I was wondering where you all get your quilting stencils if you quilt your items yourself. I am having a very hard time finding stencils.

Or do you make them yourselves?

Thanks for any help!

I know I saw some at the local quilt shop here. I hope you find some soon. :)

Well, I got most of mine from various quilt shops in my state, though some are no longer carrying them due to so many people using long arms now or because the shop it's self offers long arm services. There are a lot of online shops that still offer them though, so that's how I purchase them now. Do a Google search for 'Quilt Stencils' and you'll have many shops to choose from.

I'm a satisfied customer of The Stencil Co... go to www.quiltingstencils.com

I ordered and they arrived in a few days.. Tons of stencils from which to choose, too!

I saw some yesterday at our local Hancock Fabrics.

Hobby Lobby also carries them but I use the stencil co for almost all of mine.

I went to a Thift store and bought 32 for 20.00...Yoohoo...that was my sweet deal.

My LQS carries some stencils but I bought most of mine from the Stencil Co, as others have mentioned.

My favorite online quilting stencil site is http://www.quiltingcreations.com/

I have ordered from them numerous times and they always come quickly. It does take a long time to look at their whole collection because it is huge! But they have broken it down to handy sections like "feather blocks" "feather borders" "background" "double wedding ring" and stuff like that.

http://www.urbanelementz.com/ I have bought pantos from them and they are very friendly.

I think they just stopped selling paper pantos in August. They have gone to digital designs exclusively. I was so disappointed!

I just checked their site...must have been a different company..I will have to go do some checking.

It was Intelligent Quilting that went to all digital. I'm SO glad it was not urban elementz. I love their pantos!

http://www.intelligentquilting.com/P...Home/index.cfm

www.stensource.com

Me too!

Urban Elementz has a number of their designs available in stencil form.

I bought some at Amazon.

I buy some as well as make my own from differnt sources, depending on how lazy I feel !LOL

I make all of my own stencils. It's just doodling. That way I can customize to any size. Really complex stuff i draw onto tear away or wash away stabilizers and stitch right over them.
Even paper works. I've never had much success with chalk.
MK

I don't know if it will work as i haven't tried it yet but i read in an OLD magazine from my grandmother you can take coloring pages and put them on the machine without thread and sew the design then take a nylon stocking with cornstarch and tap the paper with it to mark the fabric. It sounded pretty easy but i have a pounce pad i will use.....I don't think this would work for fancy designs but may just be the trick for simple ones. I love reading her old work basket magazines from the 40's and 50's

I love this link. Thank you for sharing.

Yep - that's where I get mine! :thumbup:

I use commercial ones if they are right for the project and fit.

Otherwise, I make my own with stencil plastic from the Stencil Company and a double-bladed stencil knife (Olfa). I use the Miracle Chalk pounce with the chalk that irons off.

http://quiltingstencils.com/notions.aspx

If I need the stencil for a small quilt, I will make it on paper, stitch it with a size 18 needle without thread and longer stitch length, and pounce it.

I found some on e-bay. I know I will find some at the Houston International Quilt Show coming up the first of November.

I get mine from The Stencil Co. at www.quiltingstencils.com They have really got a lot of very nice stencils, and not very expensive either!
Sorry, I don't know how to make the address so that you can just click on it and go there. I'm not computer illiterate, but almost :lol:
Oops, didn't see the previous post about The Stencil Co.
sorry

I just bought a book recently that has 101 different designs in it, I bought it on Clotilde.com

I'm glad you asked this question. Lots of resources here and I have bookmarked this topic, for sure! What a great help this board of quilters is! :thumbup: :P

great site - thanks!

JoAnn's has some, but mostly I make my own.

You can get them at your LQS. I have even gotten them from Hobby Lobby.

Wow!! You all are amazing!! Thank you for all the great resources!! :lol:

This is up in Cheektowaga,NY she works out of her house but the prices are not bad.
[url]http://quiltingstencils.com/[url]

when you use stencils do you fm or use a walking foot to do the stitching

Anothe satisfied customer of the Stencil Company

Joann's online carries a good selection, and watch for a free shipping day.

WWW.QUILTINGSTENCILS.COM is a great source for what I can't find at local quilt shops.

Is there a website or video that shows how to use them? Is there something easy to mark the quilts with that washes out easy?

running 1, Thank you so much for this tip! They sure do have tons... I am still looking, but wanted to send a big "THANKS" your way!

http://www.fulllinestencil.com/Full%...20Stencils.htm
these are continuous line stencils. i love them.

I have a few stencils, However, I have not figured out jet how to mark them correctly. All the marking tooks that see are too large to go into the open spaces.