Quilting Fabrics and Embellishments
The quilting fabrics and embellishments you choose play a huge role in making a quilt your very own. Learn how to select and care for quilting fabrics and trims.
Use Fabric Grain to Improve Your Quiltmaking Skills
Fabric grain is one of those quilting topics that you might not think is important, but the way you cut your fabric in relation to its grain can produce a quilt that's accurate and easy to assemble--or a quilt that just won't do what you want it to do. Put fabric grain to work for you and you're quilting skills will blossom.
Fabric grain is one of those quilting topics that you might not think is important, but the way you cut your fabric in relation to its grain can produce a quilt that's accurate and easy to assemble--or a quilt that just won't do what you want it to do. Put fabric grain to work for you and you're quilting skills will blossom.
How to Perform a Bleed Test on Quilting Fabrics
Some quilting cottons bleed, especially vivid colors like red and purple. Bleeding means the fabrics will lose dyes when they are washed and those dyes can stain the other fabrics in your quilt. Perform this easy bleed test on your cotton fabrics before you use them in a project.
Some quilting cottons bleed, especially vivid colors like red and purple. Bleeding means the fabrics will lose dyes when they are washed and those dyes can stain the other fabrics in your quilt. Perform this easy bleed test on your cotton fabrics before you use them in a project.
Prewashing Pros and Cons
Some quilters never pre-wash their fabrics. Others always prewash, because they don't want any surprises when they wash a quilt for the first time. Use these prewashing pros and cons as a guide to help you decide whether to wash your fabrics before using them or jump right in and start cutting.
Some quilters never pre-wash their fabrics. Others always prewash, because they don't want any surprises when they wash a quilt for the first time. Use these prewashing pros and cons as a guide to help you decide whether to wash your fabrics before using them or jump right in and start cutting.
Keep Your Quilting Fabrics from Fraying in the Wash
Say goodbye to all those strings--use this quick tip to help keep your quilting fabrics from fraying when you prewash them.
Say goodbye to all those strings--use this quick tip to help keep your quilting fabrics from fraying when you prewash them.
How to Do a Fabric Burn Test
This simple burn test will help you determine if a fabric is one hundred percent cotton, and if it isn't cotton fabric, give you a few clues to its content.
This simple burn test will help you determine if a fabric is one hundred percent cotton, and if it isn't cotton fabric, give you a few clues to its content.
Quilting Fabric Swaps
Our About Quilting forum members have a lot of fun swapping quilting fabrics. One of the most lively forum discussions is fabric noodles swap--long, narrow strips of fabric that can be used for an endless number of quilting blocks and projects.
Our About Quilting forum members have a lot of fun swapping quilting fabrics. One of the most lively forum discussions is fabric noodles swap--long, narrow strips of fabric that can be used for an endless number of quilting blocks and projects.
Quilting Fabric Photo Gallery - Mary Ellen Hopkins Collection II
A quilting fabric photo gallery to give you a preview of the Mary Ellen Hopkins Collection II, 2006. Quilting fabric from Seattle Bay, a division of Kona Bay Fabrics.
A quilting fabric photo gallery to give you a preview of the Mary Ellen Hopkins Collection II, 2006. Quilting fabric from Seattle Bay, a division of Kona Bay Fabrics.
Preview Aunt Grace Scrapbag Fabrics, 2006
Preview the quilting fabrics in the Aunt Grace Scrapbag collection for 2006. By Judie Rothermel for Marcus Brothers Textiles.
Preview the quilting fabrics in the Aunt Grace Scrapbag collection for 2006. By Judie Rothermel for Marcus Brothers Textiles.
Love and Hope Fabrics - Quilting for a Cure
Love and Hope is a breast cancer awareness quilting fabric line designed by Faye Burgos for Marcus Brothers Textiles. Use can preview fabrics with this photo gallery. Rulers in all scans help you visualize print dimensions.
Love and Hope is a breast cancer awareness quilting fabric line designed by Faye Burgos for Marcus Brothers Textiles. Use can preview fabrics with this photo gallery. Rulers in all scans help you visualize print dimensions.