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In this video tutorial, APQS Dealer and Educator Angela Huffman shows you how to do a filler called Orchid Blossom. This filler design is very romantic and sophisticated. You'll be amazed how easy it is!

Longarm quilting on APQS machines transforms lives on the tiny tropical island of Mauritius east of Africa.

Download the free "Stay Centered" quilt pattern from the APQS Team at Sparrow Quilt Company.

Threading your APQS longarm quilting machine is easy! In this video, APQS Customer Service & Education Director Dawn Cavanaugh takes you through the process step by step.

Many APQS owners turn their passion for quilting into a profitable business. We decided to sit down with a few of these entrepreneurs to learn more about how they started their businesses and what words of wisdom they have for others who might be considering it. We begin the series with Shirley Jackson from Murray, Ky.

This is the first article in a new series we’re launching about quilt judge expectations and solutions to the most commonly cited areas for improvement.

Hand quilters have buried their threads for decades, and several methods exist to accomplish the same task. In the following video I demonstrate just one way to bury your threads...you may find others that work for you, too!

In this APQS Video Tutorial APQS Educator and Dealer Angela Huffman shares a filler design that is based on the tradition peacock or headband filler. It just has a double loop at the top - we call it the Peacock Eye filler.

As a professional machine quilter you will get all sorts of questions lobbed to you from potential and existing customers. Likely the most common inquiry you’ll get is for a quote on how much you charge for machine quilting.

In recent years quilters have explored modifying the traditional 45-degree crosshatching grid by changing the angle to 60 degrees, creating a diamond-shaped grid.