 Here we have captured a collection of websites that may be interesting for people looking for more information about quilting or fiber arts on the Web.
There are many amazing sites being added to the World Wide Web as we speak. If you come across any you feel our members would be excited to see, feel free to make a recommendation to the webmaster! |
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Ohio Quilt Guilds
Self-reported website with guilds and shows throughout Ohio. |
Quilters Travel Companion
The website edition of the book many of us have purchased in the past. Includes quilt shops, shows and guilds in North America. Updated regularly. |
Touring Ohio
Quilting shops in Ohio listed by region. |
Quilting's Traveling Teachers
Extensive listing of websites/emails for quilt teachers. |
Quilters Club of America - Quilt Shop Finder
Quilters will love how easy it is to find the location and contact info for 2,500+ shops across the US. Presented as list or interactive map with distance from location you specify. |
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Festivals-and-Shows.com
Event information finder. Select link specific to quilt shows. |
The Quilter Community
A site to make sharing information within the quilting community easier and more resourceful. |
World Wide Quilting Page
Collection of links to other sites for patterns, blocks, quilting hints, shows, quilds, book reviews and other related information. |
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| ORGANIZATIONS |
National Quilting Association
A non-profit organization run by quilters for quilters to create, stimulate and maintain interest in the making, collecting, educational and philanthropic endeavors in this industry. |
American Quilters Society
Provides a forum for quilters of all skill levels to expand their horizons through books, magazines, products, qult shows & contests on a national and international scale. |
Ohio Quilts!!
A community of quilt makers and quilt enthusiasts dedicated to the education of the public and our members through celebrating, producing, preserving and promoting quilts in the state of Ohio. |
Alliance for American Quilts
The Alliance for American Quilts (AAQ) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to document, preserve, and share our American quilt heritage by collecting stories and images of quiltmaking. |
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| RELATED PRODUCTS, GIFTS & SERVICES |
Carol Wilson Fine Arts
Distinctly beautiful stationery and gift products. Many are die-cut and almost all deeply embossed. See quilt related items by selecting "The Quilt Shop" link at the left-side menu..
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PixelQuilt.com
PixelQuilt processing is a unique computerized process that takes your photo and creates everything you need to make a pixelized image quilt. |
Quilters' Gift Shop
Website with various gifts and quilt related purses, books, stationery, home decor and other unique items. |
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| QUILT PROFESSIONALS - JUDGES & APPRAISERS |
NQA Certified Judges in Ohio
Listing of individuals in NQA's Certified Judges Program.
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AQS Registered Appraisers in Ohio
Listing of individuals in AQS' Certified Appraisers.
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| OTHER RESOURCES |
Exhibition: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts
An amazing display of 650 red and white American quilts on exhibition in New York city on March 25-30, 2011. (Click on the website image to scroll through more photos). |
Barn Quilt Tour of Champaign County, Ohio
Features large painted patchwork quilts blocks hung on the side of barns and other farm buildings. |
Womenfolk: The Art of Quilting
The story of quilting in America. Site includes other links to sites of interest. |
Quilting History
Site with a brief recap of the history of quilting along with patterns, tips and terminology. |
JinnyBeyer Quilter's Design Board
Download almost 200 free quilt blocks and design a virtual quilt using the blocks. Excellent graphical representations and pdf pattern downloads. |
Quilt Blocks Galore
Huge collection of block patterns, both simple and complex, with pictures and instructions that can be downloaded for free. |
Free Quilt Patterns
Free quilt patterns and links to free quilt patterns. Over one thousand different ones! Our mystery quilt is linked here too! See www.freequiltpatterns.info/QuiltCategories/FreeMysteryQuiltPatterns.htm. |
The Quilt Index
A central resource that incorporates a wide variety of sources and information on quilts, quiltmakers and quiltmaking. Includes over 50,000 records of privately & publicly held quilts. |
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| PHILANTHROPIC OPPORTUNITIES |
Quilts For Kids
Quilts for Kids, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit which for 11 years has been donating hand-made quilts from volunteers all over the country to seriously ill children and children of abuse. It is seeking guilds to participate in its effort to comfort children in need with quilts. Flyer attached. See website: http://www.quiltsforkids.org. |
Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative
The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative™ (www.AlzQuilts.org) is a national, grassroots charity whose mission is to raise awareness and fund research. The AAQI auctions and sells donated quilts, and sponsors a nationally touring exhibit of quilts about Alzheimer's. See www.alzquilts.org/aboutus.html. |
Quilts 4 Cancer
Coordinating quilters to make and send 300 quilts, 50" x 70" or larger for the VA Hospital that will open in 2012. The quilts are needed by April 1, 2012. If you sew / quilt, make blocks, or quilt tops or a finished quilt. We use many blocks for "sampler" quilt tops. For more infor, see: www.quilts4cancer.org. |
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