My Longarm Learning

Here's the heads up for what we'll be talking about on this week's Facebook Live ...11am Saturday 20th February 2021.  Tune in Live and comment and ask questions or watch on catch up afterwards. Special Offers announced on the show will last for a week.  Go to Facebook Live 20th February 2021 on Facebook 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...

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 wa...