Shopping
True Up, your source for fabric news, designer interviews, sale alerts, and everything fabric. (Joan)Missouri Star Quilt Co--has a Daily Deal of discounted fabric, shipping charges, etc. I also frequently visit Batiks Plus, Pink Chalk Fabrics, eQuilter, and Fabric Depot when I'm looking for specific fabrics or just want to see fabrics that inspire me. (Betsy)
Tutorials and Techniques
Free Motion Quilting
Leah Day's free motion quilting blogFabric/Quilted Post Cards
Red Shoe Ramblings - How to Make a Quilted Post CardNeedled Mom - Postcard Tutorial
Susan Dague Quilts - Fabric Postcard Tutorial
Pin Basting
Red Pepper Quilts has a good tutorial on layering your backing, batting and top and pin basting your quilt together in preparation for the quilting step.
Binding/Facing a Quilt
There are many different ways to bind a quilt. Below are links to several currently on the web that I think are helpful.
Pink Chalk Studio shows how to machine bind a quilt.
Using the backing fabric to make the binding is well illustrated by Loretta Alvarado here http://www.lorettaalvarado.com/binding.htm
Binding a quilt the Jinny Beyer way
Binding odd angles
Facing a quilt from Art with a Needle blog
Amanda Jean from Crazy Mom Quilts shows her technique using a 2.5" straight binding strip and has photos to illustrate her method of machine binding front and back.
Rachel from Stitched in Color shows her zigzag method for machine binding.
Red Pepper Quilts shows a machine binding technique that uses a narrower (2.25 ") binding.
Pink Chalk Studio shows how to machine bind a quilt.
Using the backing fabric to make the binding is well illustrated by Loretta Alvarado here http://www.lorettaalvarado.com/binding.htm
Binding a quilt the Jinny Beyer way
Binding odd angles
Facing a quilt from Art with a Needle blog
Amanda Jean from Crazy Mom Quilts shows her technique using a 2.5" straight binding strip and has photos to illustrate her method of machine binding front and back.
Rachel from Stitched in Color shows her zigzag method for machine binding.
Red Pepper Quilts shows a machine binding technique that uses a narrower (2.25 ") binding.
Cathedral Window Tutorials--Some traditional and some very different
- Hyena In Petticoats – Cathedral Window Quilt Tutorial
- Warmth in the North - Cathedral Window Pillow
- Angie’s Bits and Pieces – Cathedral Windows (includes a chart for different square sizes)
- Treadleworks by Tammy – Cathedral Window
- Making Ends Meet – Cathedral Window Tutorial
- Fresh Cut Quilts - Sew EZ Cathedral Window
- Quilter By Design – Cathedral Window Quilt
- Heartland – Flower Cathedral Window Quilt
- Kosher Nostra – Cathedral Window Quilt Pattern
- Sunshine Creations – Mock Cathedral Window
- The Sometimes Crafter - Tutorial Cathedral Window
- My Go-Go Life - Cathedral Window Pin Cushion
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