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 Avanté, HQ Fusion, HQ Infinity.

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 HQ PRO-STITCHER

• 11.6-inch color touch-screen computer mounted on the HQ stitch-regulated quilting machine

• Includes more than 1,000 designs

• View and manipulate designs right on the screen

• Operate entire system from one screen

• Resize, rotate, and repeat (horizontally and vertically) designs to fit specific areas

• Crop inside or outside designs

• Move designs into position by simply dragging your finger across the screen

• Define and quilt within areas of any shape (e.g. rectangle, triangle, star, etc.)

• Place designs into borders and other odd-shaped spaces

• Precisely position designs to any point within an area

• Establish new start or stop point if thread breaks

• Set quilting speed and stitches per inch

• Help menus always accessible

 

EASY-TO-USE QUILTING OPTIONS
FOR ACHIEVING A CUSTOM LOOK

• Quilt edge-to-edge or block patterns with confidence in a few simple steps

• Simple and accurate stitch-in-the-ditch

• Record the motion of the machine to record unique digital designs

• Built-in ruler tool for measuring in any direction

• Switch from computerized quilting to free-motion quilting in seconds

• Use nearly any digital pattern (.hqf, .txt and .qli formats)

 

EZ CARRIAGE / EZ RECORD FEATURES

• Switch between computer-guided and free-motion quilting at the touch of a button

• Easily and smoothly record freehand quilting designs for future use; newly created designs can be saved on a USB or hard drive of the Pro-Stitcher to be resized, repositioned or edited with Art & Stitch®(EZ Record not available on the HQ Sixteen machines.)

• Save time when finishing quilts that combine both free-motion and digital motifs

 

EXCLUSIVE, SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH
ART & STITCH® DIGITAL DESIGN SOFTWARE.

• Draw your own quilting motifs from scratch

• Fill shapes with cross hatching, wave fills, stippling, and more

• Use fills around a design

• Use artwork from Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Pre-Design Studio III,  
  AutoSketch, and ElectricQuilt

• Turn shapes into appliqué designs with a mouse click

 

ADVANCED COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY FOR EASE OF USE

• Silent, integrated motor-control systems with fluid motion control

• No additional computer needed to run the HQ Pro-Stitcher

• Separate PC connected to the Internet required for downloading new designs and software updates

• USB port to easily upload digital patterns to HQ Pro-Stitcher

 

SILENT, INTEGRATED MOTOR SYSTEMS 
WITH FLUID MOTION CONTROL

• No additional computer needed to run the HQ Pro-Stitcher

• Separate PC connected to the Internet required for downloading new designs and software updates

• USB port to easily upload digital patterns to HQ Pro-Stitcher