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Elevate your holiday decor with this crisscrossed table runner. This versatile pattern is perfect for a round table or if you want to highlight a centerpiece!

We want YOU to choose the quilting design in our Quick Quilt Tops series! We've come up with three possibilities - vote on your favorite one below. Then we'll quilt it, and one lucky winner will get the quilt AND a goodie basket from APQS!

Quilting isn't limited to a four side shape anymore! Learn how we crafted a wedge-shaped bathroom rug on our APQS Lucey longarm machine...

Check out this month's free pattern from Debbie Bigley, manager of the APQS longarm rental program at APQS Raleigh - Thread Waggle Quilting. It's inspired by flying geese!

In this blog series about making quick quilt tops, we started by showing you how to easily piece half-square triangles and get them done fast. In this post, we're turning our attention to the design...

Check out this month's free pattern from APQS Dealer Marina Kontzevaya, inspired by the Pantone 2019 Color of the Year called “Living Coral”.

In this video tutorial, APQS Dealer and Educator Angela Huffman shares a cute little border design called "Betty the Butterfly." Adorable!

Whether you “quilt by check,” rent time on a longarm, or plan to buy one, it’s helpful to understand how the quilt gets on the frame and why you need extra backing fabric to make it work.

In this post we're sharing some quick cutting and piecing methods for half-square triangles...

Create the effect of multiple overlapping stars in this patriotic quilt from APQS Dealer Julia Graves of Special Occasion Quilts.