Quilting Blogs

Quilting blogs continue to grow in popularity as quilters realize that blogs are an excellent source of quilting information.

Blogs with a Quilting Focus

Online journals with a quilting focus are fun to write and interesting to read. Writers generally include aspects of their personal life which helps their readers to feel like they know the blogger personally. Most blogs that are about quilting are full of informative tips, instructions and news about the quilting world.

Although many blogs cover general quilting topics, there are blogs that focus on a particular aspect of quilting. Examples of topics for these specialized blogs include:

• Quilting supplies and tool reviews
• Art quilts
• Scrap quilts
• Antique and vintage quilts
• Quilting news
• Hand dyed and painted quilts
• Hand quilting

General Blogs About Quilting

There are many excellent blogs that cover general the aspects of quilting. The following blogs are only a small sampling of the informative blogs about quilting:

• Going to Pieces by Diane
• Abyquilt written by May Britt
• Crazy Shortcut Quilts by Marguerita and Tom

Specialized Blogs About Quilting

There are many quilters that specialize in a certain type of quilting. Their blogs reflect their specialty along with their personal journey and thoughts.

Art Quilt Blogs

• Sew Chick: Art Quilt Adventurer is written by Lawana Holland-Moore. In her blog she writes about all aspects of art quilts.
• Kristin La Flamme writes about her love of creating beautiful art quilts. She also focuses on hands on dye work.
• Contemporary Art Quilts, by Lisa Call, focuses on her style of art quilts. Her designs are vivid, abstract and contemporary.

Painted and Dyed Fabric Quilt Blogs

• Dreaming Spirals, Liz Plummer’s textile art blog, highlights her wonderful painting and dying techniques. As a textile artist, her quilts reflect her love of fabric and texture.
• Beadlust shows how blogger Robin hand paints fabric with dye.
• Wild Red Studio Art Quilts Life Among the Textiles, written by Denise Aumick, showcases her beautiful painted and dyed quilts.

Blogs with a Focus on Scrap Quilting

• Counterpane, written by Roz, is a wonderful blog about this grandmother’s love of scrap quilting.
• Stillmeadow Quilting, by blogger Elinor Dashwood, features her beautifully made scrap quilts.
• Quilting with the Past, by Lucy, loves scrap quilts and those with an antique look.

Blogs for Hand Quilters

• Hand Quilting, by Violette Severin, focuses on the hand quilting techniques.
• Sew Mama Sew readers enjoy stories, tips and contests along with excellent information on hand quilting by bloggers Kristin and Beth.
• Ann H. Knitting and Quilting Blog focuses on her love of hand quilting.

Vintage and Antique Quilt Blogs

• Quilters Spirit - Antique Quilts to Art Quilting Blog, by Kimberly Wulfert, PhD offers interesting and informative information on antique and vintage quilts.
• The Gatherings Antique Vintage is full of great information quilts from long ago.
• Canton Village Quilt Works highlights antique and vintage quilts.

Other Specialty Quilting Blogs

• Quilting Bee, by blogger Mary Lou Cheatham, offers great reviews and opinions of quilting tools and supplies.
• Black Threads is a blog with a focus on African American quilters.
• Kaye’s Quilting Friends Blog features quilters news and events. Kay also includes many useful links on her site.

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