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Our most popular blog posts of 2025
At APQS, our education goal is to provide unsurpassed inspiration and knowledge to the quilting community. One of the ways we accomplish this is through our popular blog. As we come to the end of another year, let’s look back on some of our top posts of 2025.
In this article, you’ll find a round-up of our most popular articles from this year. Because we provide blog content on so many topics – from free piecing patterns, to beginner techniques, to design inspiration – we’ve chosen to highlight posts in several categories. Read on for more fun and inspiration!
Free motion quilting
Throughout the year, we’ve shared a variety of tips and techniques for hand-guided quilters. Here’s a link to one of our favorite technique articles, featuring Myrna Ficken’s tips for quilting applique quilts.
Tips and Tricks
One of our most popular 2025 blogs was shared by Julia Graves. Her article covers a variety of clever quilt display methods to ensure your projects receive the notice they deserve!
Inspiration
Our first article of 2025 was worthy of celebrating! This video blog highlights a masterfully quilted quilt that was selected as the International Quilt Festival’s 50th Anniversary Signature quilt.
Free pattern
There’s no doubt that free pattern blogs are some of our most popular posts. This year, our July offering was so well received, we’re sharing it again here. With it’s two-toned coloring and gorgeous star patterning, this quilt is relevant all year long.
Machine maintenance
Understanding specifics of the upkeep and operation of your longarm is beneficial, even crucial, to any quilter. This year, our highlighted maintenance article is especially helpful in demonstrating proper threading of your APQS longarm.
We here at APQS would like to thank you for joining us in a journey of learning, growth and community throughout 2025. We wish all of our quilting family, friends and readers a productive and blessed 2026!
