Quilted Joy Blog

A great way to fill space when you're longarm quilting is to use echoing. This video shows how you can...

Dawn Cavanaugh recently did a video on how to set up a pantograph with an APQS longarm quilting machine. Take...

Some folks get really intimidated by free motion feathers. They can be challenging because the eye can easily tell when...

I get lots of new quilters into the showroom who are renting the machines to finish their quilts. Many are...

The first part of my two part article is in this month's edition of Machine Quilting Unlimited. The second part...

The thread fairy from Fil-Tec  arrived today. Click to enlarge SWOON! I got the new summer 2012 collection. They are...

One of the things I highly recommend adding to your longarm machine is Leader Grips which is a rod snapping...

I've been doing some machine quilting video tutorials for the APQS Longarms for Lifelong Learning Center. You've seen the pebbles...

I've been doing some machine quilting video tutorials for the APQS Longarms for Lifelong Learning Center. Here's the one I...

I have allowed many of my quilting magazines to expire but my favorite one right now is Machine Quilting Unlimited....

I was recently asked by a new APQS machine owner for advice on what she needed to have on hand...

I've been published! Exciting, eh? The article I wrote appeared in the Winter 2009 On Track magazine published by IMQA,...

Using existing piecing and seam lines make no mark quilting super easy! This video was taken while I was working...

I recently made zippers for a Lenni and I intended to share a step by step tutorial of how I...

The Four Patch Posie craze overtook my online quilt guild. This top is going to be a wedding present. Isn't...