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Longarm Machine Quilting Basics - HQ Event w/Karen Arnold

Welcome to our Handi Quilter Education Event with HQ National Educator Karen Arnold!


Sign up for your choice of 4 classes during our Education Event and receive a $40 gift card!
Sign up for 6 classes and receive a $75 gift card!

Gift cards redeemable at Walker Quilt Co for any retail products - HQ accessories, books, notions, thread or fabric. Not redeemable for quilting services.


Does longarm quilting interest you, and you’d like to learn more about it? Or do you just want a review of longarm quilting basics? This class removes the mystery of longarm quilting by explaining machine and frame elements and features, how to load a quilt, and vital facts about thread, needles and tension. Handi Quilter longarm machine and frame systems come in various sizes for every budget, and are user-friendly because they are designed by a quilter, for quilters - just like you!

Topics Include:

  • Basic machine and frame elements and features

  • Bobbins, tension, needles and threads

  • How to load a quilt onto a frame

  • Quilting with Groovy Boards and pantographs

  • Rulers, Adjustable and Micro Handles, and basic free-motion

Class Fee: $45

Class Size: 15 students max