We do love our Glide Thread Club and Glide Thread. Watch the session on You Tube. Subscribe to our Pinhole Quilting You Tube channel to be the first to see new videos when they are uploaded.
We covered some of the common questions we get from new customers. So to help here are some close-up photos of the items covered on Facebook Live February 20th 2021.
Encoder on machine to carriage (Y Axis) showing rubber wheel
Close up of encoder wheel
Encoder cable for Y axis plugged into rear of Amara
Moxie Encoder on Y axis showing carriage wheel, rubber encoder wheel and cable to Moxie
X Axis encoder on Amara showing rubber encoder wheel
X Axis Encoder box showing flat grey cable on Simply Sixteen/ Avante
Grey flat X Axis Encoder cable can get pulled out if you are moving around at the rear of the machine
X Axis encoder cable on Moxie with retaining clip (so it doesn't get pulled out of machine)
X Axis Encoder Cable on Moxie going into X Axis encoder showing rubber wheel
Know your switches on the Avante!
Switch on Avante underneath the handlebars - this can be a white rocker like the one shown or a red push button switch
Needles
Getting needles in the right way round is really important. But there's no flat to the butt!
Our Glide Thread Packs are available in sets of 9 threads on 1000m cones. We called them Glide Thread Club - you can acquire almost the entire range of 1000m Glide cones without repeating a single one through the sets. We've split them into different combinations and you can find them all on our handiquilter.co.uk website.
Quilters eye candy!
Build up your knowledge of threads, needles and settings
Create your own thread chart based on your favourite threads. If you have a tension readout on your machine make a note of the number on the screen to help you next time.
Always match your thread to your needle using this chart as a guide
Abigail Sheridan de Graaff is a Handi Quilter Educator and Professional Longarm Quilter. From her quilting studio in Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire Abigail uses a Handi Quilter Amara 20" longarm machine with the computerised Pro-Stitcher system to complete her own as well as customer quilts through her business Cut&Alter. In this blog feature Abigail explores Glide 40wt and 60wt thread, the quilter's palette. But as you'll discover, Glide thread is not just for quilting. Our Glide Thread Club launched in 2020 - you can build the entire Glide 40wt thread collection with the 27 sets of 9 1000m cones. No threads are repeated so you can confidently purchase knowing you won't have two the same! For more details visit the Thread Club pages on our website - Glide Thread Club. Before I bought my longarm machine I have to admit I knew nothing about thread, although I was not aware of this shortcoming! Basically I bought whatever was in the local shop if it was
Shredding Thread, Skipped Stitches and Stitch Formation - Explained by Liz Holpin, Pinhole Quilting There is nothing more frustrating than when you're quilting along and you find your thread is skipping stitches, the thread is shredding or breaking. It can really affect your quilting mojo! You check you thread and your needle and can't find out what is wrong. So, let's look at what the components are of skipping, shredding and the longarm needle. We'll also consider some aspects of the thread and what might be happening there. We'll also cover Timing, Needles and in particular the High Speed or MR Needles. We hope that with this knowledge you will be able to analyse what is happening with your machine and fix your skipped stitches with less frustration so that you can get on and quilt! This information is for Handi Quilter machines. Much of this content is taken from the Technical Guidance notes written by Glen Salter at Handi Quilter Technical Support and is copy
We were delighted to welcome International Handi Quilter Ambassador Telene Jeffrey , otherwise known as Lady Jane Quilting, to our Pinhole Quilting Showroom for two fabulous sets of workshops in October 2022. From the results that have been posted since the workshops took place it is clear how much was learnt and put into practice. Telene hadn't visited the UK before (aside from a day in London when she was a student) so we took the opportunity to show her some beautiful parts of the Worcestershire and Gloucestershire countryside while she was here taking in Chipping Campden, Pershore and Broadway. I'm hoping that we'll some of that inspiration in future designs, as based on the number of photographs being taken, that is almost certainly going to happen! There were so many tips and techniques taught during the 5 days, including the YouTube session of How Do I Quilt It? which is incredibly valuable. Throughout the 2-day workshop at the end of the week Telene was able to sha
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