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Look at this pretty little number! Its the HQ Sweet Sixteen.

If you love to free-motion machine quilt but struggle to fit your project in a small throat space, you’re going to love the HQ Sweet Sixteen®. Sixteen inches of throat space gives you room to quilt even a king-size quilt. The smooth surface of the included table allows your project to glide under the needle. The powerful motor handles quilting with ease and stitches up to 1500 stitches-perminute. Choose your three favorite top speed settings, on the easy-to-use color touch screen and let the machine remember them.

• Use all of your favorite threads
• Color touch-screen provides easy access to needle-up and -down and other functions
• The 30” x 36” table is height-adjustable and can be expanded with optional 18” table extensions
• Let the machine remember your three favorite stitching-speed settings
• Choose from 10 to 1500 stitches-per-minute
• Innovative Light Ring illuminates the quilting area with 28 LEDs
• Shut down for the night, the HQ Sweet Sixteen remembers your stitching speed the next day

Features and Benefits of the HQ18Avanté™
• 18” throat to accommodate your bigger projects
• 2 kinds of stitch regulation with precision control provides consistent stitch quality from 4 stitches-per-inch up to 18 stitches-per-inch
• 15” of open quilting space: quilt from crib to king with ease
• Color touch-screen controls allow switching quickly from manual mode to stitch-regulation mode
• Included LED lights are menu-controlled
• Speeds up to 1800 precision stitches-per-minute
• Color touch-screens front and back
• Exclusive HQ Walking Stitch
• Set your preferred settings
• Needle stop position control
• Stitch counters
• Built-in diagnostics
• Adjustable sound levels
• Integrated, adjustable laser light
• HQ Micro Handle compatible (optional accessory)
• 3 table/frame/track combinations available
• Precision-glide aluminum track available on HQ Studio Frame

• HQ technology and innovation
• HQ customer service and warranty
• Hand-crafted in the USA

Features and Benefits of the HQ24Fusion®
• Stitch regulation with precision control provides consistent stitch quality from 4 stitches per inch up
to 18 stitches per inch
• 20" of open quilting space: quilt from crib to king with ease
• Fingertip controls allow you to switch quickly from manual mode to stitch-regulation mode
• Built in adjustable LED lighting functions with menu control
> Warm/Cool/Neutral or UV
• Speeds up to 2200 precision stitches per minute
• On-board video play-back system
• Tilt-action, color-touch display screens (2)
> Set your preferred settings
> Full- and half-stitch settings
> Needle position control
> Stitch counters
> Built in self-diagnostics
> Video download and playback options
> Download upgrades
• Thread-break sensor
• Integrated, adjustable laser light
• Built-in connection point for HQ Micro Handles
• 12' HQ24 Fusion Frame System; load and quilt with no additional adjustment needed

10 Questions To Ask Before Buying A Quilt Machine

1. Is the machine a solid cast or a stretch machine?
Stretched machines are cut and inserts are added. Glues and bonds used to secure
the inserts tend to crack and fatigue. Commercial grade machines are solid cast and
are not extended or stretched.

2. Is the motor inside the machine?
Motors mounted inside the machine are safer and quieter than outside mounts.

3. Are belts or other dangerous moving parts mounted on the outside of the machine?
Machines with exposed belts can be a significant safety hazard.

4. Does the machine run smoothly at both high and low speeds?
Too much vibration can cause excessive noise and poor stitch quality.

5. How much does the machine weigh?
A machine that is too heavy will cause stress on back, neck, and arms. Test any machine for 2 minutes or more to get a sense of what several hours of quilting might feel like. A comfortable weight is usually 40-60 pounds.

6. Does the machine have a "quilters" hopping foot?
A quilting hopping foot "hops," eliminating dragging and unwanted folds in the fabric.
This foot should also be round with 1/4" equal distance between the needle and
the outside of the foot. The hopping foot should be thick enough to accommodate
1/4" thick acrylic templates and rulers. Rulers help quilters perform very precise
quilting, including stitching in the ditch or echo quilting around pieced seams.
Also, a hopping foot is important to be able to "hop" over a quilt's seams.

7. Does the machine have an available laser light for pantographs and patterns?
Lasers provided a convenient way to trace pantographs and patterns. Make sure that the laser works from the front and back of machine.

8. How much quilting space is available?
The throat space and quilting space are not equal. Be sure to ask about available quilting space. When considering a quilting machine, remember bigger is not always better.
The best quilting space is always a comfortable distance for both sight and reach. The recommended distance is between a 12"-14" "stretch" for comfortably controlled quilting.

9. Is the bobbin large enough?
M Class bobbins are the largest in the commercial quilting industry. Large bobbins
save time while maintaining superior stitch quality.

10. Does the machine company provide a trusted warranty, customer service, and training?
A trusted warranty for mechanical, electrical, and the outer casting provides you a
guarantee of quality craftsmanship when investing in a quilting machine. Reputable
companies will provide and stand behind their written warranty and will provide you convenient customer support services. Hands-on training should also be included by
dealers or sales representatives when you purchase.

The following classes are offered to Handi-Quilter owners and will be presented twice a year.

• How to use pantographs and groovy boards (will be repeated early fall)

• Tensions and threads

• Handi-Tools for the handiquilter

• Handi-Tools for the handiquilter

• A weekend getaway of hands-on handiquilting, games, door prizes, classes

 

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