Category Archives: Digital Quilting

Kathy Wonders How She Ever Got Along Without QCT Automation.

Kathy has been quilting for customers for years on her Gammill Classic—no stitch regulation, just pure skill. That machine was always her “go-to.”

We used to demo QCT (QuiltMotion) at quilt shows, but Kathy never used it for customer quilts—until COVID hit. When the shows shut down and we were stuck at home, she asked me to set up a Continuum frame with a Block RockiT 21R—and everything changed.

Once she started using QCT5, she was blown away by how fun and efficient it was. Since then, Kathy’s upgraded to the Q’nique 21 Pro (just one step behind the new 21X Elite), and when she jumped from 1,800 to 2,600 stitches per minute and QCT6 Pro —her productivity skyrocketed. Her quilting output quadrupled.

Now she does almost all her customer quilts on the Grace frame with QCT. When she wants to do detailed custom work, she hops back on the Gammill—and keeps the Grace system running automated designs in the background. Two machines, twice the output.

If you’ve been thinking about QCT6, now’s the time to check it out and save big—you might just fall in love with it like Kathy did.

Great Place To Find Digital Designs!

Kathy really likes this website for finding digital designs. They seem to have sales going on all the time and their digital designs are very reasonably priced.

This is a design that Kathy used in one of our YouTube videos

Click on the image to visit One Long Needle Arts website or click here

To check out how Kathy used this design on her quilt click on this link: https://youtu.be/N6VHkzRfeJI?si=q0_tnCv6djllNEmL

This is a great video that will teach you so much about how a real long-arm professional uses QuiltMotion QCT6 Pro to work on customer quilts.

Kathy’s Favorite FREE Digital Designs You can download

Here are some free patterns that I have used many times and really like them and thought you might like them as well.

* Heatwave https://www.urbanelementz.com/heatwave-free.html
* Scrolling vine (I like this one a lot, there are also matching blocks for free) https://www.urbanelementz.com/scrolling-vine-free-pantograph.html
* Double pebble https://www.urbanelementz.com/double-pebble-free.html
* Plumeria (looks like a poinsettia) https://www.urbanelementz.com/plumeria-free.html
* Thistle https://www.urbanelementz.com/thistle-free.html
* Star spangled all over https://www.urbanelementz.com/star-spangled-allover-free.html
* Fall foliage leaf design https://www.urbanelementz.com/fall-foliage-border-free-28475.html
* Elizabeth (very beautiful panto) https://www.mycreativestitches.net/free-patterns/
* Elizabeth entire matching set with panto and blocks and corners and borders https://www.mycreativestitches.net/elizabeth-set/
* Stars and Stripes for quilts of valor https://www.tkquiltingdesign.com/products/tkq-qov3-e2e
* Sample designs (include 21 various free designs to test with your quilter) https://www.tkquiltingdesign.com/products/tkq-sample-designs
* Radiant fill block https://www.jukeboxquilts.com/shop/Digital-Patterns–Machine-Quilting/Free/p/JBKGA-Radiant-Fill-x38309410.htm
* Several free designs about halfway down this page http://www.designsbyvickie.com

Here are some other designs that I like: https://www.digitizedquiltingpatterns.com/shop/category/free-downloads/


If you have any questions please comment on this blog post and we will answer and help all we can.

There is also a 20% Off sale on QCT6 so now is the time to save!

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