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These railroad tracks aren't of the Amtrak variety … these tracks refer to those pesky "flat lines" of bobbin thread sometimes found on the back of your quilt.

Correct machine height and ergonomic features will allow you to quilt for many hours without fatigue and strain on your body.

When your thread starts to snap, it doesn't take long before your nerves start to snap, too. Here are some things to try that will help you narrow down the trouble and get back to quilting without stress.

If starting a quilting business is one of your long-term goals, here are a few tips to get you started down the right path.

Every now and then, we quilters have to pick up a needle and thread. How do you avoid sore fingers after a bout of hand sewing? Read some of our quilters' home remedies, and you might find a method that work for you!

Longarm quilting machines require much less bobbin tension than you may believe when compared to your home sewing machine.

Learn how to create more consistent quilting designs by determining what type of quilting “thinker” you are.

Are you a traditionalist, or do you lean more toward contemporary? As the next quilting generation finds its voice, a new and different genre is emerging.

What can make an otherwise flat quilt get wavy borders? Read on to find out!

If you are having trouble with your thread breaking on a recent project, use our step-by-step process to eliminate the obvious suspects before calling in the big dogs!