The Handi Quilter Pro-Stitcher with Pro-Stitcher Designer

The Pro-Stitcher with pro-stitcher designer quilting system integrates Handi Quilter’s world-class quilting machines with the latest computer technology to help you finish more quilts. 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 Amara, HQ Avanté, HQ Forte, 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!

Pro-Stitcher includes two activations for Pro-Stitcher Designer™ software, a fully functional digital design program. You can choose to activate Pro-Stitcher Designer on your Pro-Stitcher tablet to quickly import/export designs between Pro-Stitcher and Pro-Stitcher Designer or choose to install solely on your PC or laptop. For the software to have full functionality, it must be registered with Pro-Stitcher Designer. Learn more about installing PS Designer on the Pro-Stitcher website.

Pro-Stitcher offers the best of both worlds: computerized quilting and free-motion quilting in the same package.

KEY FEATURES OF THE PRO-STICHER WITH PRO-STITCHER DESIGNER

• 12-inch color touchscreen computer mounted on the stitch-regulated quilting machine
• Operate entire system from one screen
• Includes 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, .hqv and .qli digital quilt patterns
• Seamless integration with Pro-Stitcher Designer™ for designing and adjusting your own patterns at the longarm machine or on your computer (included 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

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
• EZ Record: record unique digital 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)
• Built-in ruler tool for measuring in any direction
• Switch from computerized quilting to free-motion quilting in seconds
• Uses only designs in .hqv, .hqf, and .qli formats

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR EASE OF USE

• Silent, integrated motor-control systems with fluid motion control
• No additional computer needed to run the Pro-Stitcher
• Separate PC connected to the Internet required for downloading new designs and software updates
• USB port to easily upload digital patterns to Pro-Stitcher
• Draw your own quilting motifs from scratch
• Fill shapes with cross-hatching, wave fills, stippling, and more
• Use fills around a design
• Turn shapes into appliqué designs with a mouse click

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