APQS sales & service
McTavish Quilting Studio is an APQS showroom, offering sales, service and rentals. We can help you get the most out of your APQS longarm quilt machine with beginner classes and continued local support for your machine's lifetime warranty.
We help you get the most from your apqs experience
Karen McTavish has years of experience using these machines to produce award-winning quilts. She backs everything she sells with a lifetime of support and training. When you purchase an apqs longarm from McTavish Quilting Studio you get:
- a lifetime warranty
- personalized assistance in choosing the right machine for you
- support directly from Karen McTavish, bringing you over 28 years of experience in the industry
- assistance setting up your longarm
- free, extensive beginner class
- beginner to advanced computerized QuiltPath classes
- beginner to advanced continuing education to help you improve your technical and design skills
- financing packages
- professional consulting to help you start your own quilting business
- money spent at McTavish Quilting Studio towards longarm rental can be applied to your new longarm purchase for up to $1500 off
We offer the following
(available in studio to try out or rent before you buy)
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APQS Roadshow!
Saturday March 22 2025, 11am - 2pm
Free
Length of class: 11am-2pm
This is your chance to learn about our longarm quilting machines and discover the model that is right for you.
You can register by signing up below or giving us a call at (218) 391-8218.
The Roadshow is a classroom style event where we have every longarm ready for you to test drive!!
This "Roadshow" is designed for quilters who do not own a longarm. Karen McTavish and Pam Limmer will be providing valuable information about what it’s like to own an APQS machine and show you all the longarm machines from freemotion to computerized!
Our Road Shows are where you can discover the longarm quilting machine model that's perfect for you.
If you're ready to take the next step and are looking to purchase a quilting machine, a Roadshow is where APQS Duluth can give exclusive discounts, you can't get anywhere else! We hope to see you at our next show!
-Discover resources for templates, batting, freehand instruction manuals, wholesale contacts, thread, etc.
-Find out where to buy pantograph patterns, books and stencils to make your longarm quilting fun and hassle-free.
-Learn about the resources APQS provides to those who are looking to start or expand their longarm quilting business, we even have a sample business plan to get you started!
-Explore the differences between each APQS machine model and the possibility of adding computerized quilting to a new or previous APQS machine.
Please call or text the studio at 218-391-8218 for more information. Or email Karen at: karen@mctavishquilting.com
