Quilted joy

I’m Angela- Co-host of the Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting PBS show. APQS Long arm Dealer and Educator. Triplet Momma. Designer. Thread Bimbo.

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Quilted joy
My Ribbon Winning Quilts from the Kentucky State Fair 2018!
I love the fair. Seriously LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the fair. Growing up, my family and I would go to the...
Upcoming Hands on Class: Break into Freemotion Quilting!
In February I'll be teaching my hands on Breaking into Freemotion on the Longarm Class and I'd love for you...
Feelin' Groovy, Renter Style!
Sometimes it's fun to just focus on how the renters are using the design boards. If you aren't familiar with...
Friends and Family, Renting Together
Quilting is an activity that many friends and family members share with one another. We love it when people come...
Four-Patch Frenzy!
Susan pieced this top, a design called Four-Patch Frenzy, after watching a tutorial by Jenny Doan of Missouri Star Quilt...
Sarah's Bed Runner - A Different Shape of Quilt
Usually, customers bring in what we would call "bed shaped" quilts to be quilted edge to edge. Throws, fulls, twins,...
Let's Catch Up With The Renters
Here are a few more recent finishes by our wonderful renters! Valerie pieced this interesting sampler from batik and white...
Lots and Lots of Renter Quilts
I am continually amazed at the variety of tops that our renters bring in to quilt on our APQS longarm...
Summertime Quilting for the Renters
Wow, are there a lot of renter quilts to talk about! Let's start with a wild West theme... Carol made...
A Gorgeous City Sampler - Tula Meets Kaffe!
One of my long-time customers, Kathy, recently asked me to quilt this top for her. Liz, one of my longarm...
Stars, Simple and Sweet!
We show lots of complicated quilts here on the blog, but simple and sweet deserves a place too. Terry made...
Renters Working on Their Free Motion Quilting Skills
Today, let's take a look at some renters who are improving their free motion quilting skills by working from the...
Asterisk Not Needed Here!
Beverly brought this fun top in for me to quilt. No asterisk needed here - it's cute without qualification!  We...
A Quilt for a Special Baseball Player
Sandy's grandson loves baseball. In fact, he plays baseball for St. Xavier Catholic High School here in Louisville. When it...
Here Are a Few More Renter Quilts!
Here are a few more renter quilts from this spring... This sweet heart crib-sized top was made by Kym. She...
Renters Getting Those UFOs Quilted!
I love seeing our renters finish their tops into quilts. Sometimes the most satisfying finishes are the projects that have...
A Blooming Nine-Patch!
One of Ali's friends persuaded her recently to try quilting, and now she's hooked! She fell in love with the...
Molly's First Quilt
Molly is a thirteen-year-old from here in Louisville who wanted to learn how to piece a quilt top. After it...
Introducing Microquilter!
Superior Threads recently introduced an awesome new thread called Microquilter. Microquilter is a 100 wt super-fine polyester thread. It is...
A Very Special Hand-Pieced Quilt
Usually, when a customer brings me a contemporary or modern quilt to be quilted, it has been machine-pieced. This quilt...