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Charities for which to Quilt/Knit/Crochet etc. Quilt Shows Online
Crafts and Craft Patterns Quilting Newsletters
Embellishment Supplies Quilts for Sale
International Quilt Sites Sewing Links
Miscellaneous Links Sewing and Sewing Machine Lists
Needlework Sewing Machines/Supplies
U.S. Quilt Designers, Shops, Supplies, Fabrics, Services, Teachers
 
Quilts for Sale

Quilts for Sale
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A great place to find the perfect, quilted gift for a friend or loved one. A place for quilters to sell their quilts/quilted items, and for quilt lovers to buy them.

Carol Telfer Antiques - A diverse selection of antique quilts for sale.

Quilted Lovelies - Offers a variety of handmade and custom made quilted items for your home:

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Quilt Lessons Online

Quilt Campus
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Online quilting classes with well-known quilt teachers and live quilt chat.

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Quilting Newsletters

Maria Michaels Designs Newsletter - A free bimonthly newsletter which includes featured quilters, book reviews, questions and answers, quilting tools, quilt sites, humour, thoughts, draws for free patterns and more.

Sharon Darling's Quilter's Review - A free biweekly email newsletter that tests and reviews the products, books, classes, and resources needed to become a better quilter and to enjoy quilting even more. It includes a weekly quilting and computer tip.

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Quilt Shows Online

QNN - Quilt News Network - TV Shows on the Internet 24/7!

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Canadian Quilt Appraisers
Note:
Please remove the spaces in the following email addresses and change at back to @.

Alberta:
Dawn Hunt -
dawn . hunt at shaw.ca  http://www.quiltappraisers.org/Hunt.htm

Ontario:
Rita Rottman - rita . rottman at sympatico.ca
Judy Lyons
- judy . lyons at cogeco.ca - http://www.buckhornquilters.ca/show06/appraise.htm.
Rosalie I. Tennison - Ontario - http://www.americanquilter.com/members/appraisers/detail.php?appraiserid=113
Quebec:
Diane Shink - - dima quilt at sympatico.ca

Canadian Quilt and Fabric Shops and Online Shops

Canadian Quilter's Association - Promoting the heritage of quilting, the highest standards of
workmanship and design, cooperation and sharing between quilt makers.

Country Accents Quilt Shop - Located in Thedford, Ontario - Fabric, Books, Quilt Tools, Patterns, Classes, and Workshops

 Free Quilt Patterns - This site provides a list of links to free quilt patterns.

Gone to Pieces Quilt Shop - A full service quilt shop in the heart of Niagara's wine country.

Grey Fort Quilts, St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada - Quilts for sale: Handmade Amish/Mennonite Quilts, Log Cabin Quilts and Assorted Baby Quilts. They also sell Seat Cushions, Rocking Chair Pads, Decorative Throws, Crocheted, Quilted Placemats, Table Runners, Fairy Collectables, Wholesale Fabrics, Tablecloths, Miniature Tea Sets, Glass Vases & Christmas Decorations. Enter their annual free quilt draw.

Haka Sewing Furniture - Haka offers unique styles and height choices: sewing, serging and quilting cabinets, cutting tables, cut-sew-serge tables and custom designs. Hand crafted in Canada since 1989.

Natures Colours - Home of Annette's Hand Dyed Fabrics made especially for you.

Nova Scotia Quilts - Janet's specialty is custom quiltmaking, Her quilting is done completely by hand. She also makes one-of-a-kind quilt labels.

Quilters' Fancy - Books, Fabrics, Notions, Software
Browse through their online catalogue, then place your order by phone or by email.

Quilt Seeds Designs - Foundation paper pieced quilting designs. Realistic to Whimsy! Fun, step-by-step quilt projects.

Sew-Sisters Quilt Shop - An eBay based business, specializing in pre-washed, rotary-cut, quilt fabric squares.

Simply Plaid - A Canadian wholesale distributor of 100% woven cotton plaid fabrics, ideal for quilting and crafts.

The Quilter's Palette - Ready to help you make the most of your quilting projects. Offers a wide variety of the latest, quality fabrics and other quilting needs.

Upper Canada Quilt Works - Quilt patterns by Canadian designers.

Victoriana Quilt Designs - Free original quilt patterns and techniques, block of the month, printable labels and much more free quilting information.

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Quilt Fiction

Earlene Fowler - Benni Harper Mystery Series
Emilie Richards - Shenandoah Album Series
Jennife
r Chiaverini - Elm Creek Novels

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Charities to Quilt and Sew For

Blankets for Canada Society, Inc. - This organization is 7 years old and knits, crochets, quilts, and weaves blankets for organizations which are responsible for looking after people in need of shelter and warmth.  There are no paid staff. Everyone is a volunteer. There are chapters across Canada.

Breast Cancer Quilt Auction - A community service project that raises funds for Sutter Medical Center Foundation for the research and treatment of breast cancer. Every three years, quilters from throughout northern California use their skills to raise these funds by providing beautiful quilts for the auction.

Quilts 4 Cancer - a nonprofit charity, that encourages volunteers to sew up simple quilts for people with cancer. Founded by Pahrump residents Jim & Barb Johnston.

Victoria's Quilts Canada - “Victoria’s Quilts Canada’s ministry is to provide hand made quilts to cancer patients and cancer treatment facilities."

Warm Up America - Volunteer to crochet or knit a 7" X 9" rectangle (or more). Sections are either joined by other volunteers and afghans are donated to people in need.

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Embellishment Supplies

Laurie Wright Beads - All kinds of beautiful beads to chose from: seed, firepolish, pressed glass. 

Sun Country Gems - Beads and Jewelry Supplies - Just a click away, but light years beyond an ordinary bead shop!

Edie's Trinkets - Beautiful glass beads plus a variety of others! Also: jewelry, findings, and supplies.

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lnternational Quilt Sites

Arbee Originals - Presents unique original designs in patchwork, appliqué and unique original designs in patchwork, appliqué and quilting in patterns and classes.
 
Fionamarie.com -  
Patchwork quilting patterns store featuring New Zealand and Australian designers.

Joyce Jones Quilts - Original quilt designs and patterns by Joyce Jones of New Zealand, author of Uncovering Traditional Quilts.

Kameleon Tekstildesign -  Kameleon Quilts which can change their look after they have
been finished by flipping over and buttoning 3D parts
, patterns both free and for sale, gallery of quilts and liturgical textiles.

Patchwork Interactive - Australian patchwork and quilting portal with freebies, online shop, forum and patterns by well known Australian designers.

Ulas Quiltpage - Ula Lenz offers  paper foundation piecing patterns,  free patterns. Mystery patterns are also offered from time to time.

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Quilt Groups Online

DJ Retreats - A List for those working on Dear Jane, Quilted Diamonds, Quilted Diamonds 2, and Dear Hannah quilts.

The Quilt Pattern Patch - A group for those who want to learn about What's new in Quilting, about New Patterns, Specialized Quilts, and Quilt Related News.

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Quilt Guilds

Halton Quilters' Guild
Mississauga Quilters Guild

Ottawa Valley Quilters Guild
PieceMakers Quilting Guild
Pinetree Quilters Guild of Muskoka

Quinte Quilters Guild
Sarnia Quilter's Guild

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Quilt Magazines

The Quilter Magazine - A teaching magazine that features traditional patterns in patchwork and appliqué technique.

Fabric Trends Magazine - A showcase of quilts in the latest fabrics.

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Sewing Links

Studio Kat Designs - The Bags with "Panache" Collection

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Sewing and Sewing Machine Lists

Bernina ThirtySomethings - A friendly online group which originated to discuss the mechanical, electronic, and earliest computerized  Bernina sewing machines, asks sewing related questions, and shares good advice. Owners of newer Berninas are also welcome. Even if you don't have a Bernina, you are welcome to join for the sewing and quilting questions, answers, and discussions.

Bonos Berninas - Another online group for mechanical Bernina sewing machine fans and owners.

WeFixIt
- An online group that enjoys collecting and fixing sewing machines. Members share tips, tricks, and sometimes parts as well. Don't know what is wrong with your machine? This is a good group to ask.

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Sewing Machines/Supplies

Mat's Sewing Extension Tables - Beautifully finished maple plywood extension tables with removable, adjustable legs.

U. S. Quilt Designers, Quilt Shops,
Quilt Supplies, Fabrics, Services, Teachers

Abbi May's - Always open! Quilt Fabrics and patterns from all the major designers: Moda, Clothworks,Blank,In The Beginning,Marcus Borthers,Kaufman,RJR,Tory.Riverwood. For babies, kids, grannies and more. Complete fabric collections, layer cakes, jelly rolls & charm pack kits, bundles and yardage. International customers welcome.

Alicia's Attic - Learn about Marci Baker's frustration-free quilting techniques and tools.
Find out how you can sign up for workshops in Fort Collins, CO and when she will be teaching in your area.
America's Quilting History - The  history of American quilting covering women and their quilting from Colonial America to the Great Depression plus Native American, African American and Amish quilts.  This site includes about 70 html pages of quilt history articles, book reviews and a directory to quilt history sites.

CD Designs - Freezer paper appliqué, English paper piecing, Projects, Bees, Non-slip templates.

Cottage Quilt Designs - Quilt patterns and quilts by Rochelle Martin.

Country Church Crafts - For all your Craft, Quilting and Sewing needs. Specializes in fabrics at discount prices and offers sewing/craft supplies, Christian Books/Music, Doll item gifts, and Collectables.

Cow Country Fabrics and Quilts - One of Northern Wisconsin's Finest & Largest
Independent Quilt Shops


Darlene Christopherson
- Appliqué and Hand Quilting Instructor

Design Hub

Fabric.Com
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Their warehouse stocks more than 500,000 yards of fabric offered at 40% or more below retail price. 

Fat Quarter Shop - Specializing in fat quarter bundles for the quilting enthusiast: Moda, P & B Textiles, Benartex, RJR Fabrics, Marcus Brothers, Batiks, Moda Plaids, and more.

Fat Quarter Warehouse - Fat Quarter Warehouse is a quilting fabric store featuring 100% cotton fabrics. Fat Quarters are only $1.99. Yardage is also available for quilt fabric featured in the catalog..

Five Bucks A Yard - Two moms who love to sew and craft and want to make quilt fabric more affordable. All fabric is first quality, 100% quilt fabric from current lines, discontinued, and closeouts.  All fabric is $5 per yard!

Fran Snay - One of the leading quilt and appliqué teachers in the Southwestern United States.

Free Quilt Patterns from Victoriana Quilt Designs -
Free original quilt patterns and techniques, block of the month, printable labels and much more free quilting information.

Future Heirlooms - Original quilt block designs - tested by quilters for quilters.

Goose Tracks Quilts
- Unique decorative quilts for sale, including t-shirt and baby quilts, wall hangings and custom quilts Free t-shirt quilt instructions.

Horizon Quilt Patterns - Easy to follow instructions for patterns that will result in exceptional quilts.

Jenny Creek Designs
- Cross-stitch and quilt patterns - Dedicated to delivering fresh ideas to two age-old crafts.

Joy Field
- Whimsical gifts, home decorations, patterns, kits, and hard-to-find buttons.

Lavender & Lace - Pictoral appliqué the simple way. Original quilt patterns by Cornelia Carpenter.

Marcella Peek - Quilter and quilt teacher.

Merry Embroidery - Specializing in custom embroidery.

Kaye Wood  -  Kaye Wood is a renowned quilt designer, teacher, and hostess of the longest running quilting program on public television. She  teaches her strip quilting seminars throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. Sign up for her free, weekly newsletter and keep up to date with Kaye and all of her quilting friends. The newsletter includes special industry editions, tips and techniques from Kaye and others, special internet sales information, updates on the site, and of course, important announcements. To subscribe, click on this email link and send it.

Lyle Enterprises - Provides products to the fabric, crafts, and manufacturing industries at wholesale pricing. Suppies many quilt, fabric, and crafts businesses with vinyl coated mesh, nylon, poly and cotton webbing, buckles and fasteners, slipper grippers, and Seeyourstuff clear project bags.

Lyle's Fabrics, Crafts & Gifts - Located in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The Lyle family/staff will be pleased to help you with their huge selection of fabrics, crafts, gift items, and a whole lot more!

Mama's Log House Quilt Shop
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This quilt shop specializes in exceptional selection and service. Please visit their online shop to see their frequently updated inventory of quilting fabric, quilting supplies, patterns, quilt books, kits and more.

Marilyn Quilts - Marilyn is a Quilt Appraiser, Quilt Historian, Quilt Judge, and Quilt Designer.

MyCreation.com
 - Artists, craftsmen, inventors - creative works from creative minds.

Nacho Grandma's Quilts! - Raymond K. Houston designs and creates original quilts for sale. He invites you to browse his web pages and let him know what you think of them.

Paradigm Engineering - A new line of quilting tools. Their Quilter's Straight Binding Calculator, for example, will take the hassle out of determining how much fabric you'll need to bind your quilt.

Perkins Dry Goods - Committed to creating patterns for quilts and other goods with a traditional feel using contemporary techniques.  Rotary cut and quick pieced, these designs go together easily.

Pieceful Acre Patterns
- Striving to provide the Largest Selection of Quilt and Quilt-Related Patterns Anywhere.

PSHQuilts / Patsy Howard - Beautiful custom made t-shirt quilts from your old shirts, jerseys and sweatshirts.  Customer choice and satisfaction is key. Atlanta quilter has been making these quilts since 1995.

Quilters Access - A site for everyone who loves quilting. A place to learn about quilt tools, and fabrics, to share information in a Quilters Forum, and to win valuable free prizes.

Quilters Cache
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Hundreds of free patterns, instructional pages, how-to's and more.

Quilters Fabric - The online shop for Quilters Connection. Fabrics, books, quilts, notions.

Quilt Campus - Where quilters learn and have fun.

Quilt Kits and Quarters - Committed to bringing you quality fabrics and some unique items that will be found exclusively here.

Quilting Patterns from Helen Squire, Quilt Teacher  - As a quilt teacher, designer of quilting patterns, guest lecturer, auctioneer, and Q & A columnist for three decades, Helen Squire has the experience to answer your questions on quiltmaking.

QuiltProfessionals Directory of Quilt Shops - Directory of quilt shops, quilt teachers, guilds, quilting supplies, quilts for sale, and more.

Quilt Woman - Your Source for Quality Products from Emerging Designers.

Ricky Tims - Ricky Tims designs and makes beautiful, award-winning, contemporary and artistic quilts which have been exhibited world-wide. He does presentations, teaches in workshops, and conducts an annual Rocky Mountain Quilt Retreat in Colorado.  Ricky is also a conductor, composer, arranger, music producer, and performing artist.

Sew Thankful - Retailer and distributor of Valdani Threads; maker of Custom Quilts; Hand Quilting services; free listings for lost/stolen/missing quilts on their LostQuilt page.

Spaghetti Legs - Quilts, Custom-made quilts, quilting supplies, and fun stationery.

Susie Q's Embroideries - Personalize your quilt blocks by having name embroidered on them. Great for baby, wedding, birthday, Christmas gifts, and more.

SWF Embroidery Machines - SWF East offers a full line of commercial embroidery machines with extensive training and support.

The Embroidery Seamstress
- Quilting and Machine Embroidery Patterns.
Shop online and receive your purchase at your doorstep or by e-mail.

The Quilting Post - Flannel Fabrics and Batik Fabrics are their specialty. Their quilting store specializes in flannel fabrics, batik fabrics, and quilting kits. They love batik fabrics and sell bundles of batik fat quarters. They specialize in flannel and cotton quilting kits.

Women's Quilt Block Socks from The Twisted Stitcher - Novelty socks for women's feet! These women's socks are quilt block socks and fun socks.  Even the nostalgic standby - Sunbonnet Sue.

Women's Quilt Block Socks from The Twisted Stitcher - Novelty socks for women's feet! These women's socks are quilt block socks and fun socks.  Even the nostalgic standby - Sunbonnet Sue.

Top Fabric Sites - A valuable fabric directory and information resource.

Treadle Lady
- Treadle Lady has a passion for using foot powered treadle sewing machines and teaching others how to clean and use theirs. Items for sale include patterns and sewing machine leather belts with directions for installation.

USA-Quilts

Vikki Pignatelli - Vikki is an award-winning quilter, a full-time quilt artist, author, teacher and lecturer who has developed an innovative layering technique for machine-piecing curves with ease through the use of topstitch piecing. She shares her expertise in her book, "Quilting Curves."

Vinda's - Appliqué quilts.

Vintage Singer Sewing - Vintage sewing machine parts. Singer Featherweight, Slantomatic, Touch & Sew, Athena, Futura, Stylist, Bernina, and Pfaff.

West Branch Studio - Located in the Chicago metropolitan area. Offers professional longarm machine quilting, start to finish quilt commissions, finishing of vintage items, t-shirt quilts, photo memory quilts and more. Lisa also buys and sells vintage sewing machines, parts, attachments, books and instructions manuals. Worldwide shipping available.

Wild Zipper - Preserve your memories by ordering a custom made t-shirt quilt. These quilts are individually and personally designed and sewn.

Wonder Cut Ruler - The fastest, easiest way to make half-square triangles, three-part squares and four-part half-squares. Fast, easy, and accurate! - Their warehouse stocks more than 500,000 yards of fabric offered at 40% or more below retail price. 

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Quilt Links

The Quilt Box - A site with a large number of Quilt links.

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Crafts and Craft Patterns

Cool Craft Sites - Craft Directory

Crystal Dawn - Crystal Dawn specializes in creating beautiful handmade fabric photo albums.  They come in many different fabrics and are a perfect gift for showers, birthdays, weddings and holidays.

Edie's Trinkets - Beautiful glass beads plus a variety of others! Also: jewelry, findings, and supplies.

Fat Quater Quilters - The web's friendliest home for Fat Quarter Quilting!

Feltworks - A site for Original  Needlework patterns for Cross Stitch,  Needlepoint, Redwork, Feltwork and easy-to-follow  patterns made from personal photos.

Puppet Patterns - Wonderful hand puppets in 4 easy-to-make styles: Talking Hand, Large Hand, Easy Hand and Finger Puppets.

Beads and Jewelry Supplies - Sun Country Gems - Just a click away, but light years beyond an ordinary bead shop! 

SWCreations Jewelry - Mostly one-of-a-kind, handcrafted, beaded jewlery and designs, crafted with unique beads and findings gathered from all over the world.

Wee Piggies & Paws - Wee Piggies and Paws uses a unique process to create a positive raised impression of your child's hand and footprints. We then finish each plaque in bronze and custom frame in solid oak. We also do Lifecast statues and each statue is mounted on a mahogany base complete with a personalized engraving plate. Franchising Opportunities are available as well! 

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Art Links

Allen Fine Art Studio - Leslie Allen has been painting plein air since the age of 12 when her Canadian artist grandfather set her up beside him and said, "Paint what you see!" She is the Founding Member of Plein Air Artists Colorado with gallery representation, and paintings in collections across Canada, and the US, as well as Germany and South America.

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Miscellaneous Links

A Special Thought - Would you like a personalized web page? Order a page to send your own specicalized greetings.

Older Bernina Comparison Charts

Bruno's Old Auto Parts - Bruno has a selection of old car parts, old cars and some newer cars for sale. If you don't see the used part(s) that you need, you can email him and let him know what you are looking for. New items are often added to the website.

Creative Kids At Home - Free Kids Crafts and Children's Gift Ideas

Innovation Island - Innovation Island specializes in designing and maintaining web sites for the Internet at affordable costsfor small to medium size businesses.

Luminols - a Canadian band that opened for Bon Jovi in Toronto in January 2006.

Marilyn Belleghem Consulting Inc. - Personal and Professional Development, Publishing, Speaking, Counselling, Consulting

New Web Directory - A new website directory.

PCS Help Desk - If you have computer problems and need help resolving them, you can turn to the people at PCS HelpDesk.

Shayna's Shadows - A novel that follows a young adult as she learns to deal with bullying, bigotry, and
racism at her new school.

The Sugar Free Shoppe - Over 150 sugar free treats to choose from!

Twirling Needle Designs - Produces custom-made sewing projects, specializing in memorable art and celebration remembrances. Sews Medieval Costumes, Wall Art Hangings, Celebration Remembrances and custom-made items (banners, pillows, tote bags).

Rainbow Magic Computer Services

Zepti - Web Search Engine
 

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Needlework Links

Alita Designs
- Cross Stitch patterns

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Banner Links

- Quilting Fabrics, Home Decorating, Fleece, Fashion Fabrics, Silks, and More.

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