AMQA Inc began in 2006 to provide a network for all Machine Quilters in Australia. With a large membership, it has grown in it's desire to develop and promote Machine Quilting - both longarm and domestic -in Australia and worldwide,

Each even year the AMQA holds in conjunction with the Australian Machine Quilting Festival (AMQF) a show of quilts.  This show is open to all machine quilters Australia and Worldwide.  In alternate years the AMQA holds a Member Challege.   Preparations for this and the interim years events are published on the Calender of Upcoming Events.

The AMQA also has a mentor programme which brings quilters and their businesses together in a supportive structure.

Objectives of AMQA

The Association’s major stakeholders are:

The AMQA Inc aims to provide the following services to these major stakeholders.

MACHINE QUILTING INDUSTRY

- Provide and support Industry development opportunities
and growth
- Continue to raise the profile of the Industry
- Establish the AMQA Inc Principles for Membership
- Stage an annual Machine Quilting judged showcase
- Provide representation to various guilds
- Establish a list of Standard Machine Quilting Terms
- Encourage discussion of new and current issues facing
the Machine Quilting Industry