Handi Quilter Amara 20-inch Longarm Machine and Frame

Experience quality, precision, and a world of quilting possibilities. From baby quilts to king-size, the HQ Amara is the perfect fit for your style of quilting. The HQ Amara 20-inch longarm machine with HQ Studio3 Frame (choose from 10-foot or 12-foot). Everything you need for free-motion quilting right out of the box.

FEATURES:

• On-Screen Handwheel/LED Screen
• Adjustable Handlebars and Editable Buttons
• Pinpoint Accurate Needle aser
• Easy-Set Tension Knob
• Quiltmaster™ LED Lighting: Throat, Needle, & Bobbin

The HQ Studio3 Frame

Compatible with HQ stand-up longarm quilting machines with throat spaces of 16"-20" Made of high-quality steel, the HQ Studio3 Frame is a robust, professional-grade combination table and frame system for the home or professional studio. Now there are two ways to load your quilt with QuiltMaster DuoLoad:

• Standard Loading Provides a visual reminder of actual quilting space and easy access to the bobbin area for oiling and bobbin changing.
• ClearView Loading Often chosen for ruler work, this option clears the way for the use of longer or larger rulers and templates.

Optional Quilt from the Back Kit

• Rear handlebars with soft, grippable texture and programmable buttons. Easy to install.
• 7-inch color touch screen controls the machine from the back
• Adjustable laser light with post for use with pantograph
• One Golden Threads® Drift pantograph pattern
• 4mm hex wrench for installation
• Appropriate cabling
• Installation instructions
• Note: Also needed for installation: 2.5mm hex wrench (included in your machine accessory kit)

Optional HQ Pro-Stitcher®

The HQ Pro-Stitcher® quilting system integrates Handi Quilter's world-class quilting machines with the latest computer technology to help you finish more quilts. HQ Pro-Stitcher guides the machine to quilt any design you want to use, create, or customize. It works with all Handi Quilter stitch-regulated quilting machines: HQ Sixteen, HQ Simply Sixteen, HQ Avanté, HQ Fusion, and HQ Infinity. Expand your quilting possibilities with this easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, computerized system and have fun finishing more quilts! Using integrated HQ technology, the HQ Pro-Stitcher offers the best of both worlds: computerized quilting and free-motion quilting in the same package.

KEY FEATURES OF THE PRO-STITCHER SOFTWARE

• 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)
• 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 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

Digital Training Resources:

• Machine User manual
• Space requirements