Handi Quilter Education (Hands-On Event)

Handi Quilter Education (Hands-On Event)

Date: March 5-7, 2025

Location: Handi Quilter | 501 N 400 W North Salt Lake, UT 84054 |

Find out if a longarm is a good fit for you and your quilting journey! Learn fun techniques with free motion, rulers, Pro Stitcher, and more. Each student being on their own machine means you get ample time to practice techniques and go home being able to quilt with confidence.

EVENT SCHEDULE:

March 5, 2025

• Confident Free-Motion Quilting: 

  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.

March 6, 2025

• Pro-Stitcher Principles + Essentials Hands On: 

  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 and fun. Whether finishing your own quilts or considering a quilting business, come see the elegant and precise quilting you can accomplish with Pro-Stitcher. New users – start here!

• The ABC's of Rulers:

  If you love precision and consistency in your quilting rulers, 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 Sure Foot, and how to achieve accuracy with the markings. The wide variety of Handi Quilter rulers will inspire you to new design heights.

March 7, 2025

• Stitching Serene Mandalas Hands-on: 

  Mandalas are a fun trend in quilting today. In this workshop, look at ways to build these beautiful designs using symmetry, starting with a doodle.

• Confident Creative Fills Hands-on: 

  Interested in building a library of designs you can use with confidence? In this workshop, you’ll identify shapes you already love to quilt, learn how to create pathways to connect designs, and explore using different threads to really make your background fill quilting pop

Instructor: Handi Quilter Educators

• Jeannie Grabowska- 

  Jeannine enjoys teaching and sharing the knowledge she has gained quilting on her longarm machine with new quilters to instill confidence and joy in their quilting journey! Her experience in free-motion quilting, ruler work, Pro-Stitcher, and PS Designer allows her to teach all aspects of longarm quilting.

• Sandy Rindlesbach- Purchasing a HQ Fusion® in 2010, Sandy began her longarm journey. She spent many years doing free-motion and ruler work before purchasing a HQ Forte® with Pro-Stitcher®. Sandy enjoys the freedom to be able to use free-motion, ruler and Pro-Stitcher on her quilts. Most of her quilts use all of these methods.

Specs:

• Technique: Longarm
• Skill Level: Beginner

*All class sales are final, and non-refundable.*