Editing Quilting (section)

===Quilting tools===
Contemporary quilters use a wide range of quilting designs and styles, from ancient and ethnic to post-modern futuristic patterns. There is no one single school or style that dominates the quilt-making world.<ref>{{cite web |last1=DeHart |first1=Angela |title=What is a Quilt Introduction |url=https://www.slideshare.net/AngelaDeHart/what-is-a-quilt-introduction |access-date=6 April 2025 |language=en |date=12 November 2014}}</ref>

'''[[Sewing machine]]s''' can be used in the process of piecing together a quilt top. Some quilters also use a home sewing machine for quilting together the layers of the quilt, as well as binding the final product. While most home sewing machines can be used to quilt layers together, having a wide throat (the space to the right of the needle mechanism) is useful to manipulate a bulky quilt through the machine when the throat is both high and long.<ref>{{cite book |last1=The Staff Of The Old Country |title=Tips for Quilting |date=2013 |publisher=Good Books |location=Intercourse, PA, USA |isbn=9781561488049 |pages=267–270 |url=https://archive.org/details/tipsforquilting0000unse/page/n3/mode/2up |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref>

'''Fabric markers''' can be used to mark where cuts should be made in the fabric. Marks from specialist fabric marker wash out of fabrics.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.Quilting101.com|title=Quilting 101 – Quilt making tips and resources|publisher=Quilting|access-date=28 January 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Quilting Studio 005.jpg|thumb|Longarm quilting machine]]

'''Quilting rulers''' are usually square or rectangular measuring instruments with length measurement and degree angle markings along multiple edges.

'''[[Longarm quilting|Longarm quilting machines]]''' can be used to make larger quilts. Larger machines can be leveraged so that the quilter does not have to hold the fabric.<ref name="auto1"/> Some specialist quilt shops offer longarm services.

'''Machine quilting needles''' are very sharp in order to readily pierce layers of quilt and properly sew together the quilt top, batting and backing.

'''Hand quilting needles''' are traditionally called ''betweens'' and are generally smaller and stronger than normal sewing needles. They have a very small eye which prevents any extra bump at the head of the needles when you are pulling through the thread.

'''Pins''' can be used in many different combinations to achieve similar results.

'''Thimbles''' provide protection to fingertips.

'''Specialist quilting threads''' come in many types, including different weights of thread and different materials. Cotton, polyester, and nylon threads are used in different forms of quilting.

'''Rotary cutters''' revolutionized quilt-making when they appeared in the late 1970s. Rotary cutters simplify the process of cutting even slices of fabric.<ref>{{Cite book|title = All Things Quilting with Alex Anderson|last = Anderson|first = Alex|publisher = C&T Publishing|year = 2015|isbn = 978-1-60705-856-4|location = Concord, CA|page = 36}}</ref>

'''Basting spray''' is a temporary aerosol glue that can be used to spray the layers of a quilt together, so it stays in place whilst being sewn. It is a specially formulated glue that will not clog a sewing machine, and is a much quicker basting method than hand basting.

'''Quilting templates/patterns''' come in many varieties and are generally considered the basis of the structure of the quilt, like a blueprint for a house.

'''Bias binding''' or [[bias tape]] can be made from strips of quilt fabric or purchased as quilt binding. It is used in the last stage of making a quilt, and is a method of covering the edges of the quilt.