LongArm Competency
Do you love quiltmaking but hate trying to stuff your bed quilts through your sewing machine? This 4-week course will teach you how to use Moon Star Studio’s LongArm to finish your quilts.
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Competency with the LongArm
Trains the student to competent operation of the APQS Millennium longarm quilting machine. At the completion of training, the student, on passing a final exam, is qualified to use the Moon Star Studio LongArm at a reduced leasing rate.
Topics to be Covered
- Orient on Machine
- Quilt Rollers
- Table
- Sewing Head
- Bobbin Race
- Stitch Length Regulator
- Controls
- Indicator Lights
- Accessories
- Machine Management
- Power Up
- Threading
- Bobbin Threading
- Controls
- Stitch Length Regulation
- Loading
- Check Quilt Top
- Prep Quilt Top
- Check Quilt Back
- Sew on Leaders
- Load
- Quilting
- Common Topics
- Locking Thread Ends
- Monitoring Thread Tension
- Common Problems
- Correcting Errors
- Freehand Quilting
- Doodling a Quilt
- Sources for Patterns
- Developing “Styles”
- Unloading/Finishing
- Unload/unzip
- Remove Leaders
- Trim Loose Threads
- Recommended Resources
Plus, pick one of:
- Freehand Feathers
- Doodling Feathers
- Marking Spines
- Using Rulers
- Stitch-in-the-Ditch
- Rulers & the Expansion Plate
- Using Rulers to Stabilize Lines
- Using Channel Lock to Stabilize Lines
- Stitching on the Low Side
- Pattern Quilting
- Marking Patterns
- Paper Patterns
- Using Rulers to Stabilize Lines
- Sources for Patterns
- Designing Quilt Patterns
- Pantograph or All-over
Quilting
- Aligning Pantograph Rows
- Sources for Patterns
- Designing Your Own
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What's Included?
This course trains you in two quilting techniques using the LongArm quilting machine. Included in the course is:
- 4 individual 4-hour lessons, mostly spent hands-on with Moon Star Studio’s APQS Millennium LongArm.
- Study Notes identifying the topics to be covered in each lesson.
- Access to Moon Star Studio’s quilting library, including books, videos, patterns, etc.
- Training in freehand quilting, and your choice of either Freehand Feathers, Pantograph (or allover) quilting, stitch-in-the-ditch, or pattern quilting.
- Training should be scheduled on a regular basis, e.g., every Thursday evening. Training can proceed faster if desired by scheduling more than one session per week.
- Upon successful completion of the course and passing a test, the student will be qualified to lease the Moon Star Studio LongArm at Competency rates.
- Upon completion, the student will receive a non-transferable credit of $175 applicable towards an abbreviated version (three weeks shortened) of the LongArm Mastery course, provided it is taken within 2 years of completion of the Competency course.
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