Quilting-Foldy Stuff…..Your One Stop Shop for all of your Quilting Needs

Welcome to the Quilting-Foldy Stuff craft supply store.

Our store is packed with Foldy Stuff designs, replacement packages, appliqué patterns and other items necessary for the beginning quilter to the advanced quilter.

As seen on Home and Garden TV, presented by Donna Poster, the Foldy Stuff method is a unique quilting technique to produce blocks without seam sewing.

Each pattern includes information, six Iron-on transfer papers, instructions for creating various sizes of projects from Crib to King, Throws and Wall Hangings.

Can anyone make a Quilt?

If you can sew a button or mend a hem, you can certainly make a quilt. Whether a beginner or a seasoned quilter, quilting is a wonderful hobby to learn and love. Creating custom-designed quilts and wall hangings was never so simple, Quilting is used as a creative and inspirational form of craft.

Where did quilt making originate?

The exact origins of quilting are unknown, though it is believed that it can be traced to the Middle East and Japan as early as the Egyptian First Dynasty.

Generations ago, quilts were constructed out of need, and quilt makers used the scraps of fabric that were available to them, resulting in a mosaic of quilting material of all different styles, colors, and textures. For centuries, the making of quilts and quilting has been a living craft, a necessity of the times, where people living in poverty could still provide something useful for their families.

In England, several hundred years ago, quilting was a thriving cottage industry and generally produced warm and comfortable bedding for protection from the cold and miserable winters.

In Victorian times, quilting was a pastime for the rich and pampered as they were the only ones who could afford the fancy materials being used in their quilts. In America, the ones who have brought and developed quilting were the Dutch and the English colonists, who made three layered clothes to protect them from cold and, from the remains of the fabrics, they made bed coverings. Many of the Victorian crazy quilts are still around today and can be viewed in museums and other quilting displays.

Studies of American folk art and women’s history includes a great emphasis on quilting. The 1960’s brought the re-merge of the quilting activity in the southern areas of the United States and the tradition was once again brought back to life and passed from one generation to another.

The quilts of today are infinitely more sophisticated, but the idea is still the same. By taking numerous and varied amounts of quilting material that may not stand on its own but, together, results in a cohesive and stunning design.

So..You’ve decided to try quilting!

If you’ve decided quilting is something you’d like to invest time and money in , having the correct tools makes a great difference in the quality of your results. Hand quilting requires some additional tools: a pair of scissors, number 8 or 9 needles, thimble and dark colored thread that can help you see the stitches better. The art of quilting requires a few elementary materials such as fabric, bunting material, quilting thread, needles, pins, and measuring tape.