Product Description
Experience quality, precision, and a world of quilting possibilities. From baby quilts to king-size, the HQ Forte is the perfect fit for your style of quilting.
Add the powerful Pro-Stitcher to take your quilting to the NEXT level!!
Expand your quilting possibilities with the easy-to-use, computerized system, and finish more quilts. Pro-Stitcher offers the best of both worlds: computerized quilting and free-motion quilting in the same package.
We Promise you the best price we can offer when you purchase your Handi Quilter Machine of your Dreams!!
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The Pro-Stitcher Premium quilting system integrates world-class quilting machines with the latest computer technology.
KEY FEATURES
- 12-inch color touchscreen computer mounted on the stitch-regulated quilting machine
- Operate entire system from one screen
- Includes 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 Pro-Stitcher Designer™ for designing and adjusting your own patterns at the longarm machine or on your computer (included 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
- Simple and accurate stitch-in-the-ditch
- 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
- Switch from computerized quilting to free-motion quilting in seconds
- Use nearly any digital pattern (.hqv, .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 Pro-Stitcher
- Separate PC connected to the Internet required for downloading new designs and software updates
- USB port to easily upload digital patterns to Pro-Stitcher
- Draw your own quilting motifs from scratch
- Fill shapes with cross-hatching, wave fills, stippling, and more
- Use fills around a design
- Turn shapes into appliqué designs with a mouse click
Forte Top Features
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24″ of brightly-lit throat space
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Pinpoint Needle Laser
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Easy-Set Tension™
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7-inch color touchscreen (add the Pro-Stitcher® and use that tablet for your machine display instead)
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Menu-controlled QuiltMaster™ LED Lighting Package: throat, needlebar, and bobbin
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QuiltMaster™ front handlebars: Independently adjustable, ergonomic with integrated micro handles
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QuiltMaster™ servo-controlled stitch regulation (perfect stitches, every time)
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Programmable handlebar buttons
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Stitching speeds up to 2,500 stitches per minute
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Consistent stitch quality from 4-24 stitches per inch
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Two modes of stitch regulation: Precision or Cruise
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Five convenient built-in tie-off stitches
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High-speed rotary hook with large-capacity M-class bobbin
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Manual mode with three customizable preset speeds
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Pro-Stitcher ready! All necessary cabling is pre-installed inside
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Handi Feet®-compatible; includes ruler foot and open-toe foot
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On-screen hand wheel
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Magnetic Tool Minder Collar
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Bobbin-use estimator
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Front power switch
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Thread-break sensor and alarm
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Stitch counter
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Easy needle change
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Needle-stop up/down control
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Five basting stitches
Where will you put it?
Optional Accessories Sold Separately
- Pro-Stitcher (computer-guided quilting)
- Quick Zip Loading System
- Quilt from the Back Kit: rear handlebars, laser light, and pantograph
- HQ Steady-Fit Ruler Base
- HQ Electromagnetic Channel Locks
- Horizontal Spool Pin
- HQ Couching Feet, HQ Echo Feet, HQ Glide Foot, HQ Micro Foot and HQ Sure Foot
- Highlight Available in 8/10 foot, 12 foot, or 14 foot
Educational Resources
Checkout our YouTube Channel Angie's Answers
