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February 24, 2015
APQS Video Tutorial: Meander with Hearts and Leaves
The meander is great for romantic quilts, like wedding quilts.
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February 17, 2015
Service and maintenance tips
Purchasing an APQS longarm machine is an investment; and, as we learned in Accounting 101, you need to protect your investments!
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February 10, 2015
Favorite quilty things
Everyone has their own favorite quilty things that make the creative process easier. We share some of our favorites in today's blog post.
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February 3, 2015
Welcome to the APQS family
Our APQS family is made up of very special people.
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January 27, 2015
How to quilt jelly roll quilts
Have you noticed that the fabric industry tantalizes us by using “foodie” terms to cleverly package their latest collections, like "jelly rolls" and "layer cakes?"
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January 20, 2015
Quilting the Quilt: Quilting design ideas (Part I)
Learn how to use motifs in your fabrics to create your own quilting designs.
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January 13, 2015
How to machine quilt a baby quilt
Making a baby quilt for a precious bundle of joy is the perfect way to celebrate a new life. Plus, it is a wonderful reason to shop for adorable fabrics.
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January 6, 2015
APQS Video Tutorial: Flame Meander
This longarm quilting design is more masculine in nature and could easily be an all over edge-to-edge design.
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December 2, 2014
What stitch length is best?
When you sew your quilting seams, most sewing machines have presets for common stitch lengths. However, your longarm allows you flexibility with your creativity.
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November 25, 2014
What’s the difference between a sit-down longarm machine vs a domestic sewing machine for quilting?
The biggest differences you’ll find are the size of the throat space provide by the machine, the size of the motor and, of course, the warranty.
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