Inspiration

February 21, 2025
Just hanging around: Unique solutions for displaying quilts
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.
February 18, 2025
Free pattern: Caribbean Sunset
This intriguing two-block quilt gives the impression of a complicated on-point setting without all the work.
January 28, 2025
Bling your machine: Inspiration for decorating your longarm
APQS longarm owners use decals, bling, stickers, paint and more to customize and decorate their longarms.
January 21, 2025
Free pattern: Winter Ball
Chilly weather has us thinking of wrapping up cozy in a new winter quilt. Winter Ball is a radiant quilt that will leave you surrounded by warmth and playful patchwork perfection.
January 14, 2025
Tips for longarm quilting applique quilts
We all know how much work goes into a gorgeous applique quilt top. Regardless of the technique used--traditional hand-turned or fused raw-edge applique--these labors of love deserve a special kind of finish quilting that enhances the applique.
January 7, 2025
Signature Quilt for the 2024 International Quilt Festival
At International Quilt Festival 2024, the maker and the quilter of the 2024 IQF Signature Quilt share smiles and insights about their recent collaboration. "A 1915 Variation of a Goose on a Pond" by Tammy Morris and quilted by Eva Ellison.
December 31, 2024
Five of our most popular blog posts of 2024
Five of our most popular APQS blog articles from 2024.
December 17, 2024
Free pattern: Nordic Noel
Make Christmas more cozy with this lovely blue and white quilt.
December 10, 2024
Mastering free motion quilting
Free motion quilting is a valuable skill for any longarm quilter to achieve.
December 3, 2024
Quilt Path tree wall-hanging
APQS retailer and educator Angela Clark shows you step-by-step how to use Quilt Path to piece a fun wall-hanging right on your longarm quilting machine.