Experience quality, precision, and a world of quilting possibilities. From baby quilts to king-size, the HQ Amara is the perfect fit for your style of quilting. The HQ Amara 20-inch longarm machine with HQ Studio3 Frame (choose from 10-foot or 12-foot). Everything you need for free-motion quilting right out of the box.
FEATURES:
- On-Screen Handwheel/LED Screen
- Adjustable Handlebars and Editable Buttons
- Pinpoint Accurate Needle aser
- Easy-Set Tension Knob
- Quiltmaster™ LED Lighting: Throat, Needle, & Bobbin
The HQ Studio3 Frame
Compatible with HQ stand-up longarm quilting machines with throat spaces of 16"-20" Made of high-quality steel, the HQ Studio3 Frame is a robust, professional-grade combination table and frame system for the home or professional studio. Now there are two ways to load your quilt with QuiltMaster DuoLoad:
- Standard Loading Provides a visual reminder of actual quilting space and easy access to the bobbin area for oiling and bobbin changing.
- ClearView Loading Often chosen for ruler work, this option clears the way for the use of longer or larger rulers and templates.
Optional Quilt from the Back Kit
- Rear handlebars with soft, grippable texture and programmable buttons. Easy to install.
- 7-inch color touch screen controls the machine from the back
- Adjustable laser light with post for use with pantograph
- One Golden Threads® Drift pantograph pattern
- 4mm hex wrench for installation
- Appropriate cabling
- Installation instructions
- Note: Also needed for installation: 2.5mm hex wrench (included in your machine accessory kit)
Optional HQ Pro-Stitcher®
The HQ Pro-Stitcher® quilting system integrates Handi Quilter's world-class quilting machines with the latest computer technology to help you finish more quilts. HQ Pro-Stitcher guides the machine to quilt any design you want to use, create, or customize. It works with all Handi Quilter stitch-regulated quilting machines: HQ Sixteen, HQ Simply Sixteen, HQ Avanté, HQ Fusion, and HQ Infinity. Expand your quilting possibilities with this easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, computerized system and have fun finishing more quilts! Using integrated HQ technology, the HQ Pro-Stitcher offers the best of both worlds: computerized quilting and free-motion quilting in the same package.
KEY FEATURES OF THE PRO-STITCHER SOFTWARE
- 12-inch color touchscreen computer mounted on the HQ stitch-regulated quilting machine
- Operate entire system from one screen
- Includes more than 800 designs, including a designer showcase of motifs from your favorite designers
- Switch between computer-guided and free-motion quilting at the touch of a button
- Resize, Rotate and Repeat designs to fit specific areas
- Skew or Align designs to fit any area with three or more points
- Move designs into position by simply moving your finger across the screen
- Stretch and resize a design using on-screen handles
- Define and Fill an area with a design, using 2-corner (rectangles) or multi-point (any shape)
- Save and move areas
- Two-Point Rotation for border designs and fitting odd angles
- Precisely reposition designs using the Center Point, Start Point, End Point, any corner of the design area, or any point within the design
- Crop inside or outside of your design to fit your quilt, with the option to close the jumps or leave them open
- Create new start/stop points
- Place designs into borders and other odd-shaped spaces
- Customizable speed and stitches-per-inch
- Micro Tie-Off function
- Ability to read most .hqf, .txt and .qli digital quilt patterns
- Seamless integration with Art & Stitch® for designing and adjusting your own patterns at the machine (optional software)
- Mark and record multiple points for accurate stitch-in-the-ditch quilting
- On-screen Grid and Ruler to measure designs or area on quilt
- Reorder designs for stitching Horizontal and vertical channel lock
- Help menus always accessible
Digital Training Resources:
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