Handi Quilter Pro-Stitcher Premium Integrated Computerized Quilting for HQ Infinity Long Arm - Free Hands on Training SALE PRICING ON ALL HQ LONG ARMS - EXPIRES 12/1/2025!
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Product Videos
Introduction to HQ Pro Stitcher
Getting Started with HQ Infinity: Using HQ Pro-Stitcher with HQ Infinity
Edge-to-edge Quilting with HQ Pro-Stitcher
Pro-Stitcher Principles: Power up your Edge-to-Edge Game! HQ Live with Chris Sousa
4 FAQs for Pro-Stitcher edge-to-edge quilting designs - Watch & Learn Quilting Show Episode 5
HQ Live – Quilting with HQ Pro-Stitcher Premium (May 2017)
Set up HQ Pro Stitcher
Repositioning with HQ Pro-Stitcher
HQ Live - December 2018: Combining Designs in Pro-Stitcher with Susan Manry
Handi Quilter Pro-Stitcher Premium Integrated Computerized Quilting
For HQ Infinity Long Arm
The HQ Pro-Stitcher Premium computerized quilting system designed for the HQ Infinity Long Arm Quilter 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
- 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
Download Helpful Documents
Pro-Stitcher Getting Started Guide
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Pro-Stitcher Getting Started Guide – Infinity
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Pro-Stitcher Premium Quick Start Guide
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Pro-Stitcher Premium User Reference Guide
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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
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Handi Quilter Pro-Stitcher Integrated Computerized Quilting
for HQ Infinity Long Arm
The HQ Pro-Stitcher quilting system integrates Handi Quilter’s world-class Infinity quilting machine with the latest computer technology. The software is managed from a small, touch screen tablet conveniently mounted on top of the machine. This rich and full featured software is easy to learn and makes precise quilting simple and fun!
Key Features of HQ Pro-Stitcher
- 10-inch color touch-screen computer mounted on the HQ stitch-regulated quilting machine
- 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)
- Includes more than 500 designs
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
Download Additional Helpful Documents
Pro-Stitcher Premium
Adding and Deleting Folders in the Design File
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Changing the Start and End Point on a Sashing or Border
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Create and Save a Circle Area
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Using 2 Point Rotation
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Triangles using Left and Top Align
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Triangles using Bottom and Center Align
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Skew to a Block using Skew 2
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Skew to a Block using Skew 1
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Sashing and Borders
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Positioning and Resizing Corners in a Border
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Placing a Border between Corners
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Irregular Borders
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How to Use the Measure Tool
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How to Save an Area
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How to Resize an Area
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How to Quilt a Design
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Edge-to-Edge with Drag and Drop
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Creating a Crosshatch Triangle
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Pro-Sticher Standard
1 Triangle using Alignment
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2 Triangle using Alignment
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Corners and Borders Continuous
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Creating a Block From a Triangle
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Creating a Border using Skew 2
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Cropping the bottom of an edge to edge
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Edge to Edge using a middle or bottom Start Point
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Edge-to-Edge with Drag and Drop
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Isolating a Design using Crop Start-End
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Off-Setting an Edge to Edge
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Skew to a Hexagon
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Skew to a Triangle
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Skew to an Octagon
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Using Duplicate to Create a Block Design
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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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