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Quilt pattern: Shuffle Quilt [Free download]

The “Shuffle Quilt” pattern is a great solution for using up those layer cakes you have accumulated and would also put a good dent in the scrap pile if that is what you prefer.

How to organize your paper pantographs

Storing and organizing your collection of paper pantographs is important. After all, you want to protect the investment you’ve made into your paper pattern collection.

How to handle quilts with open seams

In this post, we’ll come face to face with that dastardly villain known as the “open seam.”

APQS Video Tutorial: Ribbon Candy Curl

In this tutorial, APQS Educator and Dealer Angela Huffmann shares a versatile design called Ribbon Candy Curl.

How to accomplish curved crosshatching

A contemporary alternative to straight cross hatching is curved crosshatching.

APQS Video Tutorial: How to bury thread

Learn how to bring up your bobbin thread, easily thread a needle, and tie a quilter's knot to keep your ends neat and tidy.

APQS' Build-a-Bed project at QuiltCon 2016

Check out all the smiles from kids of all ages who helped APQS complete quilts for Morehead State University's Build-a-Bed program at QuiltCon 2016.

Video Tutorial: Clover Border or Sashing

Learn how to make a clover border - a simple, beginning custom design for a border.

Owning a quilting business - what thread colors should you have?

The good news is that while you might want hundreds of thread colors, you don’t need them to successfully start a longarm business!

February 23, 2016

APQS Video Tutorial: Fern Twist

APQS Dealer and Educator Angela Huffman shares an alternative to feathers - the fern twist. The leaf shapes are much more forgiving and easy to master.

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