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How to Stop Scrolling and Actually Start Your Dream Quilt

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One of the things that can be overwhelming starting any new hobby is knowing just where to begin. With quilting, there are so many notions, fabrics, precut fabrics, quilt block patterns and templates, sewing machine choices— your head could spin. Whe...
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How to Find Your Quilting Style... Because It Matters

One of the things that can make or break your quilting journey is putting yourself in a box where you don't fit. Are you drawn to modern or traditional quilting styles? Do you prefer abstract quilts, southwestern quilts, baby quilts? Will you hand qu...

 
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One of the greatest ways to figure out what you like is to be exposed to mediums and art forms that you may not have even known were possible. I knew that I was not one interested in creating portraits in quilts because when I drew and painted as a y...
Bisa Butler's Portraiture Quilts | Brooklyn Made
 
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Do you want to create heirlooms that tell a history? This is personally what got me from doom scrolling and pushing aside my dream of making quilts to actually start my first project— I watched a story of an Indigenous woman who used quilting to tell...
Lakota Star Quilts | The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show
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Content Creators That Taught Me Everything I Know

To say that I'm thankful for these quilters is an understatement. For many who may be getting into quilting, it may just be a hobby. If you're an experienced crafter like myself, it's a lifestyle. These quilters have shown me how quilting can work fo...

 
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Her name is Rachel and she lives in the UK. I'm forever grateful for her because she's the one who actually got me on the Missouri Star website to buy my first notion, and I actually started quilting after it arrived. There was no more browsing throu...
Stitch With Rachel
 
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Miss Esther taught me how to hand stitch and hand quilt and it changed my life. I might say that frequently throughout this list but I mean it— I knew that I wasn't going to be using a machine nor have the space for one. I got into hand stitching fab...
The Late Miss Esther Miller
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Ms. Karen here is another woman of just… ugh. Everything that I've learned from taking scrap fabric and crumbs and turning it into something beautiful? Her. Her right here. I've watched a lot of her her tutorials and they're not only informative, but...checking out her website as well!
Karen Brown of Just Get it Done Quilts
 
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Now Ms. Brenda is someone I was just introduced to… today. And yet here I am and I'm going to be coming back to her page again and again and again because not only if she just breaking down how to recreate some BEAUTIFUL and gorgeous quilts (I'm just...
Conquering Mount Scrapmore with Brenda

Amazing Resources for Free Quilting Tutorials

One thing is for sure: quilting is an expensive hobby. When I decided to get started, I honestly had so many ideas I didn't know if I would actually stick to a pattern or not. When I found out there were websites with free quilting patterns? Browsing...

 
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I'm actually crying typing this because if you've been a part of the quilting community for any amount of time… Mrs. Donna was such a light. I wouldn't know how to properly bind and finish quilts without this woman in a way I felt confident enough to...
Jordan Fabrics with Donna Jordan
 
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One of the things that you may not realize is that a lot of your fabric shops and favourite quilting companies? They usually have a place somewhere on their site with patterns they've created to give quilters ideas for how to use their fabrics in a q...
Art Gallery Fabrics' Free Quilting Patterns | Download your favorites!
 
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Now this library is just GREAT because it makes me think of all the quilters who have made beautiful heirlooms throughout history… and this is where you can find a lot of the patterns that they used. 🙃 They also have sewing and needlework books on t...
Antique Pattern Library | Free Quilting Patterns

How to Find Community in the Quilting Space

If you're someone who's a true nerd and knows that though you can pursue your hobby alone, sometimes it's just much better geeking out with a friend? You'll love the quilting community. There are plenty of events (both in person and online) to attend...

 
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LISTEN I'M SO GEEKED I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS PART OF THEIR SITE TODAY!! 🤩 Missouri Star is where I made one of my first quilting purchases and to find out that they have quilt alongs, quilt classes, all of that? UGH. TAKE ME TO MISSOURI NOW!💸
Missouri Star Quilt Co.'s Event Calendar | Visit Quilt Town, USA
 
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Welcome to the Quilt Capital: Paducah, Kentucky. This is literally the dream space, UGH! And they have this amazing event that's called Quilt Week. It's a whole week where people from AROUND THE WORLD drive in, fly in, sell a kidney to show up and pa...
AQS QuiltWeek | Paducah, KY
 
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Sometimes volunteering at an event like this may be how you make more connections. A convention like QuiltCon is going to bring quilters from around the world and well, volunteering would put you in a position where quilters are seeking you out to go...
QuiltCon | Plan Your Visit - Modern Quilt Guild
 
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So quilt guilds are nonprofits whose sole purpose is to promote… quilting. 🙌🏾 They usually have membership dues, but they're gonna be putting together activities, some put on quilt shows, and others are gonna be local or national. You're just gonna...here's another listing database to check out if you're gonna go this route.
Quilt Guilds and Quilt Show Listings
 
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Meetup is great because if there's an event in your area, it's probably on there. For quilters? This is also pretty cool because you might find out about a quilting guild that donates to hospitals or whatnot. 🥰 Sometimes the events aren't in person,...
Meetup | Find Local Groups, Events, and Activities Near You
 
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Listen, I fell down this rabbit hole and am still trying to crawl out (notgoingnowherenope) 👀 But if Reddit is your social media of choice? I mean, the community so far that I've seen on here? They are SO encouraging and just… some of the quilts peo...
r/Quilting on Reddit