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Using the Laser Light on the Front of your APQS Machine
You may have seen a laser mounted to the back of a longarm machine when using a paper pantograph but...
Introducing Microquilter!
Superior Threads recently introduced an awesome new thread called Microquilter. Microquilter is a 100 wt super-fine polyester thread. It is...
Beginner's Guide to Machine Quilting: Quilting with Specialty Fabrics
Have you ever had a friend suggest that you use Minky to back a quilt, only to have another friend...
Beginner's Guide to Machine Quilting: Choosing the Right Backing Fabric
You've made your quilt top and you're ready to start quilting, but first you need help choosing the right backing...
Beginner's Guide to Machine Quilting: Batting Fiber Types
In our previous articles we defined some of the terms you'll hear in the batting world. Just as there are...
Beginner's Guide to Machine Quilting: Batting Definitions Part 2
In the last Beginner's Guide to Machine Quilting post, I started talking about some common batting terms. Today I've got...
Beginner's Guide to Machine Quilting: Batting Definitions Part 1
My mother is not a quilter and she refers to the batting as "fluffy stuff". I've stood at my school...
Longarm Guild: Grid Based Designs
The Longarm Guild will be meeting next Wednesday, January 4 at 10:00am at the Quilted Joy showroom. This month we’ll...
Longarm Guild: Quilting Grid-Based Designs
The Longarm Guild will be meeting next Wednesday, July 6 at 10:00am at the Quilted Joy showroom. This month we’ll...
Longarm Guild: Log Cabin
The Longarm Guild will be meeting next Wednesday, March 2 at 10:00am at the Quilted Joy showroom. This month we’ll be...
Video Tutorial: The Daisy Paisley Border
Take the basic paisley shape and add a fun girly twist for your borders! Remember, your paisley is really just...
5 Ways to Audition Quilting Designs
Do you sometimes look at a quilt and wonder how people decided what in the world to quilt on it?...
How To Free Motion Quilt
This week I had the pleasure of writing a guest post for Fons & Porter's Tip Tuesday blog! In the...
NEW! The Angela Huffman Essentials
If you've ever talked to me about thread you probably already know I have a number of favorite threads I...
Swirls on a String
You've probably been told to never cross over your line of stitching, but with this background filler we're going to...
Tale of a Whale
In early April I was invited to teach at the fabulous MQX quilt show in New Hampshire.  You may have...
Two Great New Books Available in the Shop!
You've probably already read about my adventures at MQX; but something else pretty exciting happened that week too! Bethanne Nemesh,...
Selecting Edge-to-Edge Designs
Do you have a difficult time selecting the best paper pantograph pattern for your quilts? Trying to decide which pattern...
The Grave of Buffalo Bill
Back in January I headed out to Denver to record more video content for Fons & Porter. We are offering...
Product Spotlight: Polish Kit
I want to show you this great Polish Kit that's available in the shop. This kit comes with a specially...
Video Tutorial: Flame Meander
There are plenty of romantic or frilly quilting designs, but sometimes it can be difficult to find a more masculine...