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In this APQS video tutorial, you’ll learn how to quilt Chevron Sound Waves. It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3! Take a border, break it into spaces, fill it with something simple – and you get Chevron Sound Waves! Watch the video below to see how to quilt it!

How to Quilt Chevron Sound Waves

First, you need to break your border down into smaller segments. I used a chalk pencil to mark triangles, or chevrons, all along my border. You can use a ruler if you are more comfortable with that, or you can just wing it! Starting ...

In this APQS video tutorial, you’ll learn how to quilt the Seedling border design. This leafy border is a breath of fresh air. Watch the video below to see how to quilt it!

How to Quilt the Seedling Border

Let’s play with leaves! To start your seedling border, swoop down to your border’s base. Swoop back up to make the first leaf. Once you get to the cleft of the leaf, or near the middle of your border, you want to echo the shape of your larger leaf inside the line you already created. This shape will ...

Florals are everywhere in quilting, from our fabrics to our free motion quilting. Part of the fun of floral designs is there is so much variety. You can create a completely different flower by making small changes to the shape of your petals. For this video tutorial, I created a rose or tulip inspired design for a border. Watch the video below to see how to quilt the boutonniere border!

How to Quilt the Boutonniere Border

The boutonniere border is a simple and elegant free motion quilting design. To quilt the boutonniere border, start in the middle of your border ...

Music and text lovers will love this free motion quilting video tutorial from APQS! I created a fun border or sashing design inspired by the treble clef and ampersand. Watch the video below to see how to quilt Treble Style!

How to Quilt Treble Style

Doesn’t that design look fun? The core element of this design is lots of loops. To quilt Treble Style, begin at the bottom of your space. Swoop up and quilt a loop in the middle. This first loop should be in a sideways direction, pointing about parallel with your seam lines. Then swoop into ...

It’s time for another APQS free motion quilting video tutorial! This time I wanted to share the video for a fun and flowing border design. Watch the video below to see how to quilt ribbon spades!

How to Quilt Ribbon Spades

To quilt the ribbon spades design, you’ll want to think of your border as divided in half with a north and south side. You don’t need to be precise, just an imaginary line will be ok. Starting in the middle of your border, quilt a curl towards the north side of your border. Really tuck the ...

In this APQS video tutorial you’ll learn how to quilt the Infinity Twins design. This sashing design uses an overlapping infinity sign. Watch the video below to see how to quilt it!

How to Quilt the Infinity Twins

Looks easy right? To quilt the infinity twins, you’re going to quilt an infinity sign over and over again. Start in the middle of your sashing. Swing up to the top with a loop and come down to the bottom with another loop. Swing back up to the top with a loop and on your way back down overlap with ...

In this APQS video tutorial you’ll learn how to quilt the Echoed Tulip Dance border design. This is a sweet tulip design that will be perfect for so many quilt borders! Watch the video below to see how to quilt it!

How to Quilt the Echoed Tulip Dance Border

You’ll love how easy it is to quilt the echoed tulip dance border! Before I quilted this design I started by adding a few registration lines in my border. This will help keep the tulips even across the space. The size of these spaces is up to you! I ...

In this APQS video tutorial you’ll learn how to quilt the Half Blossom border design. This is a big floral design that’ll fill your extra large borders well. Watch the video below to see how to quilt it!

How to Quilt the Half Blossom Border

Before I started quilting I marked registration lines for my flowers with my favorite chalk pencil to keep them all even. I also added a tick mark in the center of each of these spaces. I started at the bottom of my border, quilting along the seam. When I arrive at my center ...

Have you been looking for a moment of longarm quilting zen? You’ve found it with my latest free motion quilting tutorial for APQS.

In this APQS video tutorial you’ll learn how to quilt the Lotus Lollipop border design. This is a big floral design that’s perfect for quilting your extra large borders! Watch the video below to see how to quilt it.

How to Quilt the Lotus Lollipop Border

You’ll definitely want to save this design for your borders. Start at the bottom of your border with a hump for the center of your flower. Now ...

New Living Water Quilter Videos

  I am excited to share I am finally making time to record  free-motion and ruler quilting video demos.  I hope they will be a source of inspiration and you will find designs you can use to finish your quilt projects.

The videos live on Living Water Quilter’s YouTube channel.  Please visit the channel and subscribe. Then watch, like and comment on your favorite designs.

BONUS: In every video description box there is a list of quilting and sewing tools used in the video and links where to find more information and where to purchase ...

Spring has definitely sprung in my neck of the woods and with that my desire to quilt fun spring inspired quilting designs like the Tulip Dance border!

In this APQS video tutorial you’ll learn how to quilt the tulip dance border design! This is a sweet free motion quilting design inspired by tulip flowers that’s perfect for your next floral quilt. Watch the video below to see how to quilt it!

How to Quilt the Tulip Dance Border Design

The tulip dance border design is really simple and only uses a two main design elements. Begin at the ...

Do you have a small sashing space that needs a cute and simple quilting design? Then you’re going to love my latest quilting design video tutorial for APQS!

The Curled Sprout design is a sweet little sashing or border design. Watch the video below to see how to quilt it!

How to Quilt the Curled Sprout Design

To quilt the curled sprout design we’ll start at the top of our border or sashing space. We’ll drop down with an upside down e. Continue down the space and curl up into a backwards c. As you backtrack over ...

It’s so much fun to add little personal touches to your quilts. In my latest video tutorial for APQS I shared how to use your own cursive handwriting to add a special message to your quilts!

The Love Border Design is perfect for the quilts you’re gifting to special loved ones! Watch the video below to see how I used my own handwriting to make a unique quilting design.

How to Quilt the Love Border Design

I promise you, you can’t mess this one up! All we’re doing for this sweet border design is “writing” the ...

If you love whimsical flower designs, you’re going to love this video! The flower flip flop border design is really easy and will be loved by both new longarmers and more experienced quilters.

The Flower Flop Flop design is perfect for your next quilt border. Watch the video below to see how to quilt this sweet border design!

How to Quilt the Flower Flip Flop Border

Isn’t that such a sweet little flower design? To quilt the Flower Flip Flop design, start at the bottom of your border. Quilt up a little bit to create your stem. Now ...

I’ve got another free motion quilting video tutorial for you today! This video shows off a fun border design I call the Spiked Clover Border, and it might challenge your mind a little bit.

This design will have you practicing common shapes in different directions. Watch the video below to see how to quilt the spiked clover border.

How to Quilt the Spiked Clover Border

Doesn’t this design have a fun look to it? But it is a little more challenging than some of the other designs I’ve shared in the past. There are a few main ...

I’m not a big fan of the quilt police. There are so many rules in life, I don’t need to be constrained by rules in my quilting too. In my latest design video tutorial for APQS I’m throwing out the rule book to create a sashing design I’m calling Spaghetti Swirls.

The Spaghetti Swirls sashing design ignores one of the cardinal rules of machine quilting by crossing over the quilting lines. Watch the video below to see how to quilt spaghetti swirls.

How to Quilt Spaghetti Swirls

I don’t think it gets much easier than ...