Longarm Sites

•   Australian Machine Quilting Association Inc - An organisation representing machine quilters in Australia to benefit each other & the industry itself. Interactive forums to support each other & share ideas & experiences. Training opportunities, mentoring programs and education are some of the aims of the association.
• www.alwaysquilting.com.au    Always Quilting, Australian distributor of the fantastic range of Aurifil threads. Cotton & high speed embroidery threads available in a huge range of colours and weights.
• HEITREE DESIGN - Specialists in continuous line quilting patterns for machine - long arm, short arm or domestic sewing machine. Australiana designs -fauna and flora
• Lorien Quilting Designs - Another Australian designer for longarm patterns for the commercial quilter! Some suitable for shortarmers as well
• Kings Men Quilting Supply - Huge array of longarm products, great service as well!
• Stitchworks - New Zealand business selling my rulers, wide backings and a machine quilting service.
• http://sewthankful.com/index.html    Sew Thankful, a retailer & distributor of Valdani Threads; also making custom quilts and more!
• Longarm Chat - Linda Lawson has put together this fun site for longarmers. Lots of great information is available, including a whole section designed with newbees/wannabees in mind. Plus you can sign in to chat live with others in the biz.
• MQResource - a home for machine quilters to visit in a forum atmosphere. Non machine specific.

• www.wysistas.com  - Both successful businesswomen in our own right, sisters Tracey Browning of Constantine Quilts and Helen Stubbings of Hugs ‘n Kisses have joined forces to take your quilting and the world of quilt patterns into the next phase of the craft as we know it. With many years experience writing patchwork, quilting, embroidery, stitchery, redwork and doll patterns for individual sale and as commissions for major international magazines we come with all the desired qualifications to bring you a quality, professional, sometimes challenging but always enjoyable product to enthuse, entice and satisfy your creative urges and skills. Our aim is to empower you with the confidence to use your own talents, skills and tastes to create your masterpieces with as much help as you need from your computer, your local quilt shop, your peers, friends and us.
• www.quizzles.com.au - 
  Quizzles™ are quilt patterns on CDRom. Each Quizzle has full instructions for three different quilts. The quilts are all based on the same block used in different settings, sizes and layouts. By viewing your quizzle on your computer you can see full colour pictures, photographs and diagrams all the way through the programme, (not just a colour picture on the cover of a black and white pattern). You can choose to read and stitch from your computer, print out in full colour or print in black and white any or all parts of the instructions.
  Quizzles™ have a unique interactive feature allowing you to customize your own version of our quilts. Use a colour palette to choose your preferred colour scheme and colour style. You have a choice of clear colours, country colours, pretties, brights and muted colours. Have a play and come up with as many versions as you like. If you need some assistance visit the gallery to see some of our other variations which may get you inspired. Once you have chosen your colours for a particular quilt and saved them, all the instructions, diagrams and requirements will reflect the changes. Print out your new requirements page to take shopping, then begin your quilt. Return to our original version anytime or make further changes as many times as you like. It couldn’t be easier to create your own unique masterpiece.
  As an added bonus we have included a quilt crossword puzzle to do in your ‘spare time’. A sample of the puzzle is on the  puzzle page.

  General

  Australian Machine Quilting Association Inc- A new organisation to unify all machine quilters in Australia. A wonderful resource for researching the business of machine quilting and for the public to find members that suit them to finish their quilts. Lots of information and an online community available here

  Southern Cross Quilters: An Australian and New Zealand online quilting guild that has changed my life over the past 6 years!! A wonderful bunch of quilters who have accomplished amazing feats of generosity in a very short period of time. Go to the following pages to discover more about this group.

  http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/1873/ SCQ Home page:
  

  http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/8873/ SCQ Shop FAQ:
  

  www.quilt.com/Guilds/QuiltGuildsAustralia.html - Quilt Guilds of Australia

  www.nzquilter.com New Zealand Quilter magazine

  www.expresspublication.com.au Express Publications PL, publishers of Australian Patchwork & Quilting magazine, Craftworld books and many more...

  Future Heirlooms:  Original Quilt Designs-Tested By Quilters For Quilters   Hundreds of original and unique quilt designs by Margo Rose, Galleries, Free BOM, Interactive Camelot and much more quilting fun.   www.future-heirlooms.com  

  Misty Mountain Quilts offers Patchwork Patterns and Kits from a variety of designers.

   http://www.patchworkheaven.com.au -patchwork fabric, kits, readymade quilts, patterns and much more

   CRAFT-SEARCH – http://www.craft-search.com.au

  Other Shopping Links
  These are great suggestions to get your business name out there to your customers & potential customers! Thank you gifts & must haves to promote  yourselves....