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For more than 30 years, I’ve been making quilts, learning new techniques, using different tools and machines, teaching others and solving problems along the way. The AQH Resource Library brings those experiences together with practical information, tips, videos, guides, charts, projects and resources to help you make informed decisions and keep learning. You don’t have to read it in order. Start with what you need today and come back as your questions, skills and quilting change.
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Learn. Quilt. Grow.
You may start with questions about making a quilt—fabric, patterns, thread, batting or binding. Then comes the next question: How am I going to quilt it?
Explore quilting methods, learn about rulers and free motion, understand your equipment, or begin using Pro-Stitcher.
As your skills grow, the Member Library goes deeper with longarm quilting on a frame, quilting designs, digital quilting, quilt math, thread and tension, creative projects and real quilts where I share the decisions I made and what I learned.
Build the foundation
The fundamentals. Start here if you're new to a machine, a technique, or the whole thing.
Build your skills, creativity and confidence
The deep end. Owner's documentation, full walkthroughs, and the answers Barb gives on the phone.
Learn the basics for free. When you want the depth on the same subject, it's waiting in the membership.
Inside the library
Choose a category based on what you want to learn or the question you have today. Within each category you’ll find different types of resources—articles, How Do I? instructions, videos, mini guides, quick references, projects, patterns and digital designs.
Read online, watch a video, download a reference, or follow a related topic to learn more.
Don’t be afraid to explore. A question about thread may lead you to needles and tension. A quilting design may lead to a project. A project may introduce you to a new ruler, technique or digital design.
That’s how the Library is meant to be used—one question, idea or project can lead to the next.
I created this Library because I don’t believe there is only one right way to make or quilt a quilt—and I want you to understand why, not simply follow someone else’s steps.
There are wonderful classes and videos that show you exactly what to do, but they don’t always show the choices, mistakes, practice and problem-solving behind the finished project.
I share what I’ve learned from making quilts, teaching, experimenting and sometimes discovering the hard way what doesn’t work. My goal is to give you the information behind the process so you can understand your choices, solve problems and decide what works for you.
Choose your access
The Free Library gives you a foundation for making quilts, understanding quilting methods, learning Pro-Stitcher basics, exploring Handi Quilter features and finding practical quilting help.
There is no trial clock and no credit card required. Use the Free Library for as long as it is helpful to you.
When you’re ready to go further, the Member Library builds on that foundation with more in-depth education for quiltmakers and longarm quilters—quilting on a frame, digital quilting, design decisions, quilting designs, quilt math, thread and tension, projects and more.
You decide when you’re ready for more.
No card required
Everything you need to get going, at no cost.
Everything, every collection
or $149 a year — save $79
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When you create a Free Library account, you’ll receive free tokens to get you started. Paid members receive additional tokens as part of their membership.
Use your tokens when you find something in the Library that you want to purchase and keep, such as:
Look for the Buy to Download button. You can use your available tokens to unlock the resource and download it to keep.
Your tokens don’t expire, so you don’t have to use them right away. Save them until you find a guide, design or project you really want.
Your Library access gives you the learning. Tokens give you another way to choose and keep the special resources you want.