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Whether you quilt professionally or just for yourself, when you decide to say “yes” to someone who has asked you to quilt her quilt, lots of responsibility also comes your way.

After winning a Lucey longarm quilting machine in the Great APQS Longarm Giveaway in 2013, Joyce Labree did what any passionate quilter would do – she transformed her master bedroom into a quilting studio.

We asked Georgene Huggett and Betty Reid to quilt the same traditional quilt pattern for us. Take a look at how each dealer chose to interpret the quilt differently

Twenty years ago, machine quilting was considered “cheating” by a great majority of quilters, and it was rare to find a machine-quilted project among show winners. Now hand-quilted quilts make up only a small percentage of completed quilts.

We asked Carrie Radloff, business development manager at Red Thread, to share answers to some of the most common questions they receive about financing a longarm quilting machine.

Discover how different quilting can impact your applique as we showcase five different quilting styles on applique blocks using George.

Beth Maitland-Banninger’s entire adult life has been filled with the creative arts. For the past 30 years she has played the role of Traci Abbott on CBS TV’s “The Young and the Restless.”

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.

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

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.