Machine Maintenance

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.

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

APQS Educator Angela Clark shares daily, weekly, monthly, and annual maintenance tasks to ensure your quilting machine remains a reliable partner in your quilting journey.

Here's the ultimate simple yet effective guide to ensuring your longarm quilting machine is running at peak performance.

Longarm quilting hinges on the fundamental aspect of aligned leaders. Take a look at this guide that helps ensure precise maintenance of your leaders.

Have you wondered what kind of machine maintenance is beneficial for your APQS machine? Julia Graves breaks down what maintenance options are available.

When quilters ask us what they should do to keep their machine working properly, they are often surprised by how little maintenance an APQS machine needs.

In this video tutorial we'll show you how to calibrate your low bobbin indicator, which easily keep tabs on your bobbin thread level and your top thread status when quilting with an APQS Freedom or Millennium longarm.

Balanced tension is the goal of every quilter. But it doesn’t take a magician to master it. With a few tricks up your sleeve you’ll be able to tackle it with ease.

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.