Beginner Quilting Tips, Quilting Gift Ideas, Candytuft

If you are thinking of beginning quilting or want to personalize quilting gifts, copy these good tips for quilting beginners and add them to a Quilter's Favorite Gift Kit:

Go to class! Develop good habits. Learn short cuts. Meet experience quilters. Start small. Try a quilt square. Make it into a pillow. Add your name and date when you finished it. Don't start another one until you finish this one! Use cotton fabric, It's easier to use. Make that quality cotton. Don't scrimp. Don't assume you'll make a second one. Buy the best you can. Prewash fabrics, they can shrink, shrivel, run. To set fabric colors wash in cold water with salt.

For those quilters who don't have time to learn the basics of making quilts, Bluebird Gardens offers a short cut to making a small quilt. Our make your own quilt kits feature 8x8 edged white cotton that you can use to design your own quilt blocks. A collection of ribbons make it easy for you to tie the finished blocks together to quickly make your very own quilt. Great for class projects, family reunions and other group made personalized gifts!

Get your favorite beginning quilter off to a good start with one of of our Quilter's Favorite Gift Kits (photo) featuring some of the most favorite tools a quilter will use. Or you can add other items to personalized your gift kits, too!