Tool Tips

APQS Educator and Retailer, Myrna Ficken, gives us a glimpse at her process for marking a custom quilt for ruler work.

APQS Educator and retailer, Myrna Ficken, shares a few quick tips for using your longarm's thread break sensor.

Chelsey McMillan of Sew and Glow Quilting demonstrates two techniques for securing your threads when starting and stopping stitching.

Rulers are a wonderful way to add more designs to your repertoire and give a clean, professional edge to your quilting.

APQS retailer and educator, Julia Graves, shares options for keeping your thread stash organized.

APQS retailer and educator, Myrna Ficken, shares her thoughts on selecting thread color and batting type for quilt projects. Watch as she auditions different colors of thread on various fabric combinations.

Myrna Ficken demonstrates the proper way to load a bobbin in a bobbin case and insert it into your APQS longarm.

APQS retailer and educator, Myrna Ficken, shares tips for using an extended ruler base.

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.

Explore the art of mastering your fabric stash organization, whether it's filled with large or small cuts, or both.