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Last updated: 6/11/20

Are you sewing up all of those projects during this
time of "social distancing"?
Did you get the last couple of steps done on the
graduation quilt for your nephew?
Now what do you do?

We have limited staff hours to reduce the number of people in the studio at one time.

Page is in the studio with one or two staff members quilting tops at The Quilting Page. The studio is not open for walk-in but we are managing a drop off and pick up outside the door. Each of of staff members has a significant health concern that requires us to be extra mindful of exposure and possible infection. No one will be allowed in the studio at this time.

Until further notice here is the current procedure:

Fold your quilt and place it in a shopping bag

Attach a label to the bag with the following information

Your Name
Your phone number
Your email address (we will send you an email of your invoice and a copy of the quilting design for approval)
Double check that your backing fabric is at least 8 inches wider and 8 inches longer than your quilt. If you need backing fabric we will send you an email with photos of the fabrics we think best fit your quilt for your selection
Any specifics you want us to follow (Batting preference, thread color, quilting design - open - dense - floral - geomtric...) "Page's Choice" is a good option that allows us to select the design we feel is most appropriate.

Please leave the quilt in the bin at the front door of the studio. We typically quarantine the quilt and set it aside for 5-7 days before processing - that means it will be about a week before you get an email with the invoice and small scale image of the quilt design we plan to use.
Feel free to call and discuss our recommendations
Quilts from cat owners will be accepted. Please note on the outside of the bag that you are a cat owner. (We have a staff member who is highly allergic to cats.)

We are trying to reach/maintain the 30 day turnaround on quilts. Pick up of quilts will involve minimal contact as well. We do have reduced hours to 10-5 for the foreseeable future and CLOSED on Sunday
- We will call you when your quilt is ready
- Please call 651-340-6503 when you are in the parking lot so we know to place your quilt in the bin for pickup (we will NOT place your quilt in the bin prior to you being in the parking lot)
- We will NOT open the quilt for viewing while you are at the studio
- Please place your check under the clip on the window. At this time we prefer all transactions be by check to minimize contact. Your visit should be less than 30 seconds

We will continue to review these procedures and update them as the virus reduces in our community.

Come visit us to talk about the options available for a grand adventure in quilting. We can help you with the purchasing process, replacement parts, education and training.

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Featured Customer Quilts


This quilt is a mosaic of many fabrics fused to the background. We used Hedge by Anne Bright was used to provide a consistent level of quilting across the surface and to ensure that all of the fused pieces were stitched to the background.	After quilting we applied bias binding to a scalloped bottom border to further enhance the organic earthy feel to the quilt. This was a fun, fun quilt to work on.

This Ricky Timms kit of fabulous colors and impeccably pieced is striking in it's simplicity. Colors move across the quilt and seem to take flight.	We used a variation of the Page Turner pattern called Duluth Storm. The circular motion over the quarter square triangle section adds to the overall motion. Really a visually appealing quilt.

Featured Longarm Rental Quilt

There are no rentals at this time

This quilt was a kit using a Dream Big fabric for the background. The Renter used a digital pattern kit to place unique designs in each of the leaves.		The individual leaves vary in their design to create a balanced back drop for the hummingbirds. It was a multi day rental that resulted in a lovely quilt.

String of Lights (pattern by Terry Atkinson) has great graphics on a fairly simple design. The contrast between the black stars and the white background create a striking weave.		While this looks to be a custom quilting design the pattern is actually a continuous stitching row sized to match the blocks and set in opposite directions from row to row. This is a semi custom design completed by a renter.

We do have classes for Statler and Free Hand. When you are looking for new quilting ideas we have a variety of options and skill builders for you.

Longarm Rental - either Statler based or Freehand

Keep us in mind when you plan to complete your quilt. We offer a longarm class to get you started.and on the road to successfully completing your quilt from start to finish. Rental time is available on our computerized Statler longarm machine and you will know that there will always be someone here to work with you if you have a question or problem.

Call 651-340-6503 to schedule time to complete your quilt. There are no rentals at this time.

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Studio classes and workshops are on hold for the foreseeable future.

Although the Intensive Hands-On classes are currently unavailable this might be a great time for you to look at the videos. We have a dozen videos with detailed information on how to use different techniques. Most have been updated within the last 3 months with new examples and enhanced demonstrations. The videos typically are divided into sections with examples and exercises for you to do and use for practice. You can repeat the video as often as you want and at the times that are most convenient for you.

In the past we have conducted Intensive Hands-On classes in the studio. At some point in the future we look forward to re-starting the Intensive classes. Each class consisted of 4 participants from around the country (Missouri to Arizona to Oregon). For 3 days they were in the studio working on projects from 8 am until 5 pm... or as late as they could handle. Although Page had an outline of what she wanted to cover, each class was tailored to the needs and skill level of the participants. They started with drawing the "blueprint" of a quilt block and selecting quilting designs that fit or maybe didn't. This is an exercise in how the quilting design fits the quilt pattern. Time is spent on their quilts to set borders, stitch in the ditch, concatenating designs, using Page Turners or like the Drunkard's Path shown above using a Custom Overall design on a complicated pattern. In three days the participants cover a lot of concepts, tools, and designs.

Watch the list of In-Studio Classes for the next available series of Intensive Hands-On events. If you would like to be on a mailing list for when we offer these sessions again (Starting in January 2019) please send us an email so we can keep you up to date at: Pagej@thequiltingpage.com

Upcoming In Studio Classes

Our In-Studio classes are set up to run from 9 am to 4 pm with a break for lunch. Typically the morning is spent in a presentation style and the afternoon is spent in a hands on practice quilt. We often use Quilts of Valor for our demo quilts, or you can bring a small quilt for practice purposes.

We are located just off 35E and Cliff Road in Eagan about 10 miles south of the airport and the Mall of America. We have 4 Gammill machines all running on Statler for workshops and demos and a Gammill Elevate that can be use for task specific classes. There are multiple restaurants and hotels within walking distance. In addition, we have both a full service quilt shop across the road plus a boutique shop that features quilts and kits next door.

Studio classes and workshops are on hold for the foreseeable future.

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Backing Fabric

The guidelines for the backing fabric for longarm quilting are:

The backing needs to be at least 3 inches larger all the way around the quilt (or 6 inches longer and wider than the quilt top so if your quilt top is 60 by 70 you need backing fabric that is at least 66 by 76)
We prefer to load the back using the selvage edges along the rollers

Do not cut off the selvages along the outer edge of the backing - they help keep the back square during the loading process
Unless the quilting motif is a directional design where the top has to be at the top of the machine AND the quilt top or back have to match the top, we load the backing using the selvages which may or may not match the top of a printed fabric design

We prefer any backing seams to run parallel (the same direction) to the selvages

Sew the seams at 1/2 + inch and then trim off the tightly woven selvages leaving 1/4 inch seam allowance

Do NOT press the backing seams open - press to one side
- When pressed open (like what you would do for Hand Quilting) there is only the tread holding one side of the backing to the other side
- If you press the seam and seam allowance to one side, then the longarm quilting will stitch through all layers of the fabric and hold the two sides of the backing together with greater security
Often pieced backs have multiple seams going in a variety of directions

In this case just try to have the majority of seams, or any particularly long seams, run parallel to the selvages

Another option is to purchase the wide backing fabric that is 108" wide. Right now we have 220 different wide backs in stock for you to select from. We do sell the wide backing fabric by the inch to meet your needs. Keep in mind that 1 yard of 108 wide fabric is about 2 1/2 yards of the traditional bolt fabric (at roughly $16-17.50 per yard it is a great deal). Often customers will buy their backing fabric before completing their quilt so they can incorporate some of the fabric in the top either in the blocks or as the border.

Featured Quilt Motif & Mini Video Top


	Drunkard's Path is a very old and traditional design that has a lot of applications in modern quilts. The combination of the two shapes is simple but the different rotations and placements gives you a multitude of different design options. Often the quilt was done in just two fabrics further lending to the simplicity of design. Today we frequently see this traditional design done in multiple sizes within a single quilt, a wide variety of fabrics used, and/or the sophistication of batiks enhancing the designs. Drunkard's Starburst is a fun quilting motif that fits the pie section with overlapping curved lines. The outer "setting" square has a starburst design of straight lines. If your Drunkard's Path is a layout with each block being in the same orientation, then you can use a simple repeat pattern or point to point clicking path. If the quilt uses a variety of rotations for each block, you may want to play with a concatenating design or placement of each block and then rotating or flipping of the pattern to fit the block. This is a great pattern to tinker with and fine tune your skills with concatenating designs.

Watch for a video to be added in the next day or two.

Click on the videos to watch some useful tips on where and when this design works. The full educational video Page Turner is available on the Videos webpage.

Are you sewing up all of those projects during this
time of "social distancing"?
Did you get the last couple of steps done on the
graduation quilt for your nephew?
Now what do you do?

Fold your quilt and place it in a shopping bag

Attach a label to the bag with the following information

Your Name

Your phone number

Your email address (we will send you an email of your invoice and a copy of the quilting design for approval)

Double check that your backing fabric is at least 8 inches wider and 8 inches longer than your quilt. If you need backing fabric we will send you an email with photos of the fabrics we think best fit your quilt for your selection

Any specifics you want us to follow (Batting preference, thread color, quilting design - open - dense - floral - geomtric...) "Page's Choice" is a good option that allows us to select the design we feel is most appropriate.

Please leave the quilt in the bin at the front door of the studio. We typically quarantine the quilt and set it aside for 5-7 days before processing - that means it will be about a week before you get an email with the invoice and small scale image of the quilt design we plan to use.

Feel free to call and discuss our recommendations

Quilts from cat owners will be accepted. Please note on the outside of the bag that you are a cat owner. (We have a staff member who is highly allergic to cats.)

We are trying to reach/maintain the 30 day turnaround on quilts. Pick up of quilts will involve minimal contact as well. We do have reduced hours to 10-5 for the foreseeable future and CLOSED on Sunday

We will call you when your quilt is ready

Please call 651-340-6503 when you are in the parking lot so we know to place your quilt in the bin for pickup (we will NOT place your quilt in the bin prior to you being in the parking lot)

We will NOT open the quilt for viewing while you are at the studio

Please place your check under the clip on the window. At this time we prefer all transactions be by check to minimize contact. Your visit should be less than 30 seconds

We will continue to review these procedures and update them as the virus reduces in our community.

Come visit us to talk about the options available for a grand adventure in quilting. We can help you with the purchasing process, replacement parts, education and training.

Click to go to:

Featured Quilts

Featured Tips

Featured Longarm Rental Quilts

Featured Quilt Motif & Mini Video

We Heard You OR Did you Know