I have always wanted more lighting above my Long Arm and shortly after setting up my 14 ft frame, I realized that I needed it now more than ever. Weeks ago while quilting on my HQ-16 I looked up and shook my head at how poor the quality of light was that I was working [...]
Archive for September, 2009
After debating names for a few days, My Quilting Chatroom friend Barb Bunz suggested the name Millennium Falcon. That’s an awesome thought I thought! So my new 2009 APQS Millennium has a name… The Millennium Falcon. Yes! This is a Star Wars reference and a pretty good one at that. As you can see the [...]
2009 APQS Millennium with Quilt Glide 24 hr Countdown…
Posted: September 13, 2009 in Long Arm QuiltingThe 24hr countdown begins. I received conformation on Friday that my new Long Arm Quilting Machine has crossed the border, cleared customs and is now sitting in a warehouse in Edmonton. That’s right I said Edmonton. That’s right, I live in Edmonton. That’s right, it’s literally 15-20 minutes from my house right this very second. [...]
I guess you all know by now that I’m getting a wee bit excited about my latest purchase arriving at my house. I don’t even have a tracking number yet or any confirmation that it’s even been shipped. Yet I stand in my Quilt Studio staring out the front window, listening for a big truck [...]
The quilting world really is a small community consisting of millions of quilters. It always amazes me how wonderful the quilting community is. Quilters are always willing to share their experience and time with other quilters. Even employees of some of the largest companies in the quilting industry are quilters themselves. Throughout the last year [...]
A few months ago, a friend of mine on facebook commented on a picture of one of my customers quilts that I had quilted. She asked if I zentangled? Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of it, I had never heard of it either. I had no idea what she was talking about. So over [...]
I sold my HQ-16 today and finalized shipping details on My 2009 APQS Millennium. Everyone keeps asking me how I feel about that. This is for them… feel free to sing along Well we’re movin on up, To the east side. To a deluxe apartment in the sky. Movin on up, To the east side. [...]
I bought my HQ-16 in April 2008. From the minute I got the machine home and set it up, I knew I had made the right decision. I was able to start taking customer quilts after about 6 months of practicing on this mid-arm quilting machine. I am still to this day amazed at the [...]
My journey from a mid-arm to a long-arm quilter has come to a glorious end with the purchase of an APQS Millennium. I have to say that my friend/sales rep Karen McTavish was very influential in my decision to buy a Long-Arm. What can I say, peer pressure got the best of me. Then again [...]
