How to turn a quilt on an APQS longarm quilting machine

June 30, 2020

Stop “chunking” your long side borders as you quilt down your longarm frame! APQS Education Director Dawn Cavanaugh shows you how to quickly and easily turn and remount your quilt to the frame so that you can see and quilt the entire border without trying to guess how the design will match up on the other end.

Dawn Cavanaugh
Dawn Cavanaugh
Dawn Cavanaugh is the Education Director at APQS.
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