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HQ Pro-Stitcher Premium Computerized Quilting System for HQ Avante/Simply Sixteen - Free Hands on Training SALE PRICING ON ALL HQ LONG ARMS - EXPIRES 12/1/2025!
SKU : hq-QM21819
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$12,995.00
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$17,995.00
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Product Videos
Introduction to HQ Pro Stitcher
Set up HQ Pro Stitcher
Edge to edge designs with start point at the top
Edge to edge designs with start point at the bottom
HQ Pro-Stitcher - Edge to edge designs with cropping
HQ Pro-Stitcher: Working with borders
HQ Pro-Stitcher - Cropping
HQ Pro-Stitcher - Blocks
HQ Pro-Stitcher - Sashing
HQ Pro-Stitcher - Triangles
HQ Pro-Stitcher - Tiled and rotated designs
HQ Pro-Stitcher - Free-hand designs, such as your signature
HQ Pro-Stitcher - Oversized blocks
HQ Pro-Stitcher - Stitch in the ditch
HQ Pro-Stitcher - New start and end points
HQ Pro-Stitcher Multi-Point Skew Lesson 1
HQ Pro-Stitcher Multiple Designs Lesson 2
HQ Pro-Stitcher Cropping Designs Lesson 3
HQ Pro-Stitcher Offset Designs Lesson 4
HQ Pro-Stitcher Multi Design Borders Lesson 5
HQ Pro-Stitcher Triangles Lesson 6
HQ Pro-Stitcher New Designs Lesson 7
Handi Quilter Shows You How; HQ Pro-Stitcher (June Webinar)
HQ Pro-Stitcher Classic Software Update 2.1.03 - Part1
HQ Pro-Stitcher Classic Software Update 2.1.03 - Part2
HQ Pro-Stitcher Classic Software Update 2.1.03 - Part3
HQ Pro-Stitcher Classic Software Update 2.1.03 - Part4
HQ Pro-Stitcher Classic Software Update 2.1.03 - Part5
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Handi Quilter Pro-Stitcher Premium Integrated Computerized Quilting
for HQ Avante Long Arm
The HQ Pro-Stitcher computerized quilting system for Handi Quilter Avante gets a new look and more features January 3, 2017. A new, intuitive user interface is just the beginning. Users can easily stretch and resize a design using on-screen handles, save and move an area, quickly clear the screen with a convenient Clear All button, and more. BONUS! We’re adding 300 more digital designs to the 500 already included with Pro-Stitcher.
New Premium Features - RELEASED APRIL 2019
- NEW Opti-Stitch™ is a feature which automatically calculates speed and acceleration to match the quilter’s chosen design and responds with optimal stitch performance. Pro-Stitcher Premium will smoothly slow down and speed up in and out of corners. Designs will be executed with improved accuracy, even with the most intricate patterns.
- NEW Manual control of speed and acceleration are available within the program so quilters can modify performance if necessary
- NEW Baste stitch button
- NEW Motors not locked at end of pattern (can change in settings)
- NEW Design Points view
- NEW Improved integration of Infinity thread cutter use at the end of a row or pattern
- NEW Simulation license is no longer required
- NEW Some user interface icons have been updated
- NEW Functional tack stitch
Download Helpful Documents
Pro-Stitcher Getting Started Guide
Download
Pro-Stitcher Getting Started Guide – Infinity
Download
Pro-Stitcher Premium Quick Start Guide
Download
Pro-Stitcher Premium User Reference Guide
Download
Click here for additional Pro-Stitcher Premium & Standard helpful document downloads and tutorials (below).
Will Premium Work On My Existing Pro-stitcher Tablet?
| Tablet | Compatibility | Update/Upgrade |
|---|---|---|
| Aspire Alpha 12 | Pro-Stitcher Premium Pro-Stitcher Standard | USB Update Procedure (see download instructions below) |
| Aspire Switch 11 | Pro-Stitcher Premium Pro-Stitcher Standard | USB Update Procedure (see download instructions below) |
| Acer W700 | Pro-Stitcher Premium Pro-Stitcher Standard | USB Update Procedure (see download instructions below) |
| HP Omni | Pro-Stitcher Premium Pro-Stitcher Standard Firmware update required | In order for your tablet to run the Pro-Stitcher Premium software, your tablet needs to be sent into Handi Quilter for a “spa” treatment (tablet re-imaging and upgrades: $195). Call Toll Free: 800-401-8151 to learn more |
| Acer W500 | Pro-Stitcher Premium Pro-Stitcher Standard Firmware update required | In order for your tablet to run the Pro-Stitcher Premium software, your tablet needs to be sent into Handi Quilter for a “spa” treatment (tablet re-imaging and upgrades: $195). Call Toll Free: 800-401-8151 to learn more. |
| EEEPC | Pro-Stitcher Premium Pro-Stitcher Standard | Pro-Stitcher Premium not compatible with EEEPC tablets. New tablet hardware upgrade available. Call Toll Free: 800-401-8151 to learn more. |
| Lilliput, Innovatec & IEI | Pro-Stitcher Classic | Pro-Stitcher Premium not compatible with these tablets. New tablet hardware upgrade available. Click here for tablet upgrade pricing and information. |
Install the Latest Version of Pro-Stitcher Premium
Please click the button that applies to you & follow the directions in the corresponding PDF download. Get the install file from Handi Quilter, here: http://hqprostitcher.com
IMPORTANT NOTE: Before installing Pro-Stitcher Premium for the first time, you MUST install the most recent version of Pro-Stitcher Standard first. After Pro-Stitcher Standard is fully installed and updated, click on the "Pro-Stitcher Premium Update Install" button for instrucitons to install Pro-Stitcher Premium.
First Time Install:
I am installing Pro-Stitcher Premium for the first time
Pro-Stitcher Premium Update Install
I already have Premium, I just need to update to the latest version
Handi Quilter Pro-Stitcher Computerized Quilting System for Avante
Harness digital power with your Handi Quilter Avante long arm quilting machine. Imagine creating a custom quilt design, loading it easily to your HQ Avante and then watching it come to life. With new Handi Quilter computerized quilting, anything is possible.
The Pro-Stitcher has a beautiful 10.1 inch color touch screen. Controls are simple to use, making computerized quilting elegantly powerful. You'll get precise, hassle-free stitching without bulky, cumbersome cables or an additional computer.
Use the included USB flash drive to load existing digital quilt patterns. Alternately, you can use the included design software package to create your own patterns. It's simple to set up and can mount to both existing and new Handi Quilter Avante stitch regulated machines. If you'd rather do it yourself, you can switch from computerized quilting to free motion quilting with a flick of the quick release switch.
The Pro-Stitcher is an integrated computer system that will quilt the most complex pantograph or block pattern in just a few simple steps. A computer is only needed for downloading and creating designs. All the quilting action happens on the Pro-Stitcher screen. Help menus are always at your fingertips.
Exclusive design software by Cabin Logic for designing your own patterns is included.
Features
- More than 300 new digital designs
- New intuitive user interface w/ customizable toolbar
- Move and save areas
- Save workspace
- Easily transform design with onscreen handles
- Quickly clear all with a touch of a button
- Diagonal nudge
- Bound box view on/off capability
- View design at its actual size
- Easy-to-use scroll bars for panning and zooming
- More precise motor control than ever before
- Record your own free motion design or pantograph design!
- Easy to download your favorite patterns from a USB port
- Quick set up; be quilting in no time!
- Precisely position a design on the quilt
- Watch your pattern path before quilting
- Back up function if your thread breaks
- Set the number of tie off stitches
- Set the quilting speed and stitches per inch
- View and manipulate designs on the screen
- Rotate an existing design
- Resize to a specific area
- Repeat your designs both horizontally and vertically
- Simple-to-use, integrated graphic settings with quilt-friendly menus
- Ability to read most available digital quilt patterns
- Silent integrated motor control systems with fluid motion control
- Made and built with integrated HQ Technology
Additional Pro-Stitcher Products
- Also Available
- Pro-Stitcher Premium for Handi Quilter Sixteen
- Pro-Stitcher Premium for Handi Quilter 18 Avante
- Pro-Stitcher Premium for Handi Quilter Infinity
- Instructional DVDs
- HQ Pro-Stitcher Basics: Edge-to-Edge & Cropping
- HQ Pro-Stitcher Basics: Placing Borders and L-Shaped Corners
- HQ Pro-Stitcher Basics: Repeating Designs / Borders & Edge-to-Edge
- HQ Pro-Stitcher Basics: Tips for Successful Quilting
Download Additional Helpful Documents
Pro-Stitcher Premium
Premium Quick Start Guide
Download
Adding and Deleting Folders in the Design File
Download
Changing the Start and End Point on a Sashing or Border
Download
Create and Save a Circle Area
Download
Using 2 Point Rotation
Download
Triangles using Left and Top Align
Download
Triangles using Bottom and Center Align
Download
Skew to a Block using Skew 2
Download
Skew to a Block using Skew 1
Download
Sashing and Borders
Download
Positioning and Resizing Corners in a Border
Download
Placing a Border between Corners
Download
Irregular Borders
Download
How to Use the Measure Tool
Download
How to Save an Area
Download
How to Resize an Area
Download
How to Quilt a Design
Download
Edge-to-Edge with Drag and Drop
Download
Creating a Crosshatch Triangle
Download
Pro-Sticher Standard
1 Triangle using Alignment
Download
2 Triangle using Alignment
Download
Corners and Borders Continuous
Download
Creating a Block From a Triangle
Download
Creating a Border using Skew 2
Download
Cropping the bottom of an edge to edge
Download
Edge to Edge using a middle or bottom Start Point
Download
Edge-to-Edge with Drag and Drop
Download
Isolating a Design using Crop Start-End
Download
Off-Setting an Edge to Edge
Download
Skew to a Hexagon
Download
Skew to a Triangle
Download
Skew to an Octagon
Download
Using Duplicate to Create a Block Design
Download
Introducing the NEW Pro-Stitcher Designer Software - Included With Your Purchase!
Full-featured design software for creating paper or digitized quilting motifs
Pro-Stitcher Designer™ gives you the ability to quickly design, edit, customize, export, and import any quilting motif you can imagine.
Special Features:
- Full-featured, vector-based drawing software to create your own digital quilting files
- Easy-to-learn user interface and features
- Free lifetime program updates
- Full user support with manual, tutorials, and videos
- Design and stitch motif library
- Print design catalog
- Compatible with all major longarm quilting file formats
- Import and export vector formats
- Batch save in all quilting formats
- Draw original designs with Pencil, Line, Curve, 3-Point Arc, and Bezier tools
- Customize, edit, and merge existing designs
- Use design points and anchors for fine-tuned customization
- Create quilt designs from artwork using Trace tools
- Audition quilt patterns and preview with Slow Redraw
- Use Auto-shapes to quickly draw original quilt patterns
- Create repeated motifs with the Carousel and Reflect features
- Convert True Type fonts to artwork
- Add seam allowances to applique and EPP artwork
- Customizable grids, including diagonal grid
- Automatic fills including stipple and crosshatch
- Print pantographs and tear-away stencils for use with home sewing machines and non-robotic longarm quilting machines
- Quickly preview how designs repeat while drawing
- Repeat designs to create edge-to-edge layouts
File Formats
Opens: HQF, HQV, HQA, HQW, QLI, CQP, SSD, TXT, IQP, QCC, PAT, BQM, ANS, common embroidery files
Imports: SVG, AI, EPS, EMF, WMF, DXF, PLT, FCM, TT (true type fonts), BMP, JPG, PNG, TIF, GIF • SAVE AS AND EXPORTS: SVG, PNG, JPG, HQF, HQV, HQA, HQW, QLI, CQP, SSP, TXT, IQP, PAT, BQM
Exports: SVG, AI, PLT, DXF, FCM
Minimum System Requirements
Windows: Windows 8 – 8.1; 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2; 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit) RAM; 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) hard disk space; Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM drive; USB Port; 800 x 600 Display; Mouse; Internet Access.
Downloads
Pro-Stitcher Designer Resources
Manual
Reference Guide
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