Articles

This article page is a great selection of valuable quilting information for you, the quilter. We update this page regularly so be sure to come back often and check for new quilt articles. They include many tips and tricks to help you with your quilting and general sewing too. Just as an example:

Tip-You should always cut your borders to length before attaching them.

Read the article "Cutting Border Strips" to see why this is so important

  • Cutting Border Strips
  • Have you ever cut a border strip and added it without cutting the border strip to length? Read more >>

  • Improve your quilting
  • How you can improve the quality of your quilt making. Read more >>

  • Should I prewash my fabric?
  • Many quilters wonder whether they should pre-wash their fabrics before using it to make their quilt or use it just as it comes from the quilt store. There are certainly a lot of discussion points on both sides. Read more >>

  • Quilting - New Zealand style
  • There is an estimated 27 million quilters in the United States alone, add to this quilters in Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Europe and many other countries. That sure is a lot of quilters, and a lot of quilts! As a quilter and traveling teacher from New Zealand, I am often asked how different quilting is in our small South Pacific Island. Read more >>

  • Color and Quilting
  • Colors and how they affect quilting Read more >>

  • Washing Your Quilt
  • There are many suggestions and ways quilters wash a quilt. I hope this article will help you decide how best to wash your quilt. Read more >>

  • Designing a Quilt
  • Turning Idea into Quilt Read more >>

  • How to Choose good quilting fabric
  • Interesting facts about Quilters Fabrics Read more >>

  • Tips for Applique
  • Quilting is a very popular hobby and covers a huge range of topics such as applique, patchwork and quilting and then each of these topics cover many different techniques both in hand stitching and machine. When you view the quilts on my website, you will notice that I deal mostly in applique quilts. I found many quilters are afraid to try applique, which is a shame because in most cases, applique is just as easy as patchwork with less need to be accurate in your stitching. Read more >>

  • Facts about Fabrics
  • 26/01/2010
  • Interesting facts about Quilters Fabrics Read more >>

  • Make a design wall
  • 16/05/2010
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