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Lots of discussion has abounded regarding the best needles for your APQS quilting machine.

Matt Sparrow is an APQS dealer who started Sparrow Studioz in Edmonton, Alberta, where Matt and his wife rent, sell and service APQS longarm’s to local Canadian quilters and more than 300 certified renters.

Who can resist the feel of that soft, cuddly fabric against your skin when the temperature starts to dip and the evening chill encourages you to throw the windows open at night?

If you are a little bit of a sleuth, you can find several different bobbin types on the market today.

Hand quilters and machine quilters use different measuring gauges (figuratively speaking) to determine the right stitch length for a project.

Myrna started longarm quilting in 1998 when she worked at a longarm dealership. Today, she owns her own business, A Quilter’s Choice, in Laurel, Maryland where she teaches numerous classes and has come out with a number of quilting DVDs.

"Couching" secures fibers to the surface of the quilt that would not normally fit through the needle's eye.

The evolution of machine quilting has produced some wondrous features that early quilters could only dream about.

Learn more about some of the "measurable" criteria judges use to evaluate quilts in competition:

JoAnn had been doing embroidery for 20 years when she discovered longarm quilting. She has since built a successful quilting studio and dealershipin the Black Hills of South Dakota.