Inspiration

Swirling blocks create the illusion of waves and make a big splash in this intriguing quilt!

Get ready for summer with this fun quilt that's brilliant for showcasing colorful prints and quilting designs. 

If you’ve been around the (quilt) block, you’ve seen different quilting styles emerge over time, and it’s wonderful to have so many choices!

Watch as APQS dealer and educator, Myrna Ficken, demonstrates how to add eye-catching decorative couching to a project with your longarm. Myrna details her couching method, shares tips for clean starts and stops, and talks about different materials to consider using for couching.

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.

T-shirt quilts can be such fun!  Add to the joy with fills in the open areas that give the shirts that extra spark.

This quilt pattern is the perfect way to use up leftover fabrics, but it is graphic enough to inspire a shopping trip to your local quilt shop too!

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

This bright and airy quilt is sure to warm any home or bed. It's light white and spring green coloring paired with bouncing floral vine motifs simply brings a smile to your face.

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.