Quilting can affect you more than you think. This art of sewing these beautiful products by hand have been passed down from generation to generation. Mothers and daughters piecing together creating wedding bedspreads are what it is all about. These quilts have been passed down from couple to couple to adorn the marriage bed for [...]

When many people think about quilting they envision colonial wives sitting in log cabins sewing squares of cloth together to make covers for their beds to keep them warm on the cold winter nights. To find the real history of quilting you would have to search earlier times, as many articles of clothing shows signs [...]

If you ever wondered where all those beautiful quilting designs came from on a quilt, many were designed by hand. Many others, however are the result of using a pattern. Before the days of patterns all quilting designs originated in someone’s mind as they visualized what they wanted the final project to look like. With [...]

It is often considered a labor love when someone spends time hand quilting, sewing every pattern by hand and then connected all the blocks together by hand. While the finished quilt looks and feels so much better than machine made quilts, it is a lot of work. Remember that when sewing the quilt together the [...]

Machine quilting is the right way to quilt for neater and more beautiful quilts. For those of you who have hand quilted, you should try use a machine. You can use your regular sewing machine or you can use ones designed for only quilting. Machine quilting is very versatile when it comes to using many [...]

While many people will participate in a retreat to escape their everyday lives, quilting retreats are designed to allow quilters to escape all the distractions that may be keeping them from working on their favorite project. These quilting retreats also allow quilters from all over to gather in one place to share tips, tricks and [...]

Long arm quilting machines offer you a time saving option to quilting your finest pieces. There are many out there to choose from. Where do you go to find that right long arm quilting machine for you? Each machine has certain different features. They are also priced differently. Do not be swayed by price though. [...]

Beginner quilting is a quick and rewarding hobby to start. You do not have to get fancy with your creative patterns. You will need to start out small and learn the basics of beginner quilting. You can even start with two pieces of fabric with no cutting and piece sewing required. This is a great [...]

If you are considering the art of quilting as a new hobby, there are a number of quilting techniques that you can learn and perfect as a part of your craft. In fact, there are so many techniques, and variations on each, that it can become overwhelming for the beginning quilter to know where to [...]

If you are an avid quilter who is new to the Ozark region, you are in luck, because there are a number of Ozark quilting groups available for you to get involved in. One of the best know of the Ozark quilting groups is the Ozark Piecemakers Quilt Guild, Inc., which was formed in 1980 [...]