Quilting the Quilt

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.

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

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.

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.

Free motion quilting is a valuable skill for any longarm quilter to achieve.

Join APQS retailer and educator Lauren Jackson as she guides you through the art of quilting the Electric Grid border design on a longarm quilting machine.

Create timeless and contemporary quilts by experimenting with bold colors, incorporating negative space, playing with scale, trying improvisational piecing, and exploring modern techniques.

Maintaining a square quilt top on your longarm quilting machine requires careful preparation and consistent attention to detail. Whether you’re loading the quilt, measuring alignment, or adjusting quilting density, these strategies will help you produce a professional, perfectly square quilt ready for binding and display.