Handi Quilter Amara 20-inch Longarm Machine and Frame

Description

Experience quality, precision, and a world of quilting possibilities. From baby quilts to king-size, the HQ Amara is the perfect fit for your style of quilting. The HQ Amara 20-inch longarm machine with HQ Studio3 Frame (choose from 10-foot or 12-foot). Everything you need for free-motion quilting right out of the box.
FEATURES:

On-Screen Handwheel/LED Screen
Adjustable Handlebars and Editable Buttons
Pinpoint Accurate Needle aser
Easy-Set Tension Knob
Quiltmaster LED Lighting: Throat, Needle, & Bobbin

The HQ Studio3 Frame
Compatible with HQ stand-up longarm quilting machines with throat spaces of 16″-20″ Made of high-quality steel, the HQ Studio3 Frame is a robust, professional-grade combination table and frame system for the home or professional studio. Now there are two ways to load your quilt with QuiltMaster DuoLoad:

Standard Loading Provides a visual reminder of actual quilting space and easy access to the bobbin area for oiling and bobbin changing.

ClearView Loading Often chosen for ruler work, this option clears the way for the use of longer or larger rulers and templates.

Optional Quilt from the Back Kit

Rear handlebars with soft, grippable texture and programmable buttons. Easy to install.
7-inch color touch screen controls the machine from the back
Adjustable laser light with post for use with pantograph
One Golden Threads Drift pantograph pattern
4mm hex wrench for installation
Appropriate cabling
Installation instructions
Note: Also needed for installation: 2.5mm hex wrench (included in your machine accessory kit)

Optional HQ Pro-Stitcher
The HQ Pro-Stitcher quilting system integrates Handi Quilter’s world-class quilting machines with the latest computer technology to help you finish more quilts. HQ Pro-Stitcher guides the machine to quilt any design you want to use, create, or customize. It works with all Handi Quilter stitch-regulated quilting machines: HQ Sixteen, HQ Simply Sixteen, HQ Avant, HQ Fusion, and HQ Infinity. Expand your quilting possibilities with this easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, computerized system and have fun finishing more quilts! Using integrated HQ technology, the HQ Pro-Stitcher offers the best of both worlds: computerized quilting and free-motion quilting in the same package.

KEY FEATURES OF THE PRO-STITCHER SOFTWARE

12-inch color touchscreen computer mounted on the HQ stitch-regulated quilting machine
Operate entire system from one screen
Includes more than 800 designs, including a designer showcase of motifs from your favorite designers
Switch between computer-guided and free-motion quilting at the touch of a button
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
Stretch and resize a design using on-screen handles
Define and Fill an area with a design, using 2-corner (rectangles) or multi-point (any shape)
Save and move areas
Two-Point Rotation for border designs and fitting odd angles
Precisely reposition designs using the Center Point, Start Point, End Point, any corner of the design area, or any point within the design
Crop inside or outside of your design to fit your quilt, with the option to close the jumps or leave them open
Create new start/stop points
Place designs into borders and other odd-shaped spaces
Customizable speed and stitches-per-inch
Micro Tie-Off function
Ability to read most .hqf, .txt and .qli digital quilt patterns
Seamless integration with Art & Stitch for designing and adjusting your own patterns at the machine (optional software)
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
Help menus always accessible

Digital Training Resources:

Machine User manual
Space requirements