Welcome to Australian Quilters' Website
Quilts are wonderful.
Big quilts, small quilts, bed quilts, memory quilts, wall quilts.  And what better time than now, to be a maker of quilts: there are so many gorgeous fabrics, so many wonderful patterns and so many 'must have' magazines devoted to this wonderful and rewarding craft. 
But after the actual quilt top is made: what then ?
It is not a quilt yet.  It is not a quilt until it is quilted; and so often, it is not until this final stage that the quiltmaker considers this integral element.
It is the quilting stitches that breathe life into the flat, two dimensional element that is the quilt top.  It can make or break the entire project.  It should be considered up front with the choice of design and fabric, rather than a last minute consideration which may often suffer from the need to minimise expense.
Beautiful quilting can give a quilt the magic that expensive fabric may not necessarily provide. You need look no further than an exquisite whole cloth quilt for proof of this.
So, the hope at AQ is to do the following: 
      1. to raise awareness in quiltmakers of the role of quilting in the making of their design from the very outset, and not as a last minute consideration; and
      2. to provide a point for sharing and inspiration for those who carry out the integral and dare I say, decisive role of adding those final, but definitive, stitches to a crafter's precious project.
 Enjoy, and let me know what you think

Di Povey
Editor