Quilter’s Favorites Update

Quilter’s Favorites is about sharing tips that make our quilting easier and more enjoyable. Quilters around the world will share their expertise on subjects like favorite quilting techniques, sewing machines, modern quilting tools, favorite shops, books, designers, fabrics, threads, quilt notions. This event is about sharing and learning.

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If you would like to be part of the event, many quilters are anxious to
learn from your expertise. It will be a fun learning experience.

What do you have to do if you want to participate ?
There are a few questions at the end of this blog post. You have to write a blog post, answering those questions; answer as
many or as few as you want  in as little or as much detail as you would
like; illustrate it with pictures, if you want.
Publish your post on May 10th or any time until May 16th.
On May 10th  I will start a linky party and you have to link your post to the party.

Non-Bloggers
If you don’t have a blog but you want to participate, please email me your
thoughts; my email is in the right side bar. Or leave a comment. I will be happy to add your
tips on a special page; I will link that page to the party too.

Quilter’s Favorites Pinterest Board 
If you want to pin on this collective board, please email me (the address in in the right side bar) and I will give you access to the board.Please put in the subject line – “Access to QF Pinterest board”

Formating the blog post
When it is possible, I will use pictures to illustrate what I want to say and I will format my post this way, it is easy to read: the question is bold,  the answer is in regular font (with some highlights) and I use bullets when I have a list.
If you think it is a good idea, I would be grateful if you could do the same.

List a few of your favorite quilting notions

  • Thread Snips – I can’t live without them!
    I use them all the time: for cutting the batting away for trapunto, trimming the thread while piecing, cleaning the edge of the quilt before binding, during the machine quilting. I rarely use my large scissors.
  • Creative Grids rulers– non-slip rulers with fine black and white marking ( so easy to read) and turn a round patented feature.
    I have a long 6.5”x24.5” ruler, and a 12.5” square  ruler. It’s all I need for the basic cutting; I bought 2 sets in 12 years! Soon I have to buy the third set, I hardly see the marking lines.
  • Magnetic Pincushion  -I just had to add this, because I bought my first magnetic pincushion  10 years after I started quilting; you really need one.
  • Lint roller – a big help if you share your quilting space with your cats/dogs.

Below is the list with the questions. Thank you in advance to all of you who want to participate. We all are anxious to learning from you!
Geta

List a few of your favorite quilting notions. 

Any advice for a successful color scheme of a quilt ?

Some thoughts about thread and needles, batting, fabrics ? 

Tips for easy piecing

If you enjoy other quilt techniques than patchwork, could you share some tips with us ?

Machine quilting tips 

Hand quilting tips

Other tips related to quilting

Do you have free tutorials on your blog? Share the link.

The sewing machine – share a few things you love at your
sewing machine; what makes it special? What features do you think are
the most important to a sewing machine used for quilting?

What about modern quilting tools? Quilt software, die cutting
systems, other tools? Why do you like them ?

Tips for organizing the sewing tools, the fabrics, the
sewing studio?

Could you recommend a book to someone who just started quilting ? A quilting bible ?

List one or two of your favorite quilting techniques and a tutorial/pattern/book where you learned about them ?

Do you have a favorite quilt designer ?

Do you have a favorite quilt blogger?

Would you like to share one of your favorite quilts, made by you ?

Do you have a favorite quilt, made by other quilter ? (please ask for permission before you post a picture of her/his quilt, or post just a link).

Do you have a favorite online quilt shops ? What makes it special ?

What would be the perfect gift for your best quilting friend ?

Don’t Do Like Me!
(We all feel sometimes uninspired, or may have ideas which are not
the best, and they may result in a lot of work for projects which we
finally hate; or we may imagine shortcuts that finally give us only
headaches instead of making our work easier.

If this happened to you, please share your failure lessons to
encourage the rest of us that we’re not alone and quilting is worth the
hard lessons along the way).


If there is something else you would like to share with us,
please do it. And please tell us a little about you, we would love to
know you better.

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