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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.

In the previous issue of Love of Quilting, we showed you how to use motifs from fabrics to create quilting designs. Now we’ll show you how to use those designs you’ve found hidden in your fabric.

Touch the top four oiling wicks one at a time. If your finger is wet with oil, don't add more to that particular wick. If your finger is dry, add one to two drops of oil to the dry wick. Check the side wick in the same manner.

The Daisy Meander is a pretty, sweet and forgiving simple filler design.

While owning your own longarm quilting business can be all of that and more, starting up your small business can be intimidating. After all, we all want to be paid a fair wage for our labor but how do you determine what that should be?

With the surge in machine quilting, many home sewing machine manufacturers have attempted to build their own version of a longarm machine with very mixed results.

One of the best things about the APQS family is once you become a member, you are a member for life.

The meander is great for romantic quilts, like wedding quilts.

Purchasing an APQS longarm machine is an investment; and, as we learned in Accounting 101, you need to protect your investments!