Checking for balanced tension and a good stitch are important first steps to ensure a beautifully quilted project.

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.

Follow along as APQS retailer and educator, Myrna Ficken, shares helpful information about longarm machine bobbins, bobbin cases, backlash springs and bobbin tension.

Myrna Ficken is the inspiring owner of A Quilter’s Choice, an APQS dealer, and longarm educator with over 23 years of dedicated experience in the quilting industry.

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.

Creating an art quilt is an original exploration of a concept or idea. An art quilt is a creation that comes from you. It is self-expression. It can be anything you want it to be.

Join APQS retailer Myrna Ficken as she shares tips for getting started with free motion quilting (FMQ). Follow along as she demonstrates several fun and easy patterns that can be practiced on paper or fabric.

Here are six pantograph options to use on your next quilt! Join Myrna Ficken as she talks about each pattern sharing her expert tips for quilting them.

Looking for a wintery quilt to match the season? You'll love Forest Snowfall by APQS Dealer Myrna Ficken of A Quilter's Choice.