Drag & Drop and Quilting Space with the Handi Quilter Pro-Stitcher. Keep your quilts square!

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2 жыл бұрын

In this video Angie will show you how to line up an edge to edge patter with the ‪@HandiQuilter‬ Pro-Stitcher. How to use the Quilting Space feature and how to use Drag/Drop when you advance your quilt.
Angie Dugan from The Quilting Connection in Elkhorn and Appleton, Wisconsin is here to help answer some of the most common questions when using the Handi Quilter longarm machines. We are full-service Handi Quilter retailer Angie has been quilting since 2004. We have helped thousands of customers finish their quilts and we use our Handi Quilter machines every day.
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@christinecorbello7419 6 ай бұрын

Really good tutorial, thank you

@lorettaclinton6604 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the excellent explanation!

@chareseshinabery Жыл бұрын

This is super helpful thank you!

@wendypayne3792 8 ай бұрын

Sooo glad I found this! I have had my Amara a bit over a year-some things are still a challenge. This helped me! I will look for more of your videos! Thanks so much!

@angiesanswers91 8 ай бұрын

Oh good!! Thank you for watching!!

@peachycheeks4394 8 ай бұрын

Thank you

@donnabofenkamp822 Жыл бұрын

Angie, thank you so much for this video. I am struggling with my new Amara with Pro-Stitcher-I keep running into the bar with each row. I think using this may be able to help me. Thank you for showing the screen and what each function does.

@veliatorrez6523 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very informative. As soon as we have our quilting machine I will come back to you again.

@Candy120204 Жыл бұрын

Your tutorial was fantastic. Thank you for providing this. It is VERY useful for newbies and I'm sure novice quilters as well!!

@FleurdeLinda.Stitches 2 жыл бұрын

Great explanation! I’m going to use your instructions on all my quilts now. I like your drag/drop without dropping the needle in the quilt and moving the machine. Thank you!!

@theresadavy3542 2 жыл бұрын

You always provide clear instructions. Thank you.

@angiesanswers91 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@beefi8 Жыл бұрын

This is my first time using quilting space. I love it! Thank you!!

@angiesanswers91 Жыл бұрын

Yay!!! It has saved me more times than I can count!

@ericanater8641 Жыл бұрын

I’m so new to the quilting world and I just bought my first long arm and you explain things so great for me to understand. Thank you I will continue to follow you on this technic

@kathleengraveman345 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for a wonderful presentation! I have always struggled with using the drop and drag with the needle down to advance the row. This is a much better way and more exact way to do it!

@angiesanswers91 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@nancyg1786 Жыл бұрын

These are very clear and easy to follow instructions. I've always used a tape measure and measure from the right frame to the quilt top and left frame to the quilt top make sure my quilt is lined up for basting but quilting space will be so much easier! I also love the drag and drop method using the vertical channel lock as well. Thank you so much!

@ldstamps1 Жыл бұрын

This is fabulous! I’ve tried several different methods to keep my quilt square but this one tops them all. Thank you!

@sharonberman2384 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a very informative video. Never saw the need for quilting space before and I will be using it now, as well as your method for drag and drop. I've been using Prostitcher for 6 years so an old dog can learn new tricks! 😊

@BeASong.0603 Жыл бұрын

Loved your video. I have never had Quilt Space explained before. Game changer!

@angiesanswers91 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Janice! I just love Quilting Space soooo much! Happy Quilting! ~Angie

@cathymontowski1263 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining the quilting space and the drag & drop. Great idea with the curtain rods. I use yard sticks on the sides if they are sagging.

@patsalisbury5754 2 жыл бұрын

I am so glad to know how to use quilting space. Thanks

@angiesanswers91 2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome!! I love it and use it for every quilt!

@suzygillett1719 Жыл бұрын

You are such a great instructor. You make everything make sense. Excellent video and I totally agree with the other comment about the zipper system. I can’t believe the two quilt stores I frequent had never heard of them..I gave them all the info as they do a lot of long arming for clients. This has changed my whole long arm game so much. Kudos to whoever figured this out. I did stitch grosgrain ribbon on each other half of the zippers so I wouldn’t be pinning into the leaders. I did a different color for each zipper. Just love this system so much and will not ever use any other method.

@angiesanswers91 Жыл бұрын

Hi Suzy, Oh my gosh! Thank you so much for the kind comments! :) My mom Sue came up with the zipper system in 2000! I also can’t imagine life without either! Thank you sooooo much for helping share to your local shops! We really appreciate that! Have a great day! Angie

@karengreenhow7640 Жыл бұрын

I love this explanation and learned a much easier way to drag and drop!!! Thank you so much!

@angiesanswers91 Жыл бұрын

Good!!! Thank you so much for watching!

@sandrapresley5949 Жыл бұрын

Great job! Thank you!

@terriheiser1457 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I had no idea how to use quilting space nor its benefits. Definitely going to give it a try.

@angiesanswers91 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Terri!

@karanslinker3163 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I am a newbie to PS and this has helped me to understand the whole process even better and love knowing where my roller bars will be when I quilt my next quilt (s) Thanks so much you explained everything so well

@angiesanswers91 2 жыл бұрын

Oh good! You are so welcome! Thank you for watching!

@cherleneartman7203 2 жыл бұрын

I second everything Karen said 😀 Thank you.

@denahillis5201 2 жыл бұрын

You are so Awesome!! I needed help like this so bad! You have answered a lot of questions. I am loving my zippers!! I have arthritis and the red snappers were very hard for me to use. Thanks again

@chrismimidas9133 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, thank you, I will be using this method on my next quilt! PS Loving my new zipper system! 🤩

@angiesanswers91 2 жыл бұрын

Oh good!! Thank you for watching!

@susananderegg4608 2 жыл бұрын

I love the Groot design!

@dianelinker6305 Жыл бұрын

I’m assuming that with a large quilt the quilting space gets smaller as the quilt is quilted and rolled up on the take up bar. How do you know when to reset? Every roll or less?

@marilynloveridge8494 Жыл бұрын

Have you ever written out these steps? I need a step by step when I first learn something. Thank you so much for this video. I love how you line up the quilt

@angiesanswers91 Жыл бұрын

Hi Marilyn, We do have an edge to edge video that comes with written instructions for the entire process! The video is on our website stores.longarmconnection.com/pro-stitcher-edge-to-edge-basics-class-on-usb/ and is $39.99 The video even covers how to fix a thread break and cropping out an edge to edge! The instructions are 28 pages. :)

@davidsfake 2 жыл бұрын

Angie, I might have put my question on the wrong video by mistake. At the 1:30 mark, you show the top is wider in some areas than in other areas. How do you baste that area which is wider than the narrow parts?

@angiesanswers91 2 жыл бұрын

That makes more sense now!! I try my best to ease in that wider part of the top and keep it lined up on the black vertical line. This is a lot easier if you have poly batting with a little bit of a loft. That poly will help take up some of that “extra” fabric. If you have a Glide foot (the plastic cup foot) that also helps to move the top over and not have it tuck or fold. This is harder to do with a cotton or flat batting. Hope that helps!

@davidsfake 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I understand now!!

@marilynt1 2 жыл бұрын

I loved this video. Thank you. You asked for other things we want to know. On one of the prostitcher FB groups someone wanted an explanation for using Record and Mark for doing stitch in the ditch. I found one for using Trace Area to recommend but could not find one for Record/mark. What I was not sure of was if you use Record before and after mark or not. Would love your take on this. Once you have done that-how about "move"? Thanks again. I feel so much more confident. I still watch your zipper video each time I need to load a quilt-especially the squaring up video.

@angiesanswers91 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Marilyn, Thank you! Those are great video ideas!! I can do that. Make sure you look at Adam Sew Fun. He’s got a lot of videos for Pro too!

@marilynt1 Жыл бұрын

@@angiesanswers91 Happy New Year. I'm working on my 4th or 5th custom quilt. I'm doing pretty well with the inside of the quilt but I can not understand borders. I've watched Kim Sandberg's video on fitting the first side and understand the use of align, area and border skew. Even with Simulator I can't figure out how to get the same size and spacing on the bottom that I used on the top. It just seems beyond my understanding. Can you help?

@angiesanswers91 Жыл бұрын

@@marilynt1 Happy New Year to you too!! Borders are very tricky and not all the same! I don’t do a lot of custom, I mostly do E2E. If I am going to custom then I use what you do the Area, Align and Skew. Make sure you DON’T Baseline after the skew. If you try to do a new Area, Align and skew at the bottom it won’t work. When you baseline a Skew, it locks those changes and size. Then if the new border at the bottom is slightly different the Pro cant Skew something that’s already been Skewed. Try that and let me know!

@marilynt1 Жыл бұрын

@@angiesanswers91 Thank you Angie. I think I'm getting it. I just have to learn to trust Pro-Stitcher!! Almost finished a quilt I'd like to share with you when it is finished.

@angiesanswers91 Жыл бұрын

@@marilynt1 that would be great! Please email it to me when you are done! info@QuiltingConnection.com

@ChrisQuilts Жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing a great use of the "Quilting Space" feature that came with the latest update. Love the pin in the quilted row tip, that is very helpful as I have rolled just a bit too far before and had to back up, this will help prevent that. I appreciate your sharing so much with us.

@angiesanswers91 Жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Thank you for watching!