If you’re new to quilting and sewing, you know that our little hobby requires a significant number of specialty tools. At Thimbles, we love quilting and sewing tools. We talk about them all the time in our weekly Thimbles Thursday live streams. Each one serves a specific purpose that makes quilti...
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Creating and affixing quilt binding remains a daunting task for many quilters. We wrote this guide to demystify some of the basic information around quilt binding, mainly: what is quilt binding, why do we bind quilts, what are the different styles and types, and how to measure your quilt to crea...
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You’ve done one of the most generous things you can do as a quilter: you’ve crafted a quilt for gifting. Quilts require so much of our time, love, energy, and effort. If someone makes you a quilt as a gift, it’s because they really care about you.
You may have completed all of the hard work of ...
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If you’re a quilter or a sewist, you may have heard about “precut fabrics” and wondered what they are and why so many crafters love them. In this guide, we’ll demystify precut fabric types, why crafters use them, the most common precut fabrics and their sizes, and the perfect projects for precut...
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