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| Handi Quilter Educator Harriet Carpanini November 30, December 1 & 2 Free Classes with HQ Machine Purchase!! Call for Details!! Call to Sign Up!! |
| November 29 Beginner Basics TQM Staff Free Classes with HQ Machine Purchase!! Call for Details!! Call to Sign Up!! |
Harriet Carpanini
Harriet Carpanini tried her hands at many different crafts
while raising her three children as a stay-at-home mom, but
quilting is the one she took off and ran with. Wanting to finish
her own quilts, she bought her first Handi Quilter machine in
2004, the HQ Sixteen®. She started her home business, “The
Last Stitch” a year later.
In 2007 (and many quilts later), when Handi Quilter began its
national educator program, Harriet became one of the first
educators. She began traveling the country and
internationally, teaching her love of longarm quilting. She
upgraded her machine to an HQ24 Fusion® and HQ Pro-
Stitcher®, continuing her successful business while meeting
new students from around the world. Handi Quilter opened
doors she never dreamed of.
Harriet’s love of clamshell quilting led her to write Inside the
Shell, a book featuring creative fills for clamshell quilting. She
looks forward to meeting new and seasoned quilters at store
events and shows.
Please visit Harriet at www.facebook.com/TheLastStitch.
Harriet Carpanini tried her hands at many different crafts
while raising her three children as a stay-at-home mom, but
quilting is the one she took off and ran with. Wanting to finish
her own quilts, she bought her first Handi Quilter machine in
2004, the HQ Sixteen®. She started her home business, “The
Last Stitch” a year later.
In 2007 (and many quilts later), when Handi Quilter began its
national educator program, Harriet became one of the first
educators. She began traveling the country and
internationally, teaching her love of longarm quilting. She
upgraded her machine to an HQ24 Fusion® and HQ Pro-
Stitcher®, continuing her successful business while meeting
new students from around the world. Handi Quilter opened
doors she never dreamed of.
Harriet’s love of clamshell quilting led her to write Inside the
Shell, a book featuring creative fills for clamshell quilting. She
looks forward to meeting new and seasoned quilters at store
events and shows.
Please visit Harriet at www.facebook.com/TheLastStitch.
FREE MOTION QUILTING FUN
Quilters everywhere LOVE the excitement and fun of free motion quilting – and it’s easier than you
think!. Create flowing designs by connecting simple design elements with continuous lines, traveling
across the quilt or filling in a specific area. Learn how drawing and muscle memory contribute to
beautiful free motion quilting, and how you can create stunning designs without being a natural
artist.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Classic free motion designs
• Scaling and spacing of free motion elements
• Dot-to-dot quilting
• Nesting edge to edge designs
• Using micro-handles for free motion control
ALL ABOUT FEATHERS
Feather designs always add a touch of class to any quilt, evoking a positive response from any
viewer. Learn to draw and stitch these beautiful elements in many different styles, from traditional to
contemporary. Then learn how to fit them in specific geometric spaces, how to turn corners, make
feather wreaths, and how to echo and add fills. It’s easier than you think!
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• How to draw fluid feathers
• Adding echo and fills
• Fitting feathers within a geometric space
• Feather wreaths
• Turning corners with feathers
CREATIVE TEXTURES AND FILLS
Meandering is the easiest and most common filler for background space – but there are limitless
creative design elements to use instead. Come expand your design portfolio by learning the stitch
path of a wide variety of creative filler designs. Learn which designs lend themselves best to micro-
quilting, and how to use micro-handles for best results.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Selecting appropriate fills to compliment design style
• Creating special effects with different fillers
• Scaling the fill design size appropriately
• Evenly placing and spacing fills
• Effectively using HQ Micro Handles
RULER MANIA
If you love precision and consistency in your quilting designs, you will love using design rulers and
templates! These handy tools assist in placing designs accurately and stitching them out precisely.
Learn to handle rulers and templates safely with the ruler base, and how to achieve accuracy with
the markings. The wide variety of Handi Quilter rulers will
inspire you to new design heights.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Handling rulers safely
• Accomplishing precision and accuracy
• Straight line quilting and stitch in the ditch
• Right angles and cross hatching
• Overview of all shapes of Handi Quilter rulers
HQ PRO-STITCHER
®HQ Pro-Stitcher is an intuitive computer-guided quilting system designed especially for use with
Handi Quilter longarm quilting machines. User-friendly and simple to operate, the step-by-step
process for each function is easy to master and fun to do. Whether you’re considering a quilting
business or simply want to finish your own quilts, come see the elegant and precise quilting you can
accomplish with an HQ Pro-Stitcher.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Overview of menu and basic functions
• Working with built-in designs; importing, saving and customizing designs
• Resizing and repeating a design to fit a specific area
• Handling thread breaks
• Creating, cropping and nesting edge-to-edge designs
MOVING ON WITH THE HQ PRO-STITCHER
This class is an extension of the basic Introduction to the HQ Pro-Stitcher. Focused on additional
functions of the HQ Pro-Stitcher, beyond the basics, this class also focuses on problem solving
issues encountered. Tips and shortcuts for using the many features and functions of the HQ Pro-
Stitcher program will be included.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Placing borders, corners and triangles
• Skew 1 and Skew 2
• Chunking
• Wrapping and off-setting edge to edge designs
• Simulatiom
Quilters everywhere LOVE the excitement and fun of free motion quilting – and it’s easier than you
think!. Create flowing designs by connecting simple design elements with continuous lines, traveling
across the quilt or filling in a specific area. Learn how drawing and muscle memory contribute to
beautiful free motion quilting, and how you can create stunning designs without being a natural
artist.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Classic free motion designs
• Scaling and spacing of free motion elements
• Dot-to-dot quilting
• Nesting edge to edge designs
• Using micro-handles for free motion control
ALL ABOUT FEATHERS
Feather designs always add a touch of class to any quilt, evoking a positive response from any
viewer. Learn to draw and stitch these beautiful elements in many different styles, from traditional to
contemporary. Then learn how to fit them in specific geometric spaces, how to turn corners, make
feather wreaths, and how to echo and add fills. It’s easier than you think!
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• How to draw fluid feathers
• Adding echo and fills
• Fitting feathers within a geometric space
• Feather wreaths
• Turning corners with feathers
CREATIVE TEXTURES AND FILLS
Meandering is the easiest and most common filler for background space – but there are limitless
creative design elements to use instead. Come expand your design portfolio by learning the stitch
path of a wide variety of creative filler designs. Learn which designs lend themselves best to micro-
quilting, and how to use micro-handles for best results.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Selecting appropriate fills to compliment design style
• Creating special effects with different fillers
• Scaling the fill design size appropriately
• Evenly placing and spacing fills
• Effectively using HQ Micro Handles
RULER MANIA
If you love precision and consistency in your quilting designs, you will love using design rulers and
templates! These handy tools assist in placing designs accurately and stitching them out precisely.
Learn to handle rulers and templates safely with the ruler base, and how to achieve accuracy with
the markings. The wide variety of Handi Quilter rulers will
inspire you to new design heights.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Handling rulers safely
• Accomplishing precision and accuracy
• Straight line quilting and stitch in the ditch
• Right angles and cross hatching
• Overview of all shapes of Handi Quilter rulers
HQ PRO-STITCHER
®HQ Pro-Stitcher is an intuitive computer-guided quilting system designed especially for use with
Handi Quilter longarm quilting machines. User-friendly and simple to operate, the step-by-step
process for each function is easy to master and fun to do. Whether you’re considering a quilting
business or simply want to finish your own quilts, come see the elegant and precise quilting you can
accomplish with an HQ Pro-Stitcher.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Overview of menu and basic functions
• Working with built-in designs; importing, saving and customizing designs
• Resizing and repeating a design to fit a specific area
• Handling thread breaks
• Creating, cropping and nesting edge-to-edge designs
MOVING ON WITH THE HQ PRO-STITCHER
This class is an extension of the basic Introduction to the HQ Pro-Stitcher. Focused on additional
functions of the HQ Pro-Stitcher, beyond the basics, this class also focuses on problem solving
issues encountered. Tips and shortcuts for using the many features and functions of the HQ Pro-
Stitcher program will be included.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
• Placing borders, corners and triangles
• Skew 1 and Skew 2
• Chunking
• Wrapping and off-setting edge to edge designs
• Simulatiom
NOTE:
Classes are filling fast!!
Only a few spaces remain!
Call Soon - to reserve your spot.
Classes are filling fast!!
Only a few spaces remain!
Call Soon - to reserve your spot.