UPGRADE QCT6 to QuiltMotion X Automation for Grace Longarm Machines

Name: UPGRADE QCT6 to QuiltMotion X Automation for Grace Longarm Machines
Brand: Grace Company
SKU: QCT6UPGRADEQMX
Price: 1500.0 USD
Availability: InStock

SKU : QCT6UPGRADEQMX

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Trade QCT6 for QuiltMotion X. More Ease. More Power. More Freedom.

Tablet in the box. No cable, no activation keys, no card to renew. One purchase, free updates for life.

The parts of QCT6 you've learned to work around are gone.

Every one of these is in Foundations, the entry tier, so a QCT6 owner gets all of them no matter which tier they choose.

The tablet is included and it's wireless

With QCT6: you supply a tablet running full Windows and wire it to the motor plate by USB.

With QMX: the tablet comes in the box and connects over Bluetooth. Nothing to source, nothing to tether.

Belts and free-motion from the screen

With QCT6: belts are disconnected or removed by hand; free-motion means Release Carriage, then move the machine yourself.

With QMX: one tap releases the belts and hands the machine back to you, with horizontal and vertical channel locks for straight lines. No tools.

One purchase, free updates, nothing to renew

With QCT6: activation keys, Gold cards entered in the software, and a 1-year card that reverts the software to Pro when it lapses.

With QMX: your tier is set on the machine at purchase. App and firmware updates install from inside the app, free, for as long as you own it.

Thread breaks

Navigate the path to the break, resume from the stop point, nudge for a precise correction. QCT6 continues the row.

Undo

Undo and redo, place again, pick a new design, restart at any point. QCT6's undo is limited.

Your design library

Cloud library with search and favorites, synced to the tablet for offline quilting. Store purchases sync automatically instead of being imported by hand.

Your own files

SVG, DXF, CQP, QLI, HQF and GPF, uploaded several at a time to My Designs on graceframe.com.

Start from the QCT6 tier you own today.

Limited-time offer: As a thank-you to current Grace customers, owning the matching QCT6 tier makes your upgrade to its QMX equivalent $2,000, tablet included, instead of the full price new buyers pay. Every tier runs on identical hardware and contains everything in the tier below it. Feature updates for your tier are free; moving up to a higher tier later has an upgrade price through Grace.

If you own QCT6

Foundations $2,000 ($3,500 new)

QCT6 owner upgrade price. One time. Tablet included.

You keep

Full edge-to-edge pantographs with pick, place and sew.

You gain

Block placement from four corners with stretch-to-fill or proportion lock, rotate and flips (a Plus feature on QCT6)
Two-point straight-line stitching (a Plus feature on QCT6)
Stitch-level repair, undo and redo, and a ruler tool
Up to 110 designs: 50 included plus 6 months of Design Store

If you own QCT6 Plus

Discovery $2,000 ($5,500 new)

Plus owner upgrade price. One time. Tablet included.

You keep

Precise block placement, continuous line designs, sequenced sew order, saved work.

You gain

Full panto row controls: height, spacing, count, 25/50/75% stagger, flips per row, column or checker, margins, partial designs in or out, grouping
Multi-zone quilts without stickers: zone corners captured on the fabric, ghost overlay between zones, edge compensation on the last row
Custom quilting: draw a shape and quilt a block or panto inside it, with a stitched border option (Gold-only on QCT6)
Save and reopen whole projects, with a projects library and overview

Plus ships over 200 built-in designs; Discovery includes 60 plus 12 months of Design Store (up to 180). Your own uploads come on top.

If you own QCT6 Pro + Gold

Mastery $2,000 ($8,500 new)

Pro owner upgrade price. One time. Tablet included. Every 2027 update free.

You keep

Fabric compensation, custom shapes and P2P, multi-design placement: all in the tier, no card to renew.

You gain

Many designs per workspace: draw shapes, lines and points and assign block, panto or P2P designs, with auto-fit
Rolling and hoop frame zone managers, with the whole quilt's panto planned before you sew
Sew order solved for the shortest travel, with Sew first, Sew last and Reverse ends when you want a say
Up to 250 designs: 70 included plus 18 months of Design Store

Gold's design tools (borders, fonts, Eclipse, Virtual Longarm) reach Mastery through 2027 as free updates.

What you have now, and what it becomes.

The QCT6 column shows the lowest QCT6 tier that includes a capability. The QMX column shows the tier where it lives in QuiltMotion X. A green edge marks rows where QMX goes further.

Hardware and connection	QCT6 today	QuiltMotion X
Tablet	Not included; any full-Windows tablet	Foundations Included, Bluetooth
Belt release	By hand	Foundations Engage and disengage from the screen
Free-motion	Release Carriage, move by hand	Foundations One tap, plus horizontal and vertical channel locks
Unlocking a tier	Activation keys and Gold cards typed in	Foundations Set on the machine at purchase, no codes
Updates	Bug fixes and updates for 5 years	Foundations App and firmware updates from inside the app, free after purchase

Pantograph and edge-to-edge	QCT6 today	QuiltMotion X
Simple panto	QCT6 Pick, place and sew	Foundations Panto row from a start and end point, with design height and flips
Full row controls	Plus PantoStacker: single or staggered double rows, two at a time	Discovery Height, spacing, count; stagger 25/50/75%; flips per row, column, checker; margins; partial designs; alignment; grouping
Last row	Stretch or crop	Discovery Edge compensation at the final zone

Placement	QCT6 today	QuiltMotion X
Block placement	Plus 7 on-screen alignment methods	Foundations Four-corner placement, stretch or proportion lock, rotate, flips. Discovery One-, two- and four-point, on-point, triangle, 90°, margins, sew-ditch. Mastery Per-side and triangle-corner margins
Zone to zone	QCT6 Sticker marks. Plus Built-in marking tool.	Discovery Corners captured on the fabric, continuity across zones, ghost overlay. Mastery Rolling and hoop frame zone managers, whole quilt planned before you sew
Custom shapes and P2P	Gold eClipse, Multi-Pattern Placement, Template Designer	Discovery Draw a shape, quilt one design in it. Mastery Many designs per workspace; P2P lines, fans and closed shapes; auto-fit
Sew order	Plus Sequenced from the layout	Mastery Solved for shortest travel, with Sew first / Sew last / Reverse ends
Fabric compensation	Gold Expires with the card	Mastery In the tier, nothing to renew
Borders and corners	Gold Border and corner designs	Q1 2027 Borders and corners, free for Mastery
Designs larger than the reach	Gold Virtual Longarm	Fall 2027 Virtual longarm, free for Mastery

Designs	QCT6 today	QuiltMotion X
Library	100+ (QCT6), 200+ (Plus, Pro) on the tablet	Foundations Cloud library with search and favorites, synced for offline use. 50 to 70 included plus 6 to 18 months of Design Store
Buying designs	Download, then import by hand	Foundations One tap from the app; purchases sync to the tablet
Editing and creating	Pro PatternCAD, photo tracing	Spring 2027 Design editor. Today: Picture Stitcher on graceframe.com turns images into designs
Free-motion capture	Pro Record	Spring 2027 Record, with pause
Text	Gold Any installed font	Spring 2027 Font stitcher
Clipping around appliqué	Gold Pattern eClipse	Summer 2027 Eclipse

Sewing, repair and projects	QCT6 today	QuiltMotion X
Sewing controls	Pull bobbin, starting stitch, SPI, tie-offs	Foundations All of that plus a live progress bar with pause and resume mid-stitch. Discovery Slow, Medium or Fast
Thread breaks	Continue an interrupted row	FoundationsNavigate to the break, resume from the stop point, nudge to correct
Preview	Pattern Optimizer animates the stitch-out	Foundations Full stitch path on the canvas. Discovery Review step with stitched border. Mastery Optimize direction, travel lines, end points
Undo	Limited	Foundations Undo and redo, place again, restart at any point
Saving projects	Placement marks to re-enter after a shutdown	Discovery Save and reopen projects, with a library and overview

For Gold Card holders

Mastery already has the Gold tools you renew for. The rest is on the calendar.

Fabric compensation, custom shapes with P2P and multi-design placement are in Mastery today, permanently. Gold's remaining design tools arrive as free updates through 2027. One thing to know: the upgrade swaps out your QCT6 control box, so QCT6 stops working the day QMX arrives. If you rely on borders, fonts or Virtual Longarm every week, you can either take the $2,000 deal now and receive those tools as free updates, or keep QCT6 until the season that covers you and upgrade then. A 1-year Gold card lapses back to Pro; a Mastery tier never does.

Note on Lifetime Gold

The Lifetime card is only sold until December 2027. If you're weighing a Lifetime card against the $2,000 Pro-to-Mastery upgrade, the timeline on the right is the comparison: one keeps QCT6 as it is, the other keeps growing for free.

Today: Fabric compensation · Custom shapes and P2P · Multi-design workspaces · Zone managers · Optimized sew order: In Mastery now, with no card to renew.
Q1 2027: Borders and corners: Replaces Gold's border and corner design tools.
Spring 2027: Design editor · Record · Font stitcher: For Pro owners who edit designs, record free-motion, or quilt text.
Summer 2027: Eclipse: Clipping around appliqué, replacing Pattern eClipse.
Fall 2027: Virtual longarm: Oversized designs split into sections that fit your throat.

Included designs, your own files, and an optional store.

Every tier comes with a built-in library in the cloud, synced to your tablet for offline quilting, plus your own uploads on top. Each tier also includes months of the Design Store: 10 credits a month, one credit per design, unused credits don't roll over. The store is optional and QMX quilts fully without it.

Tier	Included	Store months	Total
Foundations	50	6 (60 credits)	110
Discovery	60	12 (120 credits)	180
Mastery	70	18 (180 credits)	250

Will it fit my machine?

Most Grace setups, including many older ones.

QuiltMotion X runs on Grace's current longarms and frames, and on many older Grace machines. On older machines, you use the screen instead of the handlebar buttons.

Not compatible: 19SD, Mini Quilter, Hummingbird Hoop.

Grace support or your Sewing Machines Plus can confirm your exact machine and frame before you buy, and help you pick a tier.

What you can count on after the sale:

Live support from the Grace team and Sewing Machines Plus by phone and email
Guided first-time setup, help bubbles and how-to videos inside the app
Free app and firmware updates, installed from the app

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the upgrade cost me?: $2,000 when you own the QCT6 tier that matches the QMX tier you're moving to: QCT6 to Foundations, Plus to Discovery, Pro to Mastery. The tablet is included. This is a limited-time valued-customer offer from Grace for existing QCT6 owners, so check with Grace for the current end date. Want to move up a tier at the same time? Grace can quote the difference.
How does QMX unlock features?: Your tier is set on the machine at purchase. There are no activation keys and no cards to type in or renew.
Can I bring my design files over?: Yes for DXF, CQP, QLI and HQF, plus SVG and GPF. Upload them several at a time to My Designs on graceframe.com and they sync to the tablet. CMD, TAP, TXT, XY, SSD and Qdata aren't supported in QMX.
Is there a subscription?: No. The Design Store is optional and only adds new designs. Your tier, your updates and your support are all part of the one purchase.
How does the upgrade actually work?: You send your QCT6 control box in to Grace and receive the QuiltMotion X system with your tier set and the tablet included. Your QCT6 software won't run once the control box is gone, so plan the swap for a gap between projects.
What's free, and what has a price?: Feature updates for your tier are free, forever, including everything on the 2027 schedule. Moving to a higher tier has an upgrade price, set by Grace, since each tier adds a layer of control.
Do I need internet to quilt?: No. Sign in once to download your designs, then quilt fully offline. The library is kept on the tablet.
What if I start on Foundations and want more later?: All three tiers run on the same hardware, so Grace can move you up without replacing anything. Tier upgrades have a price set by Grace; the feature updates within your tier stay free.
I'm a Pro owner who creates my own designs. Should I wait?: The upgrade replaces your QCT6 control box, so you can't run both systems side by side. You have two good options: lock in the $2,000 valued-customer price now and receive the design editor, Record and the rest as free updates through 2027, or keep quilting on QCT6 Pro until the specific tool you depend on ships, then upgrade. If PatternCAD is your daily driver and the deal window allows it, waiting is reasonable; if you'd use Mastery's custom quilting today, the deal is hard to pass up.

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UPGRADE QCT6 to QuiltMotion X Automation for Grace Longarm Machines

Tablet in the box. No cable, no activation keys, no card to renew. One purchase, free updates for life.

The parts of QCT6 you've learned to work around are gone.

The tablet is included and it's wireless

Belts and free-motion from the screen

One purchase, free updates, nothing to renew

Thread breaks

Undo

Your design library

Your own files

Start from the QCT6 tier you own today.

If you own QCT6

Foundations $2,000 ($3,500 new)

You keep

You gain

If you own QCT6 Plus

Discovery $2,000 ($5,500 new)

You keep

You gain

If you own QCT6 Pro + Gold

Mastery $2,000 ($8,500 new)

You keep

You gain

What you have now, and what it becomes.

For Gold Card holders

Mastery already has the Gold tools you renew for. The rest is on the calendar.

Note on Lifetime Gold

Included designs, your own files, and an optional store.

Will it fit my machine?

Most Grace setups, including many older ones.

Frequently Asked Questions

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