HQ FORTE 24 & PRO-STITCHER PACKAGE

Let’s get quilting!

The HQ Forte 24-inch longarm machine with the HQ Gallery 2 Frame™ (choose from 10- or 12 foot size options*). Everything you need for free-motion quilting right out of the box, including a powerful stand-alone bobbin winder.

Machine Features

• 24″ of brightly lit throat space
• Pinpoint needle laser
• Easy-Set Tension™
• 7-inch colour touchscreen (add the Pro-Stitcher® and use that as a display instead)
• Menu-controlled QuiltMaster™ LED lighting package: throat, needle bar, and bobbin
• QuiltMaster™ servo-controlled stitch regulation (perfect stitches, every time)
• Programmable handlebar buttons
• Stitching speeds u to 2,500 stitches per minute
• Consistent stitch quality from 4-24 stitches per inch
• Two modes of stitch regulation: Precision or Cruise
• Five convenient built-in tie-off stitches
• High-speed rotary hook with large capacity M-class bobbin
• Manual mode with three customizable preset speeds
• Pro-stitcher ready! All the neccessary cabling is pre-installed.
• Handi Feet® – compatiable; includes ruler foor and open-toe foot
• On-screen hand wheel
• Magnetic Tool Minder Collar
• Bobbin use estimator
• Front power switch
• Thread-break sensor and alarm
• Stitch counter
• Easy needle change
• Needle-stop up/down control

Optional Accessories

• Pro-Stitcher (computer guided quilting)
• Quilt from the back kit: rear handlebars, laser light, and pantograph
• Groovy Board adapter/stylus
• HQ Steady-Fit™ Ruler Base
• HQ Electromagnetic Channel Locks
• Horizontal Spool Pin
• 27-inch HQ Super Leader
• Interchangeable Handi Feet

Easily operate HQ Pro-Stitcher from a lightweight touchscreen tablet computer that is conveniently mounted on top if the machine. The HQ Pro-Stitcher is available for the Simply 16, Avante 18, Fusion 24 or Infinity 26.  Expand your quilting possibilities with this easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, computerised system and have fun finishing more quilts! Combine your own design skills with Art & Stitch (included) to create one-of-a-kind quilting motifs.

Software Features

• Includes more than 1,000 designs
• Resize, Rotate and Repeat designs to fit specific areas
• Skew or Align designs to fit any area with three or more points
• Move designs into position by simply moving your finger across the screen
• Define and Fill an area with a design, using 2-orner (rectangles) or multi-point (any shape)
• Two-Point Rotation for border designs and fitting odd angles
• Precisely reposition designs using the Centre Point, Start Point, End Point any corner of the design area, or any point within the design
• Crop the inside or outside of your design to fit your quilt, with the option to close the jumps or leave them open
• Find or create new start/stop point if your thread breaks
• Customisable speed and stitches-per-inch
• Micro Tie-Off function
• Ability to read most .hqf, .txt and .qli digital quilt patterns
• Exclusive, seamless integrated with Art & Stitch included for designing and adjusting your own patterns at the machine
• Mark and record multiple points for accurate stitch-in-the-ditch quilting
• On-screen Grid and Ruler to measure designs or area on quilt
• Reorder designs for stitching
• Horizontal and vertical channel lock