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NanaKat

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Okay, if the soapers can start a thread to include links to soap supplies, why can't we start one with links to fabrics and patterns online:
Either add your favorite on-line link or PM it to me and I will add it to the thread for you. Even if the dates are old, the websites and places to research are contemporary.


Here is one of my favorites and she is running a batik sale until Sept 27, 2009. There are great nice quality 100 % cotton quilt fabrics at very reasonable prices and their shipping is always reasonable and quick.

http://www.thousandsofbolts.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=18

Update: I've been trying to copy links that our creative quilters have listed in other threads to one place. If I've missed someone's favorite link, feel free to add your links.
 
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I also like http://www.clotilde.com (thier e-catalog will leave you gasping!!) and Joann's and I bought a nice Christmas quilt kit from Herrschners at the beginning of the summer, haven't seen any since then though. This is a nice site too.. http://www.christaquilts.com ...and one more .. http://www.fatquartershop.com ...I get newsletters from all of these also.
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I think the panel you mention is from a message from SarahBeth9394.
Scrambled gave a great answer.

Panels are really fun in a children's quilt also. All you need to do is add coordinating borders. These are really quick to make. Once you add a backing and batting, you can pin and then either quilt by machine, by hand or use tie threads. Then a binding and you are done.
 
Oh, I don't have a block I'm working on right now - this was quite some time ago. But I remember how frustrated I was with those.

Right now, my issue is the regular borders around my daughter's quilt. I measured several places along both the width and the length and took the average, but the border is still wavy. I have to remove it and try again. It's a fairly wide long twin, for college, so I dread having to wrestle with it right now. It's very annoying when I've done other quilts with no problems, and then this one doesn't turn out although I followed the same steps.

Thanks for your help! This thread isn't busy, but I enjoy it quite a bit!

Here's pics of a couple of my quilts I wish I had the time to do this everyday!

The Rutgers Quilt
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The Crazy Chicken Quilt - basted sandwich - Confusion pattern from Maple Island Quilts

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The border is all the snippets from trimming the blocks, plus some other scraps - it's fairly heavy, but very cool!
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Speckledhen mentioned these two fabric sources today on her great thread about her quilting love.....

There is a small business that is run by one woman in South Carolina called Handful of Fabric, limited selections but you might see about her quilt backs--only $8 /yard and a flat rate shipping on everything. If you sign for her email updates, she sends you a 10% off coupon on your first order, too. http://www.handfuloffabric.com/ Most others are $4/yd. Haven't ordered from her yet, so can't really say about the quality but might be worth checking out.


I have some fabric from Fabrics.com and the ones I've gotten have been of good quality, but it's been awhile since I purchased them.


NOTE: I should add that in checking some of the sites listed early in this thread, a few now post error messages. Dont be discouraged by the first few listings....there are many good connections for ideas, patterns, as well as fabric sources.
 
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