Stuart Hillard Open Day at Pinhole Quilting Pershore Showroom

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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 2014 which he upgraded to an Amara with Pro-Stitcher in January 2022. He explained how the deeper throat space of the Amara together with the faster speed meant being able to reduce the time it takes to quilt each quilt. 

You can see the current range of Handi Quilter longarms on our Pinhole Quilting website.

Our latest selection of seconduser longarms can be found on our Preloved Longarms website - www.prelovedlongarms.co.uk

After Stuart's entertaining talk customers had the opportunity to try out the various longarm machines and shop for threads including Glide Thread and accessories.

The feedback has been wonderful. We're looking forward to seeing Stuart back at our showroom for another Open Day on the 19th November 2022. Bookings will open in September. 

Definitely one for the diary! Save the Date.


Feedback

"A lovely afternoon, so many beautiful quilts of all colours and patterns lots of help and advice. Thank you Liz and Pete for organising this and to Stuart for a great talk." JS

"Absolutely brilliant morning.. colourful, interesting and very funny… and so many beautiful quilts. Always great to meet other current and potential HQ owners too. Thank you for putting this together Liz and Pete.. and thx to Stuart for a wonderful talk." JMH

"A really lovely morning, Stuart is such an entertaining speaker. Thanks very much to Liz and Pete for organising it." VJ

"What a great way to start the week, very entertaining speaker, thank you Stuart, lovely quilts to see and friends to catch up with. Thanks Pete and Liz it is always a pleasure to visit your showroom."

"Great morning, thank you. Such an entertaining talk with beautiful quilts on show. Absolutely loved it." NE

Here's our selection of photos from the day. Enjoy :-)

Open Day and Trunk Show with Stuart Hillard


Our Showroom ready for the first customers!


Lots of space for customers

Selection of sitdown machines to try out

Glorious Glide for sale!

Our Pinhole Quilting Showroom

A selection of pop up Stuarts through the ages. See the last photo for one from 2013!



Stuart's first quilt that featured in a magazine 

Kaffe Fassett fabrics

Love this quilt! Invisable machine applique and quilted with a teardrop quilt design from Urban Elementz

Stuart's gorgeous quilt that will be in the Quilters Guild Collection - congratulations Stuart!

The pile of quilts post Trunk Show talk!

Time for demos and coaching from Stuart on Pro-Stitcher

And finally, a blast from the past! This is Stuart using the Handi Quilter Avante with Pro-Stitcher just before he got his first Handi Quilter longarm. 


If you would like to Test Drive a longarm please contact Liz or Pete at Pinhole Quilting

Call us at the Pershore Showroom on 01905 942972 or email quilt@pinholequilting.co.uk


Location: Pinhole Quilting, Unit 22, Highgrove Farm Seaford, Pinvin, Pershore WR10 2LF, UK

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