Quilting Equipment and Supplies
You can start quilting with just a few quilting tools and pieces of basic equipment, but it won't be long before you discover all the specialty tools and supplies, sewing machines and other equipment that make quilting tasks simpler -- and more fun.
Learn how to make window templates, a handy type of template that's useful for some types of patchwork and applique.
How do you organize your quilting supplies? Tell us about your favorite organization tips.
Do you have a favorite sewing machine? What makes it your favorite? Share your opinions with the online quilting community.
Quilting community members share their tips for making templates, often from unconventional supplies.
Quilting tips to help you get a grip on needles when they're hard to pull through fabric.
Our quilting forum members have found some handy uses for different types of tapes.
Members of the About.com Quilting Community share their favorite sewing machine tips.
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-…
A few "best" tool and storage picks to help you organize your quilting supplies.
Show us your Featherweight! Pictures of vintage Singer Featherweight sewing machines.
Raise your hand if you're a fabriholic! Not sure? Then take this little test to find out if the fabric gene is lurking in your body.
There are an endless number of quilting tools available, so many that beginning quilters aren't sure which ones to buy first. Which tools do you really need and which tools can wait until you're more experienced? Here's a basic list to help get you off to a good start.
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.
