Quilt Finishing Tips

We asked Susan Ponz, Connie Keller and Angela Clark to quilt the same modern quilt pattern for us. Take a look at how each store chose to interpret the quilt with their color palette and quilting.

In this Video Tutorial APQS Dealer and Educator Angela Huffman shares a border design that's a little more formal. It's got a fun name: Penguin Curl.

Lots of quilters cringe when it’s time to marry the beginning and ending binding strips together with a seam.

In this video, Angela Huffman, APQS Dealer and Educator shares a modern border or sashing design we call the "Curl and Kick."

Machine quilting requires some practice before you tackle your first project. Even doing something as simple as writing the alphabet with your machine will help you develop the muscle memory to create your own spectacular quilts.

If you find yourself in a time crunch (or you just like to get things done fast) you can shave hours off your completion time with these machine appliqué shortcuts I call Quick-liqué.

With this background filler design we're breaking all the rules.

Is your purse full of little scraps of paper with quilting design ideas doodled on them? Does your checkbook register look like an artist's pad?

Next time you choose a backing fabric, take these tips from our APQS team into consideration!

This faster Pebble Filler is a great filler for backgrounds and applique.