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Online blog highlight: the Free Motion Quilting Project Looking to machine quilt your project, but need fresh ideas for what designs to use? The Free Motion Project, started by Leah Day as a year-long blog with a design-a-day and has evolved into a database of 400+ free motion quilting designs. The blog gives the option to sort designs by skill level and family design type, as well as chronological and alphabetical order. Click here to see an example of Leah’s tutorial on her design Underwater Rocks. Online resource highlight: the Missouri Star Quilt Company  The Missouri Star Quilt Company is an online one-stop shop for quilters of all experience levels. Their website features an online fabric, pattern and notions store, a blog containing project ideas and inspiration, a quilter’s forum, and finally, a myriad of useful video tutorials. All of these resources can be accessed from the main website, but the tutorials can also be found on YouTube:

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Bibby requested that we share some online resources for those of you who would like to try your hand at Shibori Dyeing–the artistic medium of our September speaker, Kevin Womack. Shibori dyeing, which is kin to the popular technique of tie-dyeing, is a type of fabric dyeing in which the cloth is twisted, compressed, or wrapped in a certain way that produces a design after being immersed in fabric dye. One of the more well-known forms of shibori is called Arashi shibori, in which fabric is wrapped around a pole to give a distinctive design. Here are some helpful online shibori tutorials:  DIY Shibori, from Erica at HonestlyWTF Step-by-Step instructions for four shibori folding techniques from Design Sponge Step-by-Step form Dharma Trading Company. For resources on dyeing techniques, books, and supplies, check out the Dharma Trading Company online store! 

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Looking for online inspiration? Look no further! We are compiling online resources in a Google Document that can be accessed here. Do you have a resource you’d like to add? Would you like access to edit the document? Email Annelise at ahgorensek@gmail.com