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• Accessory Tray
  Picture of an homemade accessory tray that hooks over a large quilting frame.

• Building a Design Wall
  Instructions for building a design wall from builder's foam.  (Picture of one here.)

• Hints for creating a wall for designing quilts

• Temporary Design Wall Idea
  I *loved* the idea of using space over the closet doors to hang a drapery rod to create a temporary design wall.  I'm using this idea for my temporary design wall.  (Another view)

• My Portable Design Wall
  Instructions and pictures of how I created it.

• My Temporary Design Wall

• CD Cabinets used for FQ storage
  Picture

• Leaders & Enders Quilts
  Instructions for using leaders & enders to make scrappy quilts in no time at all!

• Fabric storage idea from Dee for quilters who buy yardage

• Using Press and Seal as a Machine Quilting Stencil
  Another example here.

• 4-Sided, Multi-Functional Storage Tower
  One side has pegboard, second side has open shelving, third side has shoe organizer (to hold rolls of stuff), and fourth corkboard.  Pictures here, here, and here.

• Side Pressing Station
  Using a folding TV tray as a small pressing station next to machine.  Neat idea!

• Fusing Instructions Using Liquifuse (Now called "Liquid Thread")
  Definitely on my list of things to try!

Free Patterns and More Tutorials

• Angelina Fibers Tutorial

• Beginning a Landscape Quilt

• Border Ideas
  With instructions from Marcia Hohn @ Quilter's Cache

• Fabric Dyeing 101

• Hand Dyeing Fabric
  Cold water immersion dyeing instructions.

• Quiltville.com
  Bonnie has a nice collection of free patterns for scraps in .pdf format listed on her website.

• QuiltersCache.com
  Marcia's website lists hundreds of block patterns with instructions.  Many are traditonal blocks, some are originals.

• Shoulder Bag Tutorial
  Free pattern for a cute shoulder bag.

• SüBe Sac
  Free pattern for a cute tote.

• Sylvia's Bridal Sampler
  Free patterns for the 140 blocks that make up Sylvia Compson's bridal quilt.  (Sylvia Compson is one of the Elm Creek Quilters in Jennifer Chiaverini's novels.)

Favorite Quilts

• Dear Jane
  Picture of the Jane A. Sickle [1863] quilt.

• Dear Jane Website

• Gradmother's Flower Garden
  Picture of a finished Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt that I love on the QuiltersCache.com website.  I'm handpiecing mine, though.  (Trying not to sound *snobbish*  LOL)  Here's a picture of another one I like from QuiltersCache.com

• Moo
  By Ruth B. McDowell.  What can I say?  I love cows and barns.  :o)

• Nearly Insane
  Picture of the quilt created by Salinda Rupp in the 1870's.  I like it with the white background shown here.

• Sylvia's Bridal Sampler
  Yes, another quilt top with small blocks. . .  This one is by Jennifer Chiaverini, author of the Elm Creek Quilts series.

• Oklahoma Backroads by Bonnie of Quiltville.com

• Piece & Quiet
  By Cynthia England.  This quilt is simply stunning...  It doesn't even look like a quilt in the picture!

• Seven Sisters Quilt
  Picture of a quilt that was machine quilted by Bonnie of Quiltville.com

• Christmas Pineapple Blossom Quilt
  Quilt by Renaté in Germany using Bonnie Hunter @ Quiltville.com's free pattern, Pineapple Blossom

• Women of the Bible Quilt
  Reminds me of a Dear Jane or Nearly Insane with modern colors.  :o)  Carol used handdyed fabrics for her quilt.

Favorite Quilters Websites

• Ann Harwell - Quilt Artist

• England Designs

• Melinda Bula

• Ruth B McDowell

Favorite Pattern Companies

• Bunny Hill Designs

• England Design Quilt Patterns

• Quilted Lizard Patterns
  I like the landscapes

• Radical Roosters Patterns

Favorite Websites for Quilters

• Big Horn Quilts
  Fabric and notions at great prices and great service.
• Dear Jane Website
• Nearly Insane Website

• Quilter's Cache
  Home to Marcia Hohn's Quilt Blocks Galore - Free Quilt Block Patterns

• Quilter's Ultimate Dictionary Online

• The Quilt Show

• Quilting the Psalms email study group

• Women of the Bible Quilt email study group