2023 Longarm Seminar At Sea

Intro to Pro-Stitcher

Pro-Stitcher is an intuitive computer-guided quilting system designed especially for  longarm quilting machines. User-friendly and simple to operate, the step-by-step process for each function is easy and fun. New users – start here!

Pro-Stitcher Beyond Basics

You have the basics of Pro-Stitcher down. Let’s dive deeper into Pro-Stitcher to explore the powerful software capabilities which will enable you to create quilted masterpieces. Whether finishing your own quilts or consider a quilting business, come see the elegant and precise quilting you can accomplish with Pro-Stitcher. 

Free Motion Foundations & Background Fills

Quilters everywhere LOVE the excitement and fun of free-motion quilting – and it’s easier than you think! Create flowing designs by connecting simple design elements with continuous lines, traveling across the quilt or filling in a specific area. Learn how drawing and muscle memory contribute to beautiful free-motion quilting, and how you can create stunning designs. Interested in building a library of designs you can use with confidence? In this workshop, you’ll identify shapes you already love to quilt, learn how to create pathways to connect designs, and explore using different threads to really make your background fill quilting pop.

Intro to Designer

Pro-Stitcher Designer is full featured, vector-based drawing software which gives you the ability to quickly design, edit, customize, export and import any quilting motif you can imagine. This class will start with a basic overview of the easy-to-use features. New users will be creating their own digital designs for their next quilting project by the end of this class!

Advanced Courses:

Advanced PS Designer (2 night - $200) 

During these two nights, you will explore specific areas of Pro-Stitcher Designer.  These are not entry level classes and will assume you know the basic skills of the program and your computer.   

The first night, we will focus on lettering.  This is such a simple way to customize your quilt tops and takes minutes to learn the process.  Once you have this down, all the doors to letters will open to you.  We will digitize our own words, talk about how to make any word stitch out in one pass by closing the gaps between the inner and outer sections, and put them on a curve.  Now those baby quilts, or memory quilts can have an extra touch of personalization. 

On the second night, we will talk about creating a whole design family.  We will start with one element and expand off that one piece to create a full family of designs.  One border, one block and one corner can be created with ease when you take a step back and look at the big picture.  

Advanced Pro Stitcher (1 night - $100)

We are going to call this class, Combine to Make it Mine!  We will talk about how to take a design already loaded into Pro-Stitcher and make it something new.  Once you understand the process, you will see how easy it really is.  Let your mind go crazy creating new and fun designs for all your quilts.  The best part, you can do this anywhere using the Pro-Stitcher Simulator program.  It’s a new world out there once you master the steps of combining designs.

Ruler Your Quilts (Back by popular demand!)

If you love precision and consistency in your quilting designs, you will love using rulers and templates! These handy tools assist in placing designs accurately and stitching them out precisely. Learn to handle rulers and templates safely with the ruler base and Sure Foot, and how to achieve accuracy with the markings. The wide variety of rulers will inspire you to new design heights.

Happy Feet

Have you ever wanted to break away from your basic quilting and really see what your longarm can do? You can piece, quilt on unique fabric, apply binding to your quilts, and a lot of other great time saving techniques on your longarm. Find out what your longarm can really do and get ready to get more projects done.

How Do I Quilt It

Come to this workshop to explore how to create a quilting plan. We’ll look at ways to define the purpose and style of the quilt, build a theme, and choose threads to compliment the piecing of the quilt.

Feather Foundations 

Feather designs add a touch of class to any quilt. Learn to draw and stitch these beautiful elements in many different styles, from traditional to contemporary.

Advanced Courses:

Creative Fun With Your Longarm (1 night - $100) 

Join Micki for a fun evening learning how to use your longarm for more than just quilts!  In this class you’ll learn to think outside the box when it comes to your longarm.  Micki will complete one project in class demonstrating how to make a cute bag with a zipper…all on the longarm.  You can purchase a kit to take home as well.

Taking your ruler work to the next level (1 night - $100)

Join Micki for the exclusive opportunity to use rulers to take your quilts, and panels, to the next level.  Micki will walk you through ruler work on a fun panel.  You’ll want to make this project, so panels will be available for purchase.  This class is more than just ruler work, its ruler work on steroids!

Basics Of Longarm Quilting

Does longarm quilting interest you, and you’d like to learn more about it? Or do you just want a review of longarm quilting basics? This class removes the mystery of longarm quilting by explaining machine and frame elements and features, how to load a quilt, and vital facts about thread, needles, and tension. Longarm machine and frame systems come in various sizes for every budget and are user-friendly because they are designed by a quilter, for quilters – just like you!

Beyond Basics Techniques (couching, orange peel, binding on the machine)

Have you ever wanted to make a project stand out and be noticed?  Couching will do the trick every time!  In this class you'll learn how to use a variety of yarns to embellish your quilts and projects. Take a classic design – the orange peel – and spice it up. You’ll learn how to add creative designs to jazz up this basic quilting design. Also we will learn just how easy it is to bing on your longarm machine!

Edge To Edge Quilting With Tiffany

Learn how easy it is to complete an edge-to-edge design for your quilt.  With hundreds of designs included with the ProStitcher, you'll be stitching in no time. From simple patterns to advanced, this class has it all.

Intro to Custom Digitized Quilting With Scott

Let's get serious about designing your quilt.  Custom quilting is a breeze with ProStitcher Premium.  Scott will show you all the tools you need to make you quilts pop.

Advanced Courses:

Advanced Custom Digitized Quilting with Tiffany & Scott (1 night - $100)

Start with a quick introduction the The electric Quilt Companies EQ8 software. Save a few blocks and import those blocks into Pro Stitcher Designer. Once the blocks are loaded it is time to learn some cool tricks to designing the digitized artwork to enhance those blocks. Various designing techniques will be shown over multiple blocks. See how those designs will work together over your quilt top to create a cohesive quilting masterpiece.