5 Tiny Tips To Make Longarm Quilting More Fun

Posted on February 10, 2026 by prairiemoonquilts in Longarm Quilting, Quilting For Hire

I don’t typically try to offer anyone any information on HOW to use a longarm machine. There are so many fabulous quilters out there who teach great classes and have so much good information to share, and I don’t feel I’m up to that level. My longarm quilting advice is usually limited to helping other […]

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Sharon’s Bali Wedding Star

Posted on November 24, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Longarm Quilting

I recently quilted a Bali Wedding Star quilt for a customer, Sharon, from New Jersey. This quilt is a Judy Niemeyer Quiltworx pattern, paper foundation pieced, and it’s an undertaking! Sharon’s quilt was all batiks for the colored bits, and various cream fabrics for the background. Totally scrappy, totally works. This was as good a […]

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Linda’s Chariton Sampler

Posted on July 26, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Longarm Quilting

It’s always an honor when someone makes a quilt from one of my patterns, and then asks me to quilt theirs for them! My most recent one came from Linda R., who made a version of my Chariton Sampler quilt, which was the 2016-2017 BOM for Sew Sweet Quilt Shop. Here’s my original version so […]

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Shopping for a Longarm Machine

Posted on May 27, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Longarm Quilting, Quilting For Hire

If you’re a Quilter for Hire, then you know that your longarm machine is the heart of your business. It’s probably THE toughest decision you had to make when you were getting started — what machine to buy? I know lots of quilters for hire who have more than one machine. It’s a huge investment! […]

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Peggy’s Baltimore Garden

Posted on February 12, 2025 by prairiemoonquilts in Longarm Quilting

The most recent custom quilt to come off my frame is this gorgeous creation by my customer, Peggy B. The pattern is Baltimore Garden by Barbara M. Burnham. There is so much wonderful appliqué on this quilt, and Peggy’s stitches are perfection! There wasn’t much I could do with the quilting to make this any […]

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The Quilting Experience

Posted on November 14, 2024 by prairiemoonquilts in Inspiration, Longarm Quilting, Quilts, Reviews, Studio News

My bestie, Victoria Findlay Wolfe, has a new book out. It actually came out in September, but I took time to read all the way through mine before posting about it. It’s so wonderful! It’s called “The Quilting Experience: A Celebration of Community and Patchwork Patterns”. This book is a lovely, hard-cover book with soooo […]

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Option Expedition

Posted on April 20, 2024 by prairiemoonquilts in Inspiration, Longarm Quilting, Quilts

Victoria Findlay Wolfe has a new series of work now showing! She worked hard on these pieces over the last couple years, which means she kept me busy with these pieces as well. I have to say I breathed a big sigh of relief when we finished the last one for this exhibit! There will […]

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Marshmallow Rain

Posted on April 20, 2023 by prairiemoonquilts in Longarm Quilting

Today, I’d like to tell you about a quilt I quilted back in November of 2018, so I’m digging way back in the archives. I’ll warn you here at the start that this is a picture-heavy post, but if you’re looking for a library of quilting design ideas, this might help you out. This quilt […]

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Peggy’s Foxley Village

Posted on September 13, 2021 by prairiemoonquilts in Longarm Quilting

Since I can’t quilt right now, I’ll take a bit of time to show you a darling quilt I worked on a while back. I quilted this quilt for my customer, Peggy, and it is beyond adorable! The pattern is called Foxley Village, and it’s by The Birdhouse Patchwork Designs (Australia). Here’s what the full […]

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A Nautical Gift

Posted on August 6, 2021 by prairiemoonquilts in Longarm Quilting, Quilts

My Uncle Larry is a boat captain. He became a boat captain after retiring, and for a time, he even lived on his boat, the Hyde-Aweigh. Uncle Larry is the last surviving member of my mother’s family. He’s the baby, and he just celebrated his 80th birthday last week! Since he no longer lives on […]

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