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Top 10 Essential Accessories for Quilting Beginners

Published on: January 12, 2026
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Our Favorite Quilting Accessories

In the wonderful world of quilting, there is an impressive range of tools and accessories to help you bring countless projects to life!

Whether you’re making a mini quilt, a baby quilt, or a large wall hanging, here is our curated list of must-have quilting accessories to keep within reach in your sewing space. These team favorites make every quilting project easier and more enjoyable… all that’s left is to let your creativity run free!


Our Favorite Quilting Accessories — Video

In this video, Caroline presents our favorite quilting tools and explains how to use them to simplify your quilting projects.

Please note: This video is available in French only. However, you can activate English subtitles directly on YouTube using the subtitle (CC) settings.


Les indispensables pour couper et tailler avec précision

Olfa Frosted Quilting Ruler – 6” x 24”

Our first must-have favorite is the Olfa 6” x 24” quilting ruler. Slightly frosted with bold black markings, it offers excellent visibility on both light and dark fabrics.

Made of durable acrylic and featuring an anti-slip surface, this ruler allows for precise cutting without shifting. Its generous size makes it easy to cut large pieces in a single pass, reducing the risk of misalignment and ensuring beautifully straight lines every time.

Olfa Rotating Cutting Mat – 17”

What could be better than trimming all sides of a piece without moving your fabric? That’s exactly what the Olfa rotating cutting mat allows you to do!

Its non-slip base keeps the mat firmly in place, while the rotating surface spins smoothly for effortless angle adjustments. The self-healing surface adds durability and helps maintain the quality of your rotary blades.

Olfa Large Cutting Mat – 24” x 36”

This is the ultimate cutting mat for all quilting projects! Paired with a rotary cutter, it’s an essential tool in any sewing studio.

Its high-quality self-healing surface is known for extending blade life, and its large 24” x 36” size makes it easy to cut large fabric pieces without repositioning your work. Marked in both inches and centimeters, it gives you the freedom to work in your preferred measurement system.

Ergonomic Rotary Cutter – 45 mm

Try it once and you’ll be hooked! Combined with an Olfa cutting mat, this ergonomic rotary cutter delivers smooth, precise cuts without lifting the fabric like traditional scissors.

Its comfortable handle allows you to cut for long periods without fatigue. You can also switch to decorative blades for specialty cuts. A built-in safety lock lets you secure the blade during use or when retracted—safety first!

Replacement Rotary Blades – Set of 5

Made from high-quality steel, Olfa replacement blades are durable and incredibly sharp. They cut effortlessly through a wide range of materials, including fabric, leather, vinyl, and more.

Sold in packs of five, you’ll always have a fresh blade on hand—because one project should never have to wait for another!

18 mm Rotary Cutter – Quilting Tools

This precision rotary cutter features a small 14 mm blade, perfect for appliqué work and intricate quilting details.

Its lightweight design, pencil-style grip, and adjustable blade position make it easy to use for both right- and left-handed quilters. Once you try it, you’ll want to use it again and again.

Olfa Frosted Quilting Ruler – 6.5" x 6.5"

Compact, precise, and highly versatile, the Olfa frosted 6.5" x 6.5" quilting ruler is a true quilting essential. Its slightly frosted surface and bold dark markings provide excellent visibility on both light and dark fabrics, ensuring clean, accurate, and perfectly aligned cuts.

Ideal for cutting quilt blocks, squaring up pieces, creating half-square triangles, or checking the accuracy of your seams, it perfectly complements larger-format rulers. Its practical size also makes it a go-to tool for small projects, quick adjustments, and precision work.


Tools That Make Assembly and Finishing Easier

Sasher Bias Tools

These bias tools are a true team favorite. They make it easy to turn simple fabric strips into clean, evenly folded bias tape—perfect for quilt finishing. Ideal for binding the edges of a quilt, adding decorative strips, appliqué work, or even certain reversible projects, they greatly simplify bias preparation.

Their clever design acts as a guide to fold the fabric evenly while protecting your fingers from the heat of the iron—a small detail that makes a big difference when working on multiple projects. Available in several widths, Sasher bias tools adapt to a wide range of creative needs.

Curved Safety Pins – 38 mm

These curved safety pins are essential for quilting, basting, and craft projects. Their curved shape makes it easier to baste quilt layers together while keeping everything flat and aligned.

Unlike straight pins, they help prevent fabric shifting during quilting, resulting in a clean, professional finish.

Quilting Clips

Whether you’re sewing garments, accessories, home décor, or quilts, these clever clips make fabric assembly quick and easy.

They’re a great alternative to pins, especially for thick layers, binding, piping, leather, vinyl, and multi-layer projects. Durable, easy to remove, and marked with seam guides, these clips are indispensable for both sewing machines and sergers. Once you try them, they’ll never leave your sewing room!

Prym Mechanical Fabric Pencil

This mechanical fabric pencil is perfect for marking cotton fabrics with precision. Its 0.9 mm ceramic lead is specially formulated for textiles and made with water-soluble pigments.

The fine white lead works beautifully on medium to dark fabrics, and refill leads are available in multiple colors. Designed for comfort, it even includes an eraser tip for quick touch-ups.


We hope this article inspires you to start your first—or next—quilting project! One thing is certain: you now know the Club Tissus team’s favorite quilting tools.

If you’d like, share your own favorite tools, projects, or discoveries on social media using #clubtissus.

Please note that product availability may vary from store to store.

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