Information for quilters

Looking for help on putting your quilt together? This page will help you! Don't redo the math, it is all here. This page is a WIP (work in progress), not a UFO (unfinished object.) If you have a suggestion for more information or links we should have on this page, click here and tell us about it.

Quilting Tips and Terms

Quiltbus Tips and Terms
HGTV Glossary

How to...

Applique techniques and tips
Applying/Making Binding and Ending your Binding
Basic Lessons
Calibrate the color in your monitor
Chenille Fabric
Choose a Home Machine Quilting Systems
Choose the Perfect Sewing Machine
Choose the Right Sewing Machine Needle
Choose Color in Quilts
Clean your Sewing Machine
Coloring a Crayon Quilt
Create a Microwave Heating Bag
Document your Quilt
Drafting Patterns
Easy Prairie Points
Fabric Dyeing
Fabric Postcards - 4 x 6 Works of Art
Getting Started; The Things You'll Need
Hand Appliqué
Make a Quillow
Make a hanging sleeve
Machine Quilt and Stippling Info
McCall's Quilting Lessons
Sew with fleece
Paper Piece
Preparing to quilt
Printing on Fabric
Redwork Tips
Set a Quilt on Point
Sewing Machine Needle Primer - which needle to use.
Quilt One Block at a Time
Easy Rod Pockets
Make Flying Geese
Make Saw Tooth Edging
Make T-Shirt Quilts
Mark your Machine Bed for 1/4" seams
Speed Piece Half Squares
Speed Piece NinePatches
Practice Paper Piecing
Press for Success
Pressing Info from Marcia
Tie a quilt
Tips from Quiltmaker
Thread Theory
Transfer Printing on Fabrics

Where to buy more of that fabric you bought three years ago but JUST ran out of:

Missing Fabrics.com
Fab Shop Search
Quiltshops
Ebay

Don't redo the math!

General Quilt Sizes
Standard Mattress Sizes
Metric Conversion Chart
How much fabric do you need for your quilt? (from Hickory Hill)
Enlarging with a Copier

How much fabric do you need for binding?

Cutting dimensions for HST's (half square triangles)

Cutting dimensions for QST's (quarter square triangles)

Enlarging /Reducing Scale for patterns

Setting and Corner Triangles sizes for setting a quilt on point

More Links to check

http://mccallsquilting.com/artheblk/ has quite a complete how to for patchwork and quilting

http://quickquilts.com/artheblk/ http://quiltmaker.com/tips/