1. www.inaminuteago.com – Sharon Boggon’s daily textile blog. Great, great resources including an embroidery stitch dictionary complete with photos, numerous wonderful links to other fabric artists, challenges, and tons of “eye candy”. My favorite!
2. www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/6531/index.html – home of Crazy Quilt Central. Although this website hasn’t been updated in a loooong time, there’s a lot of excellent CQ ideas, techniques and inspiration. Many of the links no longer work, but this site is definitely worth a visit.
3. www.joggles.com – Joggles is an online store for doll makers, and I have found tons of great beads, fabrics, dyes, etc here. Great customer service, good value. They send a weekly email with new/back in stock products, and inspiration for using said products. The website has a number of neat things to look at, including tutorials.
4. www.quiltingarts.com – website for Quilting Arts magazine. Love the magazine, and there are nice things to look at on the website, too.
5. http://sewing.about.com and http://quilting.about.com – tons of free tips and techniques, patterns and links. Many of the non-commercial links do not work (a pet peeve of mine), but again, worth the time to visit.
6. www.sewing.org – free patterns and ideas, including teen sewing projects, holiday patterns, and sewing for babies. Projects are rated by level of difficulty.
7. www.robinatkins.com – Robin is a phenomenal bead artist, and her website and blog are excellent. Check out the Bead Journal Project.
8. www.beadcreative.com – Nancy Eha, bead artist, has a huge body of work and a funky style.
9. www.beryltaylor.com – Beryl Taylor is a much-admired art quilter and prolific writer. Wonderful inspiration.
10. www.judithbakermontano.com – Judith is a CQ pioneer, and has written several excellent CQ books. She doesn’t usually get the credit, but the CQ “stitch and flip” technique that begins with a 5-sided fabric piece is Judith’s creation. I have learned much from her books about color grouping and how to tell a story with fabric.
What are some of your favorite textile websites? Leave a comment!
