Your soure for all your quilting questions
The best online source for quilting
Featured Articles
    Types and traditions of Quilts
Quilting
    Instruction
    Kits
    Patterns
    Quilt Hangers
    Quilting Thread
    Tools, Equipment
    Tops, Blocks
    Other
Crocheting
    Hooks
    Crochet Kits
    Patterns
    Crochet Thread
    Doilies
    Granny Squares
    Other
Cross Stitch
    Completed Cross Stitch
    Cross Stitch Fabric
    Cross Stitch Floss
    Cross Stitch Magazines
    Kits
    Patterns
    Other
Fabric
    Chiffon
    Corduroy
    Cotton
    Denim
    Felt
    Flannel
    Fleece
    Lace
    Linen
    Lycra
    Rayon
    Satin
    Silk
    Suede, Ultrasuede
    Synthetics, Blends
    Upholstery, Drapery
    Velvet, Velour
    Wool
    Other Fabric
Sewing
    Machine Accessories
    Machines, Sergers
    Notions, Supplies, Tools
    Patterns
Basketry
Bead Art
    Beaded Flowers
    Beads
    Kits, Instructions
    Pendants
    Pliers, Tools
    Storage, Display
    Other Items
Candle & Soap Making
    Bags, Packaging
    Dyes
    Embeds
    Herbs, Botanicals
    Jars, Holders
    Kits
    Molds
    Powders
    Scents, Fragrances
    Soap Base, Glycerin
    Soap Butters, Fixed Oils
    Wax, Gels
    Wicks
    Other Supplies
Ceramics, Pottery
    Ceramic Decals
    Clays, Glazes, Paints
    Molds, Kits
    Polymer Clay
    Pottery Kilns
    Pottery Tools
    Pottery Wheels
    Ready-to-Paint Pieces
    Other Supplies
Decorative, Tole Painting
    Paint, Brushes
    Patterns, Instructions
    Ready-to-Paint Items
    Stencils
    Transfers, Decals
    Other
Embroidery
    Embroidery Machine Thread
    Embroidery Machines
    Embroidery Ribbon
    Digitizing Software
    Hand Embroidery Thread, Floss
    Hoops, Needles
    Kits
    Patterns, Transfers
    Stabilizer
    Stamped Linens
    Other Embroidery
Floral Supplies
    Flowers, Foliage
    Instruction
    Swags, Garlands
    Wreaths
    Other Supplies
Framing, Matting
    Cutters
    Frames, Kits
    Mats
    Other
General Art & Craft Supplies
    Adhesives, Glue Guns
    Button Making Machines
    Containers, Storage
    Corks
    Feathers
    Foam, Styrofoam
    Gourds
    Plaster
    Raffia, Wire, Cord
    Wooden Pieces
    Other Supplies
Glass Art Supplies
    Patterns
    Stained Glass Supplies
    Tools
    Other Supplies
Handcrafted Items
    Finished Needlearts
    Handcrafted Pillows
    Handcrafted Wall Hangings
    Handmade Dolls
    Handpainted Items
    Other
Kids Crafts
    Bead Kits
    Craft Books
    Craft Kits
    Drawing & Painting  
    Foam & Felt Shapes
    Holiday
    Stickers
    Sand Art
    Other

Quilting

Instruction

Instruction Article

Traditional quilting involves a process that has four steps: piecing, layering, quilting, and binding. Piecing is the sewing of the quilt top, which is composed of small pieces of cloth arranged in a pattern. A unit of the pattern is called a block. These blocks are sewn together, either edge to edge, or with separator strips of cloth called sashing. In some quilts, a whole piece of cloth is used for the top layer, so piecing is not done. Layering places the quilt's backing, batting, and top in place. Quilting involves attaching the three layers together as well as adding decorative elements. Binding completes the quilt by finishing the edges with a trim of fabric. Sometimes borders are added before the binding is done.

Quilting is usually done starting from the middle, going out to the edges. Most frequently, quilting is done along seam lines (i.e., stitching in the ditch).

Quilting can be done over a simple geometric grid or using more complex designs such as tessellations. The gridwork of stitches traps air in the material, making it much warmer than a single layer of fabric would be, or even the layers separately.

Quilting can also be used as a form of elaborate decoration, where the stitching creates complex designs and patterns, with or without the use of color. Many draw the design they plan to quilt on the quilt top before stitching, while others stitch "freehand".

While the majority of quilt tops are pieced (patchwork quilt), elaborate quilting can be done on a top layer composed of only a single piece of fabric (whole cloth quilt). Chintz, sateen and other shiny fabrics are often used for the top layer since these enhance the intricacy of detailed quilting.

Quilting is very often combined with embroidery, patchwork, appliqué and other forms of needlework.

Instruction Items

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Search:  
Log Cabin Fever quilting book - Evelyn Sloppy

$5.00
50 QUILT DESIGNS ROTARY CUTTING QUICK PIECING 320 PAGES

$5.99
Quilt Book, Keep Quilting with Alex Anderson

$0.95
QUILT BLOCK POT HOLDERS Booklet

$2.00
Quilt Book, Storm At Sea in 3-D, Jackie Robinson

$0.95
Power Cutting Too by Debbie Caffrey Rotary Cutting NEW

$17.95
Patchwork Quilt Book Sew Before You Cut Strip Quilting

$4.99
2 Great Books in Exellent Condition for one low price!!

$3.99
QUILTS OF AMERICA - 125 FULL COLOR QUILTS - 16 PATTERNS

$9.99
Quilt Book, Machine Embroidery and More, Kristen Dibbs

$0.95
America's Best Loved Quilts Drunkyards Path!

$0.99
Simple Seasons quilt book

$12.00
Wheel of Mystery Quilts by Helen Marshall Quilt Book

$7.99
Lot of 5 Quilting books American Patchwork Alphabet +

$9.95
PATCHWORK QUILTS*25 FULL SIZE PATTERNS*BOOK

$4.99
Quilting by Machine by Singer, 128 pages

$0.99
Lot of 4 Quilting books Patchwork Block Advanced Season

$9.95
THE ELECTRIC MOLA - REVERSE APPLIQUE BY JANE HILL

$0.99
CREEP CRAFTY HALLOWEEN BOOK

$5.00
QUILTS, QUILTS AND MORE QUILTS by McClun and Nownes

$4.50
LOT (3) NEW QUILTING BOOKS (NOT MAGS) LESS THAN $4 BOOK

$9.99
EQ6 Book CD Electric Quilt 6 Software FREE SHIPPING Sew

$149.95
TULIP TABLE RUNNER & WALL HANGING by Patricia Knoechel

$2.00
Mile a Minute Quilts by Sharon Hultgren

$7.99
Better Homes & Gardens Patchwork & Quilting Book

$3.00
EVERYDAY EMBELLISHMENTS by M'Liss Rae Hawley - QUILTING

$0.99
HAND-APPLIQUED QUILTS WHIMSICAL DESIGNS & SIMPLE TECH.

$10.99
Lot 11 QUILTING Books Lap Diamond Log Cabin Curves ++

$7.99
QUILTING DOT TO DOT PATTERNS FOR MACHINE QUILTERS

$12.99
Small Quilting Projects Book by Linda Seward

$3.00
Great American Quilts 1989, 144 pages

$0.99
Quilt Book, Picture Perfect Patchwork, Naomi Norman

$0.95
SCRAP SAVERS GIFT STITCHERY BOOK

$3.99
3 ELINOR PEACE BAILEY DOLL PATTERNS

$1.99
Cottage Treasures Book Home Decor Quilts Pillows Gifts

$4.99
A FEW OF MY FAVORITE ANTIQUE QUILTS - NEW QUILT BOOK

$8.99
Traditiional Quilts - The Easy Way

$0.99
OVERALL BILL QUILT DESIGNS Booklet

$2.00
1995 QUILT SAMPLER PATTERNS BOOK/MAGAZINE

$0.99
FAMILY KEEPSAKE QUILTS by Vivian Howell Ritter QUILTING

$2.75
Let the Good Times Roll by Anka's Treasures

$7.99
Batik beauties quilting book - Laurie J. Shifrin

$11.00
Quilt Book, Leaving Riverton, Jodi Barrows

$0.95
Quilt Book Crafts Quilter's Foundation Ark Fabric Sew

$3.99
SEW FAST SEW FUN SEW EASY Tote Apron Pillow Quilt Book

$12.00
SEW EASY RAG QUILTING Raggy Projects QUILT BOOK

$18.00
Quilts from the Civil War quilt book

$10.00
20TH CENTURY BEST AMERICAN QUILTS- 100 YEARS OF THE ART

$4.00
LADY LIBERTY BY JAN PATEK - BRAND NEW QUILT BOOK

$9.99
Turning Twenty Just Got Better Tricia Cribbs

$12.29
SWEET NOSTALGIA FQ Old Hanky Thirtys Yo-Yo QUILT BOOK

$15.00
QUILTMAKER Quilting Designs CD Vol. 1 ~Compatible w/EQ6

$18.99
Sew a Row Quilts by Karin Hellaby-

$7.99
1997 HOME & GARDENS QUILT PATTERN BOOK/MAGAZINE

$0.99
MINIATURE MAY BASKET Wall HANGING by Patricia Knoechel

$2.00
Leisure Arts Quick Classic Quilts by Marsha McCloskey

$8.99
Electric Quilt Quilting Designs Quiltmaker CD Volume 1

$18.99
Quilt Book, Lap Warmers, Paula Kemperman

$0.95
Calico Pastimes Applique Needlwork Pattern Book

$0.99
CALENDAR QUILTS 12 monthly patterns BOOK by Joan Hanson

$1.99
Turning Twenty Feelin' Groovy Tricia Cribbs Book #4

$14.49
A Quilters Ark Book

$5.00
Rotary Round-Up Judy Hopkins & Nancy J Martin!

$4.00
5 Quilt Books In Excellent Condition for a Great Deal

$7.99
Simple Traditions quilt book

$11.00
Quilting For Show Karen McTavish New Reprinted

$22.75
Happy Endings - Finishing The Edges of Your Quilt

$0.99
More fat Quarter Quilts - M'Liss Rea Hawley

$5.00
Rose Sampler Supreme quilt book

$10.00
WINTER ROSE BY CABBAGE ROSE - BRAND NEW QUILT BOOK

$9.99
Easy Paper-Pieced Baby Quilts - quilting book

$5.00
2 Quilt Books in Exellent Condition for one low price!!

$3.99
ASIAN ELEGANCE QUILTING WITH JAPANESE FABRIC & MORE

$12.99
SEASON SAMPLER BY CABBAGE ROSE - BRAND NEW QUILT BOOK

$9.99
Patchwork Memories quilting book - Retta Warehime

$5.00
1997 QUILT SAMPLER FULL SIZE PATTERN BOOK/MAGAZINE

$0.99
THE PATCHWORK QUILT DESIGN & COLORING BOOK

$0.99
SCRAP HAPPY CHRISTMAS QUILT BOOKLT/PLASTIC TEMPLATE KIT

$1.95
Quilter's Travel Companion 9th Edition 2006-2008 NEW

$9.99
Quilt Book, Fabric Shopping with Alex Anderson

$0.95
2 QUILTING BKS Designing Your Own & Amer FOLK ART QUILT

$0.99
Quilt Book, Miss Jump's Favorites, Linda Brannock

$0.95
Nice Lot Quilt Books Patterns Templates Magazines

$9.99
At Home with Thimbleberries Quilts By Lynette Jensen

$8.99
Thimbleberries Book of Quilts by Lynette Jensen

$9.99
DRESDEN PLATE PLACEMATS by Eleanor Burns

$2.00
Summer Wine Book & Cd Jenny Haskins Brand New

$24.99
Quilting Books from ASN: LOT of 5!!

$5.24
Old Early American COUNTRY QUILTS Primitive Book Time L

$9.99
Batiks and Beyond Quilting book - Laurie J. Shifrin

$11.00
Design Originals-Donna Kinsey Strip Happy Quilting On A

$14.95
LORA & COMPANY QUILT BOOK - LORA ROCKE

$8.99
Fons and Porter- AMERICANA SAMPLER-QUILT BLOCK PATTERNS

$6.49
Bernina World Quilt Competition Appointment Book

$3.00
ALL ABOUT ME ~ QUILT PATTERN Atkinson Designs NEW

$6.65
QUILT BOOK & FABRIC~ROBYN PANDOLPH NEEDLETURN APPLIQUE!

$19.99
Block Magic - Fun blocks from Easiest Shapes Quilting

$8.99
   
Knitting
    Boards & Looms
    Knitting Kits
    Knitting Totes
    Needles
    Patterns
    Machine Knitting
Lacemaking, Tatting
Latch, Rug Hooking
    Kits, Patterns
    Rug Yarn
    Other
Leathercraft
    Buckles, Conchos
    Lacing
    Rivets, Tacks
    Tools & Treatments
    Other Supplies
Macrame
Metalworking
Needlepoint
    Canvas
    Completed Needlepoint
    Kits
    Patterns
    Plastic Canvas
    Other
Painting & Drawing
Paper Crafts, Origami
Ribbon
    Fabric, Lace
    Grosgrain
    Organza
    Satin
    Wire Edged
    Other Ribbon
Scrapbooking
    Adhesives, Glue, Tape
    Albums
    Buttons
    Charms
    Cutters, Trimmers
    Embellishments
    Eyelets
    Fibers, Wire
    Grommets, Brads
    Kits
    Markers, Pens
    Organizers & Carriers
    Pages, Paper
    Paper Piecing
    Stickers
    Tags
    Other Scrapbooking
Shellcraft
Spinning
    Roving, Wool, Fiber
    Wheels, Spindles
    Other Spinning Items
Stamping
    Embossing Supplies
    Ink, Pads
    Instruction, Patterns
    Kits
    Paper, Stationery
    Stamps
    Tools, Equipment
    Other
Upholstery*
Weaving
    Books & Patterns
    Looms
    Other
Woodworking
    Carving
    Kits
    Lumber
    Patterns
    Supplies
    Turning
    Other
Yarn
    Acrylic
    Alpaca
    Angora
    Blends
    Boucle
    Cashmere
    Chenille
    Cotton
    Eyelash
    Handspun, Handpainted
    Linens
    Metallic
    Mohair
    Rayon
    Silk
    Wool
    Mixed Lots
    Yarn Kits
    Other Yarn
Wall Decor, Tatouage
Other Arts & Crafts
Wholesale Lots
    All-Purpose Craft Supplies
    Candle & Soap Making
    Fabric Embellishment
    Floral Supplies
    Needlecraft
    Scrapbooking
    Stamping, Stickers
    Other
    Bead Art  
    Fabric
Art Supplies
    ACEO, Art Cards
    Airbrushing
    Altered Art & Collage
    Books & Videos
    Canvases, Pads & Paper
    Decorative & Tole Painting
    Drawing
    Easels
    Mediums, Varnishes & Fixatives
    Paint by Number
    Painting
    Screen Printing
    Sculpture
    Other