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The fabric manufactures, kaufman, northcott, etc have good sites with free patterns.
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That is half the fun, surfing the internet looking for new sites.
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e-how.com also has tutes
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I just gave a program on using the internet to my guild. Here is a copy of what I did.
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I am addicted to the free block of the month applique patterns offered on the Bunny Hill website as well as Erin Russek's blog, One Piece at a Time.
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All my favorite sites have been mentioned already but.. I would like to add that Google offers an internet library. When you click on the "Books" feature in the options (same line as Images, Videos, etc), then click on 21th, 20th or 19th century, Preview and full view, you can find some interesting book that offer partial or full view of their contents, and you can learn some good tips or techniques.
I thought it was very useful for trying the strips and curves. Good luck with your presentation tomorrow! |
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Good luck with your talk
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Don't forget FatCat Patterns. If you are into applique, this is an awesome site. http://www.fatcatpatterns.com/
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Originally Posted by QuiltinMama
Everything I thought of has been mentioned except alot of the American Quilting magazines have free patterns for blocks and quilts.. go to their magazine web sites.
Also why not have block of the month using one of the web sites mentioned ... ?? I have a question for you ... since you are in Ireland do you have alot quilt shops there? I love hearing about other countries and their quilters and what they are doing...what type of quilting they like? Piecing or applique? hand or machine quilting? What are the trends there? Have fun at your meeting and please let all the Irish quilters know they have fellow quilters around the world !! Hugs Quiltinmama alias Vicki |
I have found some really great tutorials from the Better Homes and garden quilting web site. Its all free. Great for beginners.
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Originally Posted by PurpleBecca
Hi guys! I am giving a talk at my local Quilt Society meeting on Friday night and was wondering if I could ask your opinions???
I am talking about how the internet can be used to help us quilters and wondered if you could spare a moment to tell me your TOP 3 internet resources - whether they be shops or free pattern sites - tutorials - etc etc..... Of course I am going to be telling the group about this forum!!! Also - if you mention a shop, could you please take a moment to look at their site ansd see if they will ship to Ireland? It would be a shame if we got loads of great ideas and then couldn't use them!!! I would check myself but I have very poor internet here up inthe hills of Ireland and you may well do it a lot faster than I can!!! Thanks so much in anticipation of some interesting responces!! My favorite site is www.webfabrics.com and they do ship to Ireland......email, phone or fax orders....all fabric is excellent quality........check out her website. R |
thanks for all the info ladies..alot ai have never seen and will have to ck on myself
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I use internet sites all the time now. There are so many free patterns out there, so I can save money to use to add to my stash. I like www.quilterscache.com, McCalls mag has a site, about-quilting.com., fabric companies like Hoffman and many others have free patterns on their sites showcasing their lines of fabrics. I also find a lot of patterns on stained glass sites since I like to do art quilts. I also use free coloring pages for applique patterns for childrens quilts.
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I wrote down lots of sites I want to check out. Thanks for the information everyone. Sdidio, your presentation looked great! THIS is a great site!
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//www.daystyledesigns.com fmq , piecing and supplies - great tutorials
//www.sharonschambernetwork.com/ great tutorials on many topics //www.Missouristarquiltcompany.com many tutorials |
How did it go?
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I like the tutorials of The Missouri Star Quilt Company
But cannot figure out how to ask if they ship to Ireland. Sorry Maybe if you try to go to their site and order. When you try to get it shipped they will tell you yes or no. I believe you can back out before the order is completed. |
I like The Quilt Show with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, Sewing with Nancy, Quilt in a Day, quilterstv.com, sewontv.com and americasews.com. Also, The world wide quilting page.
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Originally Posted by PurpleBecca
Hi guys! I am giving a talk at my local Quilt Society meeting on Friday night and was wondering if I could ask your opinions???
I am talking about how the internet can be used to help us quilters and wondered if you could spare a moment to tell me your TOP 3 internet resources - whether they be shops or free pattern sites - tutorials - etc etc..... Of course I am going to be telling the group about this forum!!! Also - if you mention a shop, could you please take a moment to look at their site ansd see if they will ship to Ireland? It would be a shame if we got loads of great ideas and then couldn't use them!!! I would check myself but I have very poor internet here up inthe hills of Ireland and you may well do it a lot faster than I can!!! Thanks so much in anticipation of some interesting responces!!! R |
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Karen McTavish's site http://www.designerquilts.com/mctavish.html when I need inspiration for quilting http://www.youtube.com when I want to watch how someone does a technique - http://www.missouriquiltco.com/ has some awesome ones! https://www.fabshophop.com/main.asp when I want to look at many different shops |
Missouri Star Quilt Company
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Originally Posted by sdidio
I just gave a program on using the internet to my guild. Here is a copy of what I did.
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I use Youtube quite a lot with a little video i learn a lot because i am a visual person and of course this web site everyday i find something new or another page to book mark great tips and i can voice my opinion with out being criticize :) The internet is my best teacher.
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I am new to quilting and these sites are going to help me and many other new quilters on this site, I copy and pasted many of these sites. To everyone who shared THANK YOU!
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http://www.quilterstv.com/
http://quiltwithus.connectingthreads.com/ Two of my favorite for free tutorials. These would be great for new quilters. |
I am looking for a mouse pin cushion anyone hve the pattern?
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This quilting board is the best place I have found. There are all sorts of tutorials and interesting help. You can also find links to other useful sites that have free patterns. I don't think you can go wrong recommending this site.
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I find the Quilting Board great and their links section along with Blogs from members really covers all you need to know.
I am in Australia, I buy all my fabric from "Fabricshack", "Fabricdepot", "Fabricworm", and "Quilt Kits Online" all in the US, they deliver all over the world their shipping rates are very reasonable, (buy in lots of 9 yards for Flat Rate Mailing around $14.50). I think since I started quilting your economy is now going gangbusters. Regards Aussie Carol |
Lots of new sites to check out after reading this posting!
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Make sure when you go, that you have enough copies of the information you want to pass on.
Then make sure you have free patterns for all printed out from the websites you choose. Or perhaps a technique from a chosen website. I would make up some samples of perhaps table runners or wall hangings using the techniques from the websites. People like to see things as well as hear of new things. I would also go to www.emblibrary.com and download a free pattern, make it and show it IF you have an embroidery machine. Do not display the free patterns to give away until the end of the program. Use your list of websites as an outline for your talk, showing something from the wesite as you go along. You will do fine, but try to appear organized and be confident even if you don't feel like it. Hope this advice helps. |
Two resources I've found that are really good are Janet Wickell (http://quilting.about.com/) and Penny Halgren (http://www.how-to-quilt.com/articles/).
Also the YouTube videos from Missouri Star Quilt Company are great... not only individual block and quilt patterns, but also techniques (binding, making half-square triangles, tube quilting, etc). Of course there are other YouTube quilters, too, some of them well-known, like Eleanor Burns, Fons & Porter, etc. There are numerous sites that archive hundreds of free quilt patterns to downloaded. And I won't even attempt to mention all the great online quilt shops - some of them offer tutorials and free pattern downloads, too. One can google almost anything... "easy quilts," "beginner quilts," "star quilt blocks," "English paper piecing," "Civil War quilts," and come up with more good stuff than one can ever possibly use in one lifetime. They might have to cut you off, because you could easily talk all day long on this subject and not run out of things to say! Good luck! |
>>Also - if you mention a shop, could you please take a moment to look at their site and see if they will ship to Ireland?
Most of the larger shops ship abroad... Eleanor Burns comes to mind. She has two sites, http://www.eleanorburns.com and http://www.quiltinaday.com. http://www.missouriquiltco.com/ does, too. http://www.fabric.com does, too. http://www.thousandsofbolts.com does, too. http://www.fabricwarehouse.com does NOT. http://www.connectingthreads.com, US and Canada only There are so many, it's impossible to list them all. I'm sure others on this board can tell you even more. |
Originally Posted by Katrine
I'm self taught from internet and books, so don't forget book purchases.
The Book Depository is cheaper than Amazon, and ships worldwide free. Have bought all my quilting books there. http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/WEBS...S/homepage.php http://www.facebook.com/BookDepository Quilting Books from their website: http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/cate...ique?a_aid=fkw |
Please take a laptop if you have one that way you can actually show how to download informations and free patterns :)
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Well thank you all for your information - amazing facts!!!
I KNEW it would be worth asking you all - I did the talk on Friday night and it went down well, I took a laptop and used the projector to show sites up on the screen in the hall. I also took a selection of things I had made using free patterns as well as our Santa Block Swap quilt - which was very very popular..... All in all - it was good fun! Thank you again for all your help! |
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