Education

APQS classrooms give students an opportunity to learn hands-on quilting techniques from the industry's top instructors on the industry's best longarm quilting machines.

APQS retailer and educator, Myrna Ficken, showcases the Quick Change hopping feet available for APQS longarm quilting machines. Learn the use for each foot as well as how easy it is to change from one to another.

The APQS Ellie with Halo frame is a compact, yet versatile, longarm quilting machine capable of quilting any size project. This video demonstrates how simple it is to load and advance a small quilt with the Halo pickup roller.

Whether you’re quilting for customers or finishing your own treasures, adding binding on the longarm is a useful technique that will get you one step closer to a completed quilt.

Claudia Pfeil has successfully used her stitch-locking technique on numerous award-winning quilts to avoid tying and burying threads.

APQS retailer and educator Myrna Ficken shares tips for threading your APQS longarm quilting machine. A proper thread path helps eliminate tension issues and thread breaks during quilting.

APQS retailer and educator, Julia Graves explains her clever method for adding batting if you come up short with the quilt still loaded on your longarm.

Follow along as APQS retailer and educator, Myrna Ficken, shares helpful information about longarm machine bobbins, bobbin cases, backlash springs and bobbin tension.

APQS retailer and educator Lisa Eichelberger shares her process for creating a small yet stunning art quilt using the APQS Ellie and Halo frame. Lisa's demo was recorded during her live presentation at the Phoenix Convention Center for the Modern Quilt Guild's QuiltCon show in February 2025.

Got more quilts hanging around than you have beds?  Hang them on the walls! There are many ways to hang a quilt on a wall depending on the size and weight of the quilt you want to put on the wall.