Handi Quilter Amara 20, Little Foot Frame, Pro Stitcher, PS Designer
Package Includes:
- HQ Amara 20-Inch Longarm Quilting Machine
- HQ Bobbin Winder
- HQ Little Foot Frame
- HQ Pro Stitcher
- HQ Pro Stitcher Designer
- HQ 10-Year Limited Machine Warranty
Handi Quilter Amara 20
Experience quality, precision, and a world of quilting possibilities. From baby quilts to king-size, the Handi Quilter Amara 20 is the perfect fit for your style of quilting. This 20-inch longarm machine comes with 5-Foot Little Foot Frame. Everything you need for free-motion quilting right out of the box (including a powerful stand-alone bobbin winder).
Features:
- HQ 5-Foot Little Foot Frame
- 20″ of brightly-lit throat space
- Pinpoint Needle Laser
- Easy-Set TensionTM
- 7-inch color touchscreen (add the Pro-Stitcher® and use that tablet for your machine display instead)
- Menu-controlled QuiltMasterTM LED Lighting Package: throat, needlebar, and bobbin
- QuiltMasterTM front handlebars: Independently adjustable, ergonomic with integrated micro handles
- QuiltMasterTM servo-controlled stitch regulation (perfect stitches, every time)
- Programmable handlebar buttons
- Stitching speeds up to 2,500 stitches per minute
- Consistent stitch quality from 4-24 stitches per inch
- High-speed rotary hook with large-capacity M-class bobbin
- Handi Feet®-compatible; includes ruler foot and open-toe foot
- On-screen hand wheel
- Magnetic Tool Minder Collar
- Pro-Stitcher ready! All necessary cabling is pre-installed inside
Handi Quilter Machine Warranty:
Handi Quilter, Inc. warrants this Product for a period of ten (10) years against defective materials and/or workmanship, five (5) years on electrical components and mechanical failure, and ninety (90) days FREE parts and labor.
Handi Quilter Little Foot Frame
- The HQ Little Foot Frame is a great choice for stand-up quilting in a small space. Overall length of frame is just 5 feet long and fits in the tightest studios. Frame offers a quilting space of 14” x 48”.
- Its innovative design accommodates any size quilt on its free-standing frame and it is adjustable from 33” to 44” in height. Easy to assemble, this professional-grade system is made of high-quality steel. Leveling feet adjust to variable floor surfaces.
- Just lay your basted quilt sandwich over the frame and hold in place with the included quilt clamp management system: 6 Easy-Grasp Clamps, 1 Super Clamp and 6 Hold-Tight Clamps.
Handi Quilter Pro Stitcher / Pro Stitcher Designer
The Pro-Stitcher® quilting system integrates Handi Quilter’s world-class quilting machines with the latest computer technology to help you finish more quilts. Pro-Stitcher guides the machine to quilt any design you want to use, create, or customize. Expand your quilting possibilities with this easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, computerized system and have fun finishing more quilts!
Pro-Stitcher includes two activations for Pro-Stitcher Designer™ software, a fully functional digital design program. You can choose to activate Pro-Stitcher Designer on your Pro-Stitcher tablet to quickly import/export designs between Pro-Stitcher and Pro-Stitcher Designer or choose to install solely on your PC or laptop. For the software to have full functionality, it must be registered with Pro-Stitcher Designer.
Features:
- 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)
- Precisely reposition designs using the Center Point, Start Point, End Point, any corner of the design area, or any point within the design
- Save and move areas
- Two-Point Rotation for border designs and fitting odd angles
- 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
Easy-To-Use Quilting Options for Achieving a Custom Look:
- Quilt edge-to-edge or block patterns with confidence in a few simple steps
- EZ Record: record unique digital designs for future use (newly created designs can be saved on a USB or hard drive of the Pro-Stitcher to be resized, repositioned, or edited)
- Built-in ruler tool for measuring in any direction
- Simple and accurate stitch-in-the-ditch
- Switch from computerized quilting to free-motion quilting in seconds
- Use nearly any digital pattern (.hqf, .txt and .qli formats)
Advanced Technology for Ease of Use:
- Silent, integrated motor-control systems with fluid motion control
- No additional computer needed to run the HQ Pro-Stitcher
- Separate PC connected to the Internet required for downloading new designs and software updates
- USB port to easily upload digital patterns to HQ Pro-Stitcher
- Draw your own quilting motifs from scratch
- Fill shapes with cross hatching, wave fills, stippling, and more
- Use fills around a design
- Use artwork from Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Pre-Design Studio III, AutoSketch, and ElectricQuilt
Pro Stitcher Warranty:
- 90 day Limited warranty
- Three-year Mechanical warranty
- Two-year Electronic/Electrical
- Lifetime software updates
