100 Things

100 Things Every Quilter Should Do Before She Dies
1. 5Visit a quilt shop.
2. 5Make a Nine Patch.
3. 5Make a Log Cabin.
4. 5Label a quilt.
5. 5Figure yardage for a quilt.
6. 5Learn about warp and weft.
7. 5Use a rotary cutter.
8. 5Use templates.
9. 5Paper piece a quilt block.
10. 5Hand applique a quilt block.
11. 5Make a yo-yo.
12. 5Embellish a quilt.
13. 5Try free motion quilting.
14. 5Stitch in the ditch.
15. 5Try hand quilting.
16. 5Bind a quilt.
17. 5Miter the corners of quilt binding.
18. 5Join the ends of quilt binding.
19. 5Sew diagonal seams.
20. 5Use a walking foot.
21. 5Attend a guild meeting.
22. 5Visit Houston for International Quilt Festival.
23. 5Have a quilt appraised.
24. 5Visit a quilt museum.
25. 5Go on a quilt retreat.
26. 5Try curved piecing.
27. 5Miter the borders.
28. 5Learn to do blanket stitch by hand.
29. 5See a local quilt show.
30. 5Put your quilt in a local quilt show.
31. 5Sell raffle tickets on a quilt.
32. 5Take a road trip with quilt friends.
33. 5Create a Pinterest board with quilt images.
34. 5Make a 3-D quilt block.
35. 5Donate a quilt to a good cause.
36. 5Make a sampler quilt.
37. 5Make an art quilt.
38. 5Try bobbin work.
39. 5Learn to maintain your sewing machine.
40. 5Add rickrack to a quilt.
41. 5Design a quilt. (Remember, you don’t necessarily have to make the quilt.) 42. 5Change/tweak/alter a pattern to make it your own.
43. 5Make a color wheel with fabric swatches.
44. 5Chat about quilting with a stranger.
45. 5Talk about quilting with your family.
46. 5Give a quilt as a wedding/graduation/retirement gift.
47. 5Visit Paducah during the AQS Show.
48. 5Take a class with a nationally known teacher.
49. 5Use some fabric you dislike.

50. 5Participate in Show & Tell.
51. 5Volunteer for a job in a quilt group.
52. 5Use a color you detest.
53. 5Make a quilt inspired by nature.
54. 5Get up early or stay up late to quilt.
55. 5Make a scrap quilt.
56. 5Make a tote bag.
57. 5Make a postcard quilt.
58. 5Make a baby quilt and gift it to a newborn.
59. 5Understand the basics of caring for quilts.
60. 5Borrow a quilting book from the public library.
61. 5Teach someone else to quilt.
62. 5Creatively piece a backing for one of your quilts.
63. 5Apply a piped binding, or some variation of it.
64. 5Post quilt pics to Facebook.
65. 5Install quilty wallpaper on your computer.
66. 5Put a quilty bumper sticker on your car.
67. 5Cuss mildly when you realize you've been sewing air (because you ran out of bobbin thread). 68. 5Read your sewing machine manual cover to cover.
69. 5Learn to thread baste.
70. 5Learn to pin baste.
71. 5Use basting spray.
72. 5Help a friend make a quilt.
73. 5Make a quilt for a special child.
74. 5Make a quilt for a spouse or partner.
75. 5Make a quilt for a friend.
76. 5Include your quilts in your last will and testament.
77. 5Determine your favorite thread for piecing.
78. 5Understand the concept of value.
79. 5Understand the mathematics of quilt blocks.
80. 5Apply a bias binding.
81. 5Take a guild speaker to dinner.
82. 5Comment on a quilt-related blog post.
83. 5Make a mystery quilt.
84. 5Take part in a block exchange.
85. 5Write how-to instructions for making a quilt block.
86. 5 Be able to state clearly what you learned from a particular quilt.
87. 5Know the difference between lengthwise and crosswise grain.
88. 5Know the parts of a sewing machine needle and why they matter.
89. 5Organize your stash.
90. 5Know the names of hand sewing needles used for different tasks.
91. 5Finish a UFO.
92. 5Purchase fabric on impulse.
93. 5Try sewing with precuts.
94. 5Trade fabrics with quilt friends.
95. 5Identify your ancestors who quilted.
96. 5Visit a quilt shop while on vacation.
97. 5Sew on a treadle for old time's sake.
98. 5Subscribe to a quilting magazine.
99. 5Become a regular reader of a quilting blog.
100. 5Go on a Shop Hop.