IQ INTUITION POSITIONING® APP

Use this positioning app to take a photo of your fabric in a special hoop and wirelessly transfer it to your machine. The image will display onscreen in high resolution in lifelike color, allowing you to perfectly position your design exactly where you want it, how you want it, every time.

IQ DESIGNER

Create your own designs with ease! You can draw on the screen, scan your favorite artwork, upload an existing file using a USB drive, or wirelessly send artwork to your Baby Lock Altair 2 machine. Whatever your preference, your art instantly converts for embroidery!

2-POINT POSITIONING

Use the 2-point positioning function, with needle beam, to preview the position of your embroidery design. Then, adjust the position and angle for precise placement. Your embroidery will be perfectly placed every time.

NEEDLE BEAM

Know exactly where your needle will drop every time with a brilliant LED pointer on the included embroidery foot.

STITCH TAPERING

Match your project’s sharp angles or create mitered corners with Altair 2’s Stitch Tapering. With 12 angle settings, three ending methods, and 20 decorative stitches, you can customize a variety of sewing projects.

QUILTING AROUND AN EMBROIDERY PATTERN

Add stippling, echo quilting, or any of the 48 Decorative Fill patterns from IQ Designer around a selected design. Line spacing, distance, and frame size are all easily adjustable.

DESELECT REGION

Deselect regions of a design to preview and stitch with fewer colors.

LARGE 11.25” WORKSPACE

With a generous 11.25" workspace to the right of the needle, the Baby Lock Altair 2 sewing machine gives you ample room to work.

FILL COUCHING ALPHABET

Stitch dimensional couched letters, characters, and designs.

9.5" X 14" EMBROIDERY FIELD

Stitch bigger embroidery designs with less re-hooping with a large embroidery field.

WI-FI ENABLED

Wi-Fi enabled for optional download of update files, apps, and design transfer with Design Database Transfer or Palette 11 (optional purchase).

10.1" LCD SCREEN

Gain control over every aspect of your stitches, embroidery designs, placement, colors, and more on a large touchscreen. Comparable to many popular tablets, the touchscreen features large, clear buttons and vivid colors.

COLOR VISUALIZER

Choose from random, vivid, gradient, and soft colors, and watch your design transform in an array of attractive color combinations. Tag your favorite combinations, then select your favorite from the finalists.

534 BUILT-IN EMBROIDERY DESIGNS

You’ll enjoy embroidery designs galore with Altair 2’s abundant selection of built-in designs, which include 200 exclusive designs from Baby Lock! The design library features large thumbnail images to conveniently choose the perfect embroidery design.

774 BUILT-IN STITCHES

Altair 2 is loaded with stitches, giving you a wide assortment of options for every project. You can combine them for countless stitch combinations and save them in memory to retrieve at any time.

QUICK-SET™ DROP-IN BOBBIN

Simply drop your bobbin in, pull the threads through the slot, and let the Baby Lock Altair 2 sewing machine do the rest.

Machine Features:

• Hands-free knee lift
• Touch pen (stylus)
• 14 snap-on presser feet
• 2 thread spool stand for larger cones
• Straight stitch needle plate
• Alternate bobbin case for use with prewound bobbins
• Bobbin center pin
• Bobbins (10)
• Embroidery positioning stickers (Sheets of 64)
• Lens calibration sheet for use with the positioning app
• Presser foot adaptor
• Twin needle
• Needle set
• Embroidery needle plate cover
• Advanced multi-function foot control
• Bobbin covers: cord guide, plain, and seam guide marks
• Chalk pencil
• IQ Intuition Positioning® embroidery hoops and grids
  • 9.5” x 14” (240mm x 360mm)
  • 9.5” x 9.5” (240mm x 240mm)
  • 5” x 7” (130mm x 180mm)
  • 4” x 4” (100mm x 100mm)

Convenience Features:

• 11.25" workspace to the right of the needle
• Sewing speed control
• Convenient one-touch buttons
• Quick-Set top-loading bobbin with sensor
• Quick-Set independent bobbin winding system with variable speed
• NeverMiss™ Automatic Advanced Needle Threading System
• Automatic thread cutter (with on/off capability)
• Auto presser foot lift
• Needle plate with scale in inches and centimeters
• Free arm

Specifications:

• DATA INPUT TYPES - .pes, .phc, .pec, .dst
• TOTAL NUMBER OF USB PORTS - 2
• EMBROIDERY PATTERN MEMORY - Yes
• MAXIMUM EMBROIDERY SIZE/AREA - 9.5" X 14"
• FRAME PATTERNS - 140
• AUTOMATIC APPLIQUÉ - Yes
• WEIGHT WITH EMBROIDERY UNIT - 47.6 lbs
• MACHINE ONLY WIDTH - 26 1/6"
• NUMBER OF USB TYPE A PORTS - 2
• EMBROIDERY SPEED - 1,050 SPM
• ROTATION CAPABILITY - Yes
• BUILT-IN DESIGNS - 534
• DESIGN DUPLICATION CAPABILITY - Yes
• MACHINE WEIGHT ONLY - 37.5 Lbs
• MACHINE ONLY HEIGHT - 13 1/16"
• ON-SCREEN EDITING - Yes
• BUILT-IN FONTS - 30
• COMBINE DESIGNS - Yes
• NUMBER OF NEEDLES - 1
• MACHINE ONLY DEPTH - 12 5/8"

Included Accessories:

• Zigzag foot “J”
• Advanced monogramming foot “N+”
• Overcasting foot “G”
• Zipper foot “I”
• Buttonhole foot “A”
• Blind stitch foot “R”
• Button fitting foot “M”
• Compact digital dual feed foot
• Regular sole for digital dual feed foot (on compact digital dual feed foot)
• Straight stitch foot
• Free motion open toe quilting foot “O”
• Free motion quilting foot “C”
• Free motion echo quilting foot “E”
• Embroidery foot “W+” with LED pointer
• 1/4 Quilting foot with guide
• Embroidery couching foot “Y”
• Yarn guide for embroidery couching
• Yarn threader
• Adapter
• Screw (small)
• Needle set: 75/11 2 needles, 90/14 2 needles, 90/14 2 needles: Ball point needle (gold colored)
• Twin needle, 2/11 needle
• Ball point needle set: 75/11 2 needles
• Bobbin × 10
• Seam ripper
• Scissors
• Cleaning brush
• Eyelet punch
• Screwdriver (small)
• Screwdriver (large)
• Disc-shaped screwdriver
• Multi-purpose screwdriver
• Spool cap (small)
• Spool cap (medium) × 2 (One spool cap is on machine.)
• Spool cap (large)
• Thread spool insert (mini king thread spool)
• Spool felt (on machine)
• Spool net × 2
• Embroidery needle plate cover
• Touch pen (stylus)
• Knee lifter
• Advanced multi-function foot controller
• Standard bobbin case
• Alternate bobbin case
• Straight stitch needle plate
• Cord guide bobbin cover
• Bobbin cover
• Bobbin cover
• Embroidery frame with decal set 14 in (H) × 9.5 in (W)
• Embroidery frame with decal set 9.5 in (H) × 9.5 in (W)
• Embroidery frame with decal set 7 in (H) × 5 in (W)
• Embroidery frame with decal set 4 in (H) × 4 in (W)
• Embroidery positioning sticker sheets × 4
• Lens calibration sheet
• Embroidery bobbin thread (#60, white)
• Stabilizer material
• Chalk pencil
• Bobbin center pin and instruction sheet
• Accessory case
• Soft cover
• Power cord
• Telescopic thread guide
• Spool support
• Spool pin × 2
• Screw and washer
• Spool cap (XL) × 2
• Spool holder × 2
• Spool cap base × 2
• Spool felt × 2
• Ring × 4
• Instruction and Reference Guide
• Quick Reference Guide