More on Pillowcases 

Here is a link for making Comfy Cases. Just another twist on making pillowcases. 

Website: Comfy Cases | A Program of OPACC 

-Link for Burrito Style Case EASIEST Pillowcase - Only Three Seams | How to - Whitney Sews - YouTube

-Link to another style of pillowcase without the flange. How to make a perfect pillowcase - YouTube



SAVE MY BLEEDING QUILT!

How to best remove excess dye from a quilt  (and prewash fabric to prevent the problem)

by Vicki Welsh, colorwaysbyvicki.com

See the entire article in our newsletter at this link. 

aqg_newsltr05-2022webpage.12980136.pdf (ancasterquilters.com)

It begins on page 14. 

Ancaster Quilter’s Guild

Website, Blogs and Shopping

January 15, 2020 Presentation

Tips/Hints

1. There are lots of interesting and inspiring things on Pinterest and Facebook.  I won’t be talking about those sites tonight but they offer many opportunities to connect with other quilters or check out a variety of inspiring quilts.
2. Use your favourite search engine to look for sites of interest. 
3. Once on a website, use the tabs at the top of the site to look for tutorials, free patterns, and related blogs.
4. Bloggers often provide links to their favourite websites or other blogs.  Check a few out.  You might find something else you like.
5. Many quilters provide free patterns.  Take advantage of them but check out their “for sale” patterns and support them.  This allows them to continue to offer other free patterns.
6. Sign up for newsletters if you want to be notified of new information posted on  blogs or websites.
7. Check out Moda Bake Shop.  Lots of free patterns and links to the designers websites/blogs.

Shopping

1. Bluprint
   1. Used to be Craftsy
   2. Anyone can view the site and order from their store
   3. Special deals for members
   4. Membership is approximately $80 US per year and gives the subscriber access to all classes and many patterns in a number of crafty activities (e.g. quilting, knitting, sewing, cooking, baking, photography, etc.)
   5. No surprise customs/duties when package arrives at your door.
   6. Flat shipping fee of about $15 per shipment.
   7. Costs are in Canadian dollars.
   8. Shipments generally arrive within 5 to 7 days.
   9. Carry their own fabrics e.g. Boundless
   10. Connecting Threads
       1. Another site that charges you taxes up front so no surprizes at the door.
       2. Delivery through USPS and Canada Post.
       3. No delivery fee is order is greater than $75 US.
       4. Billed in US dollars so conversion to Canadian dollars is required.
       5. Best deals for me are the books.  40% off and then I buy.
       6. Fat Quarter Shop
          1. Texas on line quilt shop
          2. Carry all the latest products
          3. Need to purchase $200 US to get free shipping but customs and duties are due at the door.
          4. Hamel’s Fabrics
             1. Canadian shop – Chilliwack BC
             2. Free shipping on orders over $150
             3. Get access to Moda precuts before they are available in the USA
             4. Super Saver Weekends once per month with good discounts on yardage.



1. www.fatcatpatterns.com
   1. Sindy Rodenmayer  from Texas
   2. Patterns, blog, BOM, Etsy Shop, BOW
   3. Free stuff
   4. Lots of applique
   5. Penguin Cheer, Gnomes for the Holiday, Funky Chickens, Angels
2. www.quilterscache.com
   1. Marcia Hohn
   2. Quilt Blocks Galore
   3. Browse by block pattern name or by block size
   4. Shows layout of multiple blocks
   5. Some patterns provided with specific blocks
3. www.bearcreekquiltingcompany.com
   1. Blog, free patterns, photo gallery, resource links
   2. Good pictures and descriptions of new fabric lines
   3. Easy site to download free patterns from all the fabric manufacturer websites (over 1000 patterns)
   4. No shipping to Canada
   5. Moda BlockHeads 2020 all in one convenient place
4. www.modernwelshquilts.com
   1. Quilts designed in the Welsh tradition
   2. Zelda Lawrence-Curran, a Welsh Quaker
   3. Pieced quilts, BOM
   4. Calendar Girls
   5. A Facebook page for each new BOM
5. www.equilter.com
   1. Luanna and Paul Rubin family business
   2. Free patterns
   3. List of new products on the market
   4. Donate 2% of sales to charitable organizations around the world
   5. New physical building with on-site classroom/retreat centre
6. www.redbootquiltcompany.com
   1. Author of Happy Quilts book in our library
   2. Key focus is applique for children’s quilts
   3. Australian designer with blog and Facebook page
   4. Several free patterns
   5. Thermo-web Ambassador – Heat ‘n Bond
7. www.aquiltinglife.com
   1. Sherri McConnell – Moda designer
   2. Probably a blog rather than a website but tips, Etsy store, tutorials, videos, quilt patterns
   3. Designs her own line of Moda fabrics
   4. Regular “Saturday Seven” inspiration for quilters
   5. Tips on quilting, good eats, recipes, lifestyle, and good reads
   6. BOM annually
8. www.shabbyfabrics.com
   1. Basically a store
   2. Lots of unique BOMs, patterns
   3. You tube videos
   4. Free downloads
   5. Great product pictures
9. www.quiltedtwins.com
   1. Store with really good pricing
   2. Lots of precut quilt packages
   3. Key thing is many free quilt patterns especially for scrappy work
   4. Tutorials

10.www.allpeoplequilt.com

1. American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine
2. Quilting news, free patterns, tips and tutorials
3. Where to donate unwanted scraps, pillowcase challenge

11.www.quiltingandwhatnot.com

1. Key place to print your own HST paper
2. Also free patterns and quilting calculators (borders, binding and backing

12.www.butterflythreadsquilting.com

1. Diane Knott blog
2. Free patterns and quilt alongs
3. Tutorials
4. www.dianedknott.com – actual website

13.www.cleverchameleon.com.au

1. Dion from Australia – a passionate quilter and textile artist
2. 2019 free balloon animal applique patterns
3. Island Batik quilting ambassador
4. Clever Chameleon is a patchwork and quilt design resource, focused on helping you make your quilts truly yours. Here you will find applique and patchwork patterns, ideas for embellishment, links to amazing quilters and plenty of colour inspiration. Helping you quilt your own story!

14.www.corianderquilts.com

1. Cory Yoder – Moda designer
2. Member of the Moda Block Heads group of designers
3. Patterns, tutorials and fabric lines

15.www.diaryofaquilter.com

1. Amy Smart
2. Quilter, fabric designer, fabric horder
3. Patterns for purchase and free tutorials



1. www.quiltinspiration.com
   1. Truly inspirational site
   2. Hundreds of free designs sorted by topic (e.g. apple quilts, aprons, attic window quilts, autumn leaves quilts,….)
   3. To pay tribute to the artists who inspire us with their beautiful works
2. www.quiltville.blogspot.com
   1. Bonnie Hunter – queen of scrap quilting
   2. Free patterns, tips and techniques,
   3. Annual mystery quilt starts American Thanksgiving weekend – this year Frolic quilt
   4. Quiltville Inn Retreat
   5. Hostess on numerous quilting travel trips (e.g. Ireland, Poland, Guatamala in 2020)
   6. Vintage machines
   7. Quilting travel and teaching adventures
3. www.barbarabrackman.blogspot.com  and www.civilwarquilts.blogspot.com
   1. Several other blogs including Civil War Quilts
   2. Quilt projects
   3. Historian -  material culture past and present
   4. Author of several detailed historical books – Encyclopedia of Applique, Civil War Quilts, Facts and Fabrications Unravelling the History of Quilts and Slavery
   5. Free BOM with historical details
4. www.joscountryjunction.com
   1. Fun blog about the life of a country girl and her family
   2. Quilting is a focus area with free patterns, tips and tricks, tutorials
   3. Double wedding ring tutorial with detailed pictures of progress on her quilt
   4. Published several times in well-known quilt magazines
5. www.blog.maryquilts.com
   1. Her own website with lots of tutorials well suited to Comfort Quilt possibilities – www.maryquilts.com
   2. Record of all her projects
   3. Quilts, knitting and crochet projects
6. www.threadbarecreatios.blogspot.com
   1. Weekending Seven links to inspire you to create
   2. Pattern designs, tips, tricks, tutorials
   3. Rose – an Australian quilter living in Tasmania
   4. Monthly minis
   5. Classic Quilt block lessons and examples
   6. Free Chatelaine Sampler Quilt – 83 blocks with finishing instructions
7. www.henryglassfabrics.blogspot.com
   1. Free patterns
   2. Introduction of new fabric lines
   3. News, pictures and ideas to help with creative quilting
8. www.janomelife.wordpress.com
   1. Information about Janome Sewing Machines, creating and quilting
   2. Details on machine accessories and how to use them
   3. Special projects to make
   4. Tania Denyer – Janome Canada Educator
9. www.aqsblog.com
   1. American Quilter’s Society
   2. Quilt Alongs
   3. Block tutorials

10.www.beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com

1. Lori Holt
2. Farm Girl Vintage
3. Frequent tutorials on blocks

11.www.heartspunquilts.blogspot.com

1. Pam Buda – traditional designer of civil war fabrics and patterns
2. Freebie patterns and tutorials
3. Website – includes Circa 1880 Nine Patch group

12.www.bloglovin.com

1. Follow blogs on a daily feed that arrives in your email in-box
2. Click on items to visit your selected blogs
3. Sewing, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, quilting, etc.

13.www.lisabongean.com

1. Primitive Gatherings
2. Wool work as well as quilting
3. Moda designer

14.www.createinthesticks.blogspot.com

1. Carla
2. Patterns, tutorials
3. Host of various theme specific blog hops with free patterns (e.g. Winter Blues runs from January 20 to 24)
4. Visit various blog sites to learn about the blogger and pick up a freebie

15.www.justletmequilt.com

1. Carol from Las Vegas Nevada
2. Patterns, BOM, Cookie Exchange (virtual)
3. Colour Me Red Blog Hop
4. List of her favourite blogs/websites

16.www.moosestashquilting.com

1. Goal is to inspire and entertain
2. Joan
3. Tutorials and blog hops

17.www.podunkpretties.blogspot.com

1. Lee Anne
2. A place to share her work and inspire you
3. Former Craftsy pattern designer