

As a modern quilter, Carole Lyles Shaw focuses on a set of tried and true design principles, resulting in work that is a bold combination of planning and improvisation. Eager...

Party Conversation by Irene Roderick

Spotlight: Irene Roderick, Textile Artist

Initially trained as a painter, textile artist Irene Roderick came to quilting when she was looking for ideas for a bed quilt (her first), and discovered the work of Denyse...

Repelling Radial by Audrey Esarey

Spotlight: Audrey Esarey, Modern Quilter

Like many creatives, Audrey Esarey dabbled in many artful activities while growing up. But it wasn't until she went to a quilting class with a woman who would later become...

Art Quilt Inspiration

More Art Quilts
Three houses and flowers by Laura Wasilowski

Spotlight: Laura Wasilowski, Textile Artist

When you see a Laura Wasilowski quilt, you can't help but smile. Her whimsical pictorial art quilts use wool, as well as her own hand-dyed fabrics and threads, to depict...

Caryl Breyer Fallert-Gentry Spirogyra art quilt

Spotlight: Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry, Quilt Artist

An icon in the quilting world, Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry paved the way for lovers of machine quilting and bold design. She created quite a stir in the quilt world when...

Unfurling

Spotlight: Frieda Anderson, Fiber Artist

Frieda Andersen is a self proclaimed "Investigator of Ideas".  With a formal education in Art History, she has always been interested in making things - using her hands and mind...

More Quilting

Cole with his winning quilt Joy

Spotlight: Cole Whitaker, Quilt Designer

Cole Whitaker has been creative since he was a young child when his grandmother taught him about quilting. He now creates custom quilt designs for clients, designs quilt patterns, does…
Plastic Sea, Pink and Green textile art by by Augusta Agustsson

Spotlight: Agusta Agustsson, Contemporary Fiber Artist

Agusta Agustsson creates fiber art by printing all of her textiles and then stitching heavily, always with a story to tell. Her work has evolved from being inwardly reflective to…
Finished four patch of cat quilt blocks

Cat Quilt Block Pattern: Free Tutorial

Whether you are a cat owner or not, you'll have fun with this simple cat quilt block pattern! Perfect for beginner quilters, this cat face quilt block comes together quickly.…
Acuarela art quilt by Hilde Morin

Spotlight: Hilde Morin, Fiber Artist

Hilde Morin is a fiber artist who is inspired by architecture and nature, her organic works include a distinctive use of color. She incorporates a variety of media into her…
To Build A Wall Between Us by Andrea Alonge

Spotlight: Andrea Alonge, Fiber Artist

Andrea Alonge creates unique shapes and 3D works with a mixture of new and vintage textiles and other elements. Look closely at her work and you'll see her personal touches…
Venus in the Garden art quilt by Sheila Frampton Cooper

Spotlight: Sheila Frampton Cooper, Fiber Artist

Sheila Frampton Cooper intended to drop fabric off for Project Linus and ended up joining the group and making 35 quilts her first year. Her joyful and colorful fiber art…
Fabric selections in color for a basic bargello quilt

Best Tips on How to Choose Fabric for a Quilt

You are ready to make a quilt. You go to your local quilt shop and you are overwhelmed with all of the fabric choices. In this article, I'll guide you…
Cylindrical Vectors by Nicole McHale

Spotlight: Nicole McHale, Textile Artist

Nicole McHale has always loved the process of building. She discovered she could break the rules of traditional quilting and make art quilts taking a bit from here and an…
Flow Series by Zwia Lipkin

Spotlight: Zwia Lipkin, Textile Artist

Zwia Lipkin enjoyed art as a child. She returned to art as an adult and has a zero-waste policy in her studio. Using home-decor textile samples, her work is full…

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