My Longarm Learning

When quilters find it difficult to move a quilt around under a domestic machine to do free motion quilting they naturally try to find an easier solution! It's really hard moving the bulk of the fabric and wadding under a small freearm. You continually have to move it to stitch a new area. Sometimes it gets stuck and then suddenly frees itself and before you know it you've got short stitches and long stitches and you're unpicking it because you don't want to ruin the end result which has taken you ages to piece. We've been there too.  You can watch our video of my experience trying to complete a Log Cabin quilt under my domestic machine here . I finished the quilt on a Sweet Sixteen Longarm with stitch regulation and a 16" free arm space. It was so much easier and I LOVE the result! You could always use a "Quilt As You Go" method like Angela Walters shows here . However it still doesn't give you the freedom of longarm quilting and the playtime that

We were delighted to open the doors to existing Handi Quilter longarm owners, prospective longarm quilters and keen local quilters on a beautifully warm July Monday. There was definitely no requirement for a quilt as a method of keeping warm!  Handi Quilter Ambassador Stuart Hillard provided an entertaining and informative talk about his own quilting journey through his many quilts that he showed throughout the two sessions in the morning and afternoon. There is always the constant of humour in Stuart's stories and there was a lot of laughter! Stuart described how the Handi Quilter Avante longarm with Pro-Stitcher, Handi Quilter's computerised quilting system, revolutionised Stuart's ability to be able to finish quilts quickly and easily. There were examples of quilts that Stuart demonstrates on TV that he literally designed, pieced and quilted in 8 hours. That would be a challenge without a longarm. Stuart started with the Handi Quilter Avante with Pro-Stitcher in January