What Products Can I Buy at Quilters Headquarters?

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Quilters Headquarters is a full-service quilt shop in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and its online store covers four main product areas: fabric and quilt kits, sewing and quilting machines, notions, and embroidery supplies. If you already know which category you need, you can go straight to that section of the shop menu; if you are new to the site, the list below shows what each category actually contains.

Fabric and Quilt Kits

The shop sells 100% premium cotton fabrics, which is the core material for piecing quilt tops, backing, and binding. Alongside fabric sold by the yard, Quilters Headquarters offers kits — bundled fabric selections for a specific project.

Two kits named on the site are:

  • Mystic Vineyard Kit
  • Victoria Butterfly Quilt Kit

A kit is useful when you want the exact fabrics a pattern calls for without matching bolts yourself. The trade-off is that you are committed to that pattern and colorway, so kits suit quilters who like the finished design as shown rather than those who prefer to choose every fabric themselves.

Sewing, Quilting, and Longarm Machines

Quilters Headquarters is an authorized dealer of PFAFF and Juki sewing machines, and the site also lists longarm machines. Machine categories visible in the navigation include:

Category What it covers
Sewing Machines Standard home sewing and piecing machines
Longarm Machines Large-format quilting machines for finishing quilts
Juki & Serger Juki machines and sergers for seaming and edge finishing

Because the shop is an authorized dealer, machines come with dealer-backed sales and service rather than being sold as third-party listings. The site also lists machine services, so if you already own a machine, service is a separate reason to visit beyond buying.

If you are choosing between a home sewing machine and a longarm, the deciding factor is usually what you want to do: a home machine handles piecing and small quilting, while a longarm is built for quilting large tops in one pass. The site names specific longarm options, including the Juki Longarm Quilting Machine and the Qnique Mid & LongArm Quilter, so you can compare those two directly if longarm quilting is your goal.

Notions and Quilting Tools

Notions is its own shop category, covering the small tools and accessories used in piecing, quilting, and finishing. Examples from the site's own content include:

  • Needle Alignment Magnet
  • Quilt Binding supplies
  • Tools demonstrated in the shop's videos, such as the Studio 180 Deb Tucker rulers and a technique for making flying geese with less bulk

Notions are the category to check when you have a pattern and fabric but still need the specific ruler, template, or binding item the instructions require. Buying notions from the same shop as your fabric and machine reduces the chance of a mismatched size or format.

Embroidery Supplies and OESD Designs

The shop carries embroidery supplies and lists OESD designs among its quick links. OESD is a machine embroidery design brand, so this category is aimed at embroiderers rather than quilters working only with piecing and quilting.

If you own an embroidery-capable machine, this is the section to browse for designs and the supplies that support them. If you do not embroider, this category is unlikely to be relevant to your project.

Classes and Videos as Buying Support

Quilters Headquarters also lists classes and videos, including a Beginning Quilt Class taught by Lori and technique videos on longarm quilting, PFAFF, Juki and serger machines, quilt binding, and flying geese. These are not products, but they function as buying aids: a class or video can tell you whether a machine or notion fits how you actually work before you commit to the purchase.

How to Decide What to Buy First

  • Starting a specific quilt: buy the kit or the pattern plus premium cotton fabric, then add the notions the pattern names.
  • Finishing quilts yourself: look at longarm machines if you quilt large tops, or machine services if you already own equipment.
  • Adding capability to an existing machine: check notions, embroidery supplies, and OESD designs before considering a new machine.
  • Learning before spending: the Beginning Quilt Class and technique videos let you test an approach before buying the matching tool.

The site's shop menu is organized by these same categories — Fabric, Kits, Machines, Longarm Machines, and Notions — so the fastest route is to open the category that matches your project stage rather than browsing everything at once.