How to Install Leader Grips On a Long Arm Quilting Machine

When I first got my long arm quilting machine I struggled to learn how to load a quilt top to the frame quickly and easily.

Quilt A Feathered Wreath

Do you love the look of a traditional feathered wreath? It is elegant, traditional and adds a spectacular adornment to a quilt top. But, they

Rule Your Quilt: Quilting Arch Borders

There are so many beautiful ways to quilt a border. One of my favorite ways to fill in a quilt’s border is to grab an

Using a ruler to quilt a crosshatching quilting design on a longarm quilting machine

Rule Your Quilt with Crosshatching

Few quilting designs seem as classic as crosshatching. Crosshatching is found in traditional, contemporary, and modern quilts. I love using crosshatching to fill large spaces

Quilting with Circle Rulers - Angela Huffman shares tips and ideas for adding circles to your quilting

Rule Your Quilt: Quilting with Circle Rulers

Adding circular motifs to your quilting can give fabulous results. The perfect symmetry of a circle really draws the eye and the circle itself can

"How to Audition Pantographs - Longarm Quilting Tips - QuiltedJoy.com"

Video Tutorial: How to Audition Paper Pantographs on Your Quilt

There are tons of ideas for how to audition quilting motifs on your quilt top, but what about auditioning paper pantographs on your quilt tops? There’s

Longarm Guild: Facing!

The Longarm Guild will be meeting next Wednesday, August 1 at 10:00am in the Quilted Joy showroom. This month Karen volunteered to discuss finishing quilts

Quilted Joy has added to it's collection of Paper Pantographs! Check out the new designs available now!

New Paper Pantographs Available!

Do you ever find yourself needing to freshen things up a bit? I was feeling that way about some of the paper pantographs available in

Learn how to machine quilt decorative beadboard in this video tutorial from Angela Huffman and APQS

Video Tutorial: Decorative Beadboard

In my last video tutorial for APQS I showed you how to quilt beadboard or piano keys in your borders. Now that you’ve had time

How do you store your quilting supplies?

Longarm Guild: Storage Ideas

The Longarm Guild will be meeting next Wednesday, April 4 at 10:00am in the Quilted Joy showroom. We all have so many quilting supplies –

Quilting with Invisible Threads

Have you tried quilting with invisible threads? If you haven’t yet, you might be surprised by them! Invisible or monofilament threads have a bit of

Learn how to quilt Beadboard on a longarm machine in the latest APQS video tutorial with Angela Huffman. The Beadboard or Piano Key design is super simple and looks amazing in big borders on a quilt.

Video Tutorial: Beadboard

For my latest video tutorial I thought I’d share how to quilt one of my go-to border designs – Beadboard! If you haven’t already tried

How to use the laser light on the front of your APQS longarm quilting machine

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 did you know you can

MicroQuilter Neutrals Stitch in the Ditch Collection

Introducing Microquilter!

Superior Threads recently introduced an awesome new thread called Microquilter. Microquilter is a 100 wt super-fine polyester thread. It is the same weight as Kimono

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 say, “It’s SO hard to

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 a backing fabric. What do you choose? The days of

Just as there are many choices when it comes to the fiber type you can choose for your thread, quilt batting comes in a variety of different fibers. You may have encountered 100% cotton batting and 100% polyester batting but there are many other fiber types to play with too. Heck, you can even find Alpaca batting! For this article we are going to talk about the most common types of batting and why you might choose one type over another.

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 many choices when it comes

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 a few more terms you’ll

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 reunions trying to explain what

Beginner's Guide to Machine Quilting: Thread Weight and Thread Ply

Beginner’s Guide to Machine Quilting: Thread Weight and Ply

Have you ever tried to decipher the label on a cone of thread? Finding the name, color and fiber type is fairly straight forward but

Beginner’s Guide to Machine Quilting: Thread Fiber Types

Modern thread is offered in a variety of fiber types. Today’s quilting world has so much diversity and, thankfully, most machines can run a variety

Grid based filler quilting design. Quilted by Angela Huffman on APQS Millennium longarm quilting machine.

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 continue discussing grid based quilting designs! I

Quilters make many choices when quilting their quilts. Here, Angela discusses how to pick the perfect thread to quilt a high-contrast quilt.

Which Color Thread Should I Use in High-Contrast Quilts?

Question from a Quilted Joy Blog reader: “I was hoping you could discuss in your blog thread choices for high contrast quilts. I keep getting

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 begin a new series –

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