Blogs, websites, magazines and books we love. Not necessarily endorsed by Chino Valley Quilters, but worth a look.

Quilting Websites

• The Electric Quilt. Provided for users of EQ software. It has projects, challenges, problem solving and mystery quilts.
• Lost Quilt Come Home. Displays lost or stolen quilts in the hope that some may be returned. Includes information on protecting quilts. 
• Quilt Festivals. Manages national quilt shows such as PIQF.
• Quilt University. Offers online quilting classes for students of all levels. 
• Quilting entries at About.com. Links to other sites, includes quilting camps, instructions on dyeing, ways to find guilds around the country, profiles on quilters, galleries of quilts, clip art for quilters. 
• Quilts, Inc. Manages quilt shows, such as International Quilt Festival at Houston. 
• Quilts and Quilting. Educational and teaching resource about the history of quilts and quilting. 
• Smithsonian National Quilt Collection from the National Museum of American History. 
• Spoonflower. Design and buy custom fabric printed on demand.
• naplab.com/guides/bedroom-blankets/  The site includes a history of quilting, how to get started, information about showing quilts, etc.
  

Something Fun & Different

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What's a Barn Quilt?

We received an email from a girl scout troupe that is working on sewing & crafts projects.  In their research they discovered us (Chino Valley Quilters).  They love our site and find the resources very helpful.  In return, the girls thought we might be interested in a site they found and wish to share with us: Alans Factory Outlet click here...

 For something a little different and fun try it, here:

• Tillamook Quilt Trail (barn quilts)
  

Quilting Blogs

• ​AQSBlog
• Blue Elephant Stitches
• B*Mused
• BetweenStitches
• Brightlinen.Blogspot.com
• Celebrate Hand Quilting
• Diary of a Quilter
• Dorothy's Threads of Life
• Humble Quilts
• La Vie en Rosie
  
• Little Island Quilting
• Log Cabin Quilter

• Material Obsession
• Quality Folk
• QuiltsALott
• Quilterie
• Quiltville
• Stitched In Color
• Susie's Quilts
• Tim Quilts
  

Blogs with More Lists of Quilting Blogs

• Quilters Club of America
• McCall's Quilting
• Quilter Blogs
• Pinterest: Quilt
• Missouri Quilt Co.
  
• Time for Quilting
• A Quilting Life
• Quilters Home magazine blog list (PDF)

Check out Blog Lovin. It helps you follow all your favorite blogs, and sends notifications whenever one is updated.

Quilting Techniques

Online resources to help you quilt, from start to finish.

Basting a Quilt

• Pinning a Quilt Video by Lynn Witzenburg
  

• Pat Sloans Tip for Pin Basting
• Pinning a Quilt - more tips
• Spray Basting - Video
  
• Sharon Schamber - Hand basting a quilt
  
  • Part 1 - Video
  • Part 2 - Video

Batting

• Quilter's Dream Batting Co.
  
  • Batting Summary
  • Recommended Uses
  • Printable Batting User Guide
    

• Hobbs Batting
• Warm Company (Warm & Natural, etc.)
  

Quilt Bindings

Do's and Don'ts Video ~ Wide and Narrow Mitered Angled points

Video ~ Binding inside points

Edge Facing Video ~ Finishing irregular quilt edges

Curved Bindings - Tutorial by Bonnie Hunter

​Quilting Books

• Complete Guide to Quilting, by Better Homes & Gardens
• Heirloom Machine Quilting: A Comprehensive Guide to Hand-Quilted Effects Using Your Sewing Machine, by Harriet Hargrave
• Quilt Lovers' Favorites, Volume 1,  by Better Homes and Gardens
• Quilting Modern: Techniques and Projects for Improvisational Quilts, by Jacquie Gering
• Official website of Jennifer Chiaverini, the bestselling author of the Elm Creek Quilts series of novels. Chiaverini has also published collections of quilt patterns inspired by the books. 

Online Magazines

• Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting
  
• McCall's Quilting
  
• Machine Quilting Unlimited
• Modern Quilting
  
• Modern Quilts Unlimited
  
• The Quilter Magazine
  
• Quilter's World
  
• Quilting Arts (art quilting)
  

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Sewing & Fiber Arts 

Machine Quilting

Our site had another youth group admirer who wanted us to share a site she found to be useful for their Sewing and Fiber Arts program. Bella suggested this link. . 

This website has a plethora of helpful and interesting links!

• 400+ Filler designs for quilting
  with videos

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