Busy Bee Quilter's of Snohomish, WABee with a hat 

SOME OF OUR FAVORITE SITES

 * Free Patterns/Helps/Tips * Galleries * Museum & History * On-Line Quilt Classes * Quilt Pattern Designers/Teachers/Instructors/Speakers * Quilt Appraisals * Quilt Shops * Quilt Shows & Shop Hops * Quilt TV More Stuff...  *

CHARITIES

 

 Project Linus is a 100 % volunteer non-profit organization with a two-fold mission: Please go to this site to learn more.

http://www.projectlinus.org/index.shtml  

 FABRIC CALCULATOR

http://search.quiltshops.com/calculator/calculator.htm
Quiltshops.com Fabric Calculator

Pantograph Planner Calculator:  http://www.quiltscomplete.com/ppc

FREE PATTERNS AND QUILTING HELPS

Free Blocks Galore!  100's of them.


http://www.fabriclink.com/Stains/Holidaystain.cfm
The Top 21 Holiday, Party and Everyday Stains...and how to remove them.Belle Chantelle - Free Pattern by Ricky Tims, Page Link


http://quilting.about.com/
From Janet Wickell, Your Guide to Quilting.  Stay up to date!
Pretty much everything you need to know and free patterns also.


Spider Web Star - Free Block - McCalls Quilting, page link  http://mccallsquilting.com/qb/
  McCalls Quilting Magazine - Free Patterns
Honey Bee Block, page link

http://www.rjrfabrics.com/quilts/freepatterns.cfm
  Free
RJR Patterns including Jinny Byer Patterns


Quilters Newsletter Magazine - Articles and  Free Patterns
http://qnm.com/articles/

Quilt Bus Lady Bug

Free Quilt Patterns from Quilt Bus!
 
http://www.quiltbus.com/Free-Quilt-Blocks.htm

Galleries



The INTERNATIONAL QUILT STUDY CENTER at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln houses one of the largest publicly owned collections in the world. The quilts range from outstanding early examples of American quilts to contemporary and international quilts.  The International Quilt Study Center's comprehensive collection now numbers more than 2300 quilts from seventeen countries, dating from the early 1700s to the present.


http://www.bryerpatch.com/gallery/gallery.htm/span>
For Inspiration on Art Quilts



Caryl Byer Art Quilthttp://www.quiltindex.org/
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The Quilt Index is a growing research and reference tool designed to provide unprecedented access to information and images about quilts held in private and public hands.


         Museums & History of Quilts

Gaches Mansion Watercolor

 

http://www.laconnerquilts.com/
LaConner Quilt Museum Displays, Lectures, Quilt Walk

 

La Conner Quilt & Textile Museum

At the Historic Gaches Mansion

 

 


http://www.quiltersmuse.com/index_to_historical_articles.htm
List of Articles Related to Quilt History, Embroidery, History, and Lit.

 Historical: Woman sewing

On-Line Quilt Classes

Take quilt related classes online
with instructors nation wide, and a few from our own state! 
http://www.quiltuniversity.com/index.html

Quilt Appraisals

 


Local Quilt Appraisers

Diane Coombs - Everett, WA quilt@premier1.net, BZB member, shop owner, teacher , speaker

 

Ann Nash - LaConner / Bow, WA - AQS & PAAQT Certified Quilt Appraiser annbow2000@yahoo.com or Annbow@cio.net

Eileen Trestain - Vancouver, WA - PAAQT (Professional Association of Appraisers · Quilted Textiles) ejtrestain@comcast.net, Book by Eileen Trestain "Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800 - 1960", published by Collector Books, published 9/1/98. 

Sally Ambrose - Leavenworth, WA - AQS & PAAQT Certified Quilt Appraiser - Sally@televar.com

Bette Bell - Edmonds, WA -  ISA, CAPP, PAAQT Certified Appraiser of personal property - stashn33@gtenet.net


                           The Quilt Appraisal Page
Quilt Appraisal Services by Deborah Roberts - AQS Certified Quilt Appraiser, Member - Professional Association of Appraisers / Quilted Textiles - Quilt and Quilt Related Textile Appraisals ~including hooked rugs and coverlets~  http://quilt.com/DebbieRoberts/appraise.htm

                                Why Do You Need A Quilt Appraisal? 

  • To establish a quilt's replacement value for insurance purposes.

  • To purchase a "Fine Arts Floater"

  • To determine value for donation, gift, or estate purposes for the IRS

  • To provide to a show that requires insurance and or appraisal.

  • Protection during shipping

  • A thoughtful addition to a quilt given as a gift

Quilt Shops

Quilted Trillium Block


The Quilted Trillium
   Contact: Dee Brown  Phone. 425-308-0969 deebrown52@ verizon.net

SeaWatch Fabrics On-Line Quilt Shop, Link to page

http://www.seawatchfabrics.com/ 
BZB Member -specializing in Batiks and Asian Fabrics

Asian Fabrics




 Marbled Fabric Arts  http://www.marbled-arts.com/index.htm
 


Just Scrap It / Just Quilt It 

93 Oak Bay Rd, Port Hadlock, WA 98339 -- 360-344-4058  

Open Tues – Fri 10-5 and Sat. 10-4  

Scrapbooking, fabric, stamps, sergers, appliqué, paper, notions, stickers, sewing machines.   

E-mail:  Tami at scrappedout@aol.com or Jayna at quilt-it@hotmail.comclose-up view


Mary's Quilt & Fabric Center

5128 Fobes Rd.   Snohomish, WA

425-512-8274

Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

          MarysQuilt&FabricCenter@Comcast.net


Quilt Shows and Shop Hops

Quilter's Travel Compaion Logo

There are about 900 Quilt shows in the  United States, Canada and the Bahamas.  Just click on the logo to your left and check it out.


Evergreen Piece makers Spring Quilt Break Conference

http://www.evergreenpiecemakers.com/SPRINGQUILTBREAK.html


Every June: Western Washington Quilt Shop Hop

http://westernwashingtonquiltshophop.com/

 


2010SOQS-Poster-web

http://www.sistersoutdoorquiltshow.org/, -

 Information on Sisters Oregon, Quilt Show in July


               Always on the second Saturday in July

We invite you, your friends & family to join us for the most vibrant day of the year in Sisters.
 
Over 1200 quilts from around the world will cover our 1880's-style town in rich texture and color.

 


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The annual Meeting will be held on Sunday, August 15th from 1:30 to 2:30 at the Longhouse Education and Culture Center on the Evergreen State College campus.
Beginning in August 2011 the Pacific West Quilt show will move to an annual event held at the Greater Tacoma Convention &Trade Center in Tacoma, WA
 

 

Quilt T.V.

http://www.qnntv.com/
Quilters News Network - T.V. online!

Welcome to Quilter's News Network

Quilt Pattern Designers, Teachers, Instructors, Speakers


Vicki Hesseltine at the BZB 2007 Quilt Shopwww.shop.backporchquiltsnfabrics.com
Vicki Hesseltine's original pattern



Roxanne Carter at: www.quiltingwithroxanne.com

More Stuff...

 


http://www.quiltguilds.com/washington.htm

 List of WA Quilt Guilds