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Which Quilting Tools and Supplies Should I Buy?

We'll help you decide which quiltmaking equipment should be on your 'must buy' list from the very beginning, and which ones can probably wait until you have a bit more quilting experience.
  1. Tool & Equipment Reviews (4)
  2. Rotary Cutting Tools
  3. Quilting Book Reviews
  4. Sewing Machines (15)
  5. Quilting Glossary

A Quilter's 12 Days of Christmas
A Quilter's 12 Days of Christmas, slip a copy under your true love's dinner plate or keyboard.

Which Tools Can You Take on a Commercial Airline?
Let's talk about the tools you are allowed to take when you fly on a commercial airline.

Smartphone Apps for Quilters
Use this list to find smartphone apps for quilters. The apps are for both iPhones and Android cells.

Tell Us About Your Favorite Threads
Take a few moments to share your opinions about sewing threads with the About.com Quilting community.

Best Hand Sewing Needles - Rate and Review the Best Hand Sewing Needles
Do you have a favorite brand or type of hand sewing needle? Share your favorites with the online quilting community.

Top Picks Scissors for Quilters
Have you shopped for scissors lately? If you have, you know the selections are endless. It seems like more and more specialty scissors hit the market every year. You'll find all sorts of handy little tools to help you with quilting tasks, but nearly everyone starts with some basics. You probably don't need all of these scissors -- at least not all at the same time -- but they do represent a well-…

Isaac Singer Biography
Biography of Isaac M. Singer, inventor of the Singer Sewing Machine, along with a look at the history of sewing machines.

Pink Ribbon Quilting Tools for Breast Cancer Awareness
Try this list if you're looking for pink ribbon quilting tools and fabrics.

Quilting Supplies Organizers - What's Your Favorite Trick for Organiz…
How do you organize your quilting supplies? Tell us about your favorite organization tips.

Quilting Template Tips
Quilting community members share their tips for making templates, often from unconventional supplies.

Easy Needle Helpers
Easy ways to grip and pull hand sewing needles through layers of fabric.

Unconventional Quilting Tool Finds: Tapes
Our quilting forum members have found some handy uses for different types of tapes.

Organize Your Quilting Supplies
A few "best" tool and storage picks to help you organize your quilting supplies.

Essential Tools for Beginning Quilters
Beginning quilters usually don't want to invest a lot of money in tools, at least not until they know they'll love to quilt. This list of essential tools will help get you started.

Sewing Machine Reviews - Review Your Sewing Machine
Do you love your sewing machine, or is it just so-so? Use this space to submit a sewing machine review, and share the pros and cons of your machine with members of the online quilting community.See submissions

Make a Window Template
Learn how to make window templates, a see-through template that allows you to mark seam lines and cutting lines at the same time.

Thread Theory
A bit of information that explains the descriptions you'll see printed on a spool of thread--and how the differences relate to your quilts.

Gifts for Quilters
Find gifts for your quilting friends and family members.

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