Premier 18-8 HomePro

Sew What? Sew what? At a slow speed (around 5 - 8%) you can use it for basting and squaring up the edges of your quilt top. At slightly higher speeds you can efficiently do background fillers such as stippling. We have found that some of our most experienced production focused customers use the highest speeds to do "free hand overall" patterns and the fabric pattern outlining that is commonly done in decorator work rooms on comforters and bed spreads.

Sew What? With the push of a single button you can quickly and accurately place stitches to secure your quilting and prevent it from unraveling. Further, this button can be pushed to place basting stitches wherever you want them.

Sew What? In loading a quilt, you will primarily use the Horizontal channel lock to align and stitch the top edge of the quilt top straight to the backing and batting. This is a valuable tool in the first step of loading and squaring up the quilt.

Sew What? As machine throat space gets larger so does quilting area and the size of the designs you can sew all the way through to the bottom of the quilt.

Sew What? Although "M" style bobbins will run out of bobbin thread, you will do so half as frequently as you would with an "L" style bobbin.

Sew What? Gammill quilting machine company is concerned about your safety and the quality of products delivered to you.

Sew What? With the motor mounted externally it cools better so it will have a longer service life.

Sew What? You will make frequent use of the front handles for free motion and custom quilting while the back handles will be used for pantograph quilting.

Sew What? Is designed to make it easy for you to use thick plexiglass rulers and templates. The height of the foot can also be adjusted for proper stitch formation or to effortlessly handle extra thick seems.

Sew What? The hopping action reduces the drag of the foot so your machine moves easily across the fabric.

Sew What? With two cones of thread, you can use one to sew with and the other to wind bobbins while you sew. That way, you always have a bobbin ready when yours runs out.

Sew What? If you have not yet mastered the art of free motion quilting, you can still get nice results by following attractive pre-printed patterns using the stylaser.

Sew What? You will find that the Work Station and Pantographs are easy to use and that they are a quick way to begin making productive use of your machine.

Sew What? You will find that the smooth non-binding movement of the sewing head enables you to move the machine with minimal resistance thus making it seem effortless to sew precise smooth flowing designs including small well-rounded circles.

Sew What? You can use two different threads to mix colors and obtain that extra special look that you want for your quilt top.

Sew What? You decide what length of stand will fit your room, or will accommodate the size of quilts you think you will be quilting.

Sew What? To ensure that you have sufficient space to move around and operate the Premier Statler System, we would recommend that the room it will occupy is at least 7.5'-wide by 14'-long by 6' to 7' high.

Sew What? The quilting frame provides for solid support and smooth handling of the sewing head and framework to hold the quilt layers for even the largest quilts, without the roller bars bowing, as they are being quilted.

Sew What? The roller bars provide solid support to hold the quilt layers for even the largest quilts without the roller bars bowing as they are being quilted. This makes it much easier to keep your quilt square.

Sew What? The 10-ounce canvas with hemmed edges is durable, will not fray and will withstand the pinning and quilting of thousands of quilts.

Sew What? With just a light hand pressure you are able to advance your quilt, or roll it backwards.

Sew What? This keeps your quilt away from dust, lint and oil that may accumulate on the tracks.

Sew What? This is ideal for when you are doing detailed work like background fill techniques, or individual block work. Whether your feet and legs are fatigued at the end of a day or from a lifetime of work it is nice to know you can quilt in a comfortable seated position.

Sew What? This makes it easy to raise each end of the pickup roller to an equal height as you advance the quilt and the pickup roller becomes larger in diameter.

Sew What? It keeps your valuable pattern in place, clean and protected from coincidental wear or mishaps during use.

Sew What? Setting up the stand at the proper height allows you to be in a position to do your best work on a quilt top while reducing fatigue and standing with proper posture.

Sew What? You do not have to go online to print out the manual for easy reference.

Sew What? These well documented instructions includes: features of the stand, operation of the machine, preparation before quilting, loading the quilt, pantograph quilting, using the accessories and free motion quilting. It is a good reference resource if you have questions or uncertainties as a new owner.

Sew What? You can use these templates to precisely place a design on a quilt and then further embellish it with free motion quilting.

Sew What? You will be able to use the smaller spools of thread available at most retail sewing stores with your longarm machine.

Sew What? You will have more control of the machine to do the very precise and small detailed work on your quilts. Extend-a-Drive handles allow you to do the detailed very small work you may have often seen in award winning show quilts.

Sew What? The Large Gam Guide will help you to do the long lines or cross hatching that are so often seen and are very popular and striking in whole cloth quilts and in quilts with embroideries or cross stitching.

Sew What? Leaders with extra sets of edges allow you to check your tension, quickly change between projects, sit and pin your quilt to the leaders and make it easier to share the machine with another person.

Sew What? If you desire to share the use of your machine with a group of friends or you characteristically have a lot of UFOs (unfinished objects) on hand, extra zippered edges are really nice to have. You can keep the incomplete quilts on a set of leader edges and load a new quilt on another set. Further, some of our most productive customers will use time away from their quilting machine(s) to pin quilts onto extra sets of zippered edges so when they are back with their machine the quilt loading time from one quilt project to the next is shorter thus increasing their productive sewing time.

Sew What? These two components make it easier for you to sit and quilt at the front of the quilting frame and then efficiently move left or right while staying a comfortable distance from your frame and machine.

Sew What? Hydraulic Height Adjustment makes it easy to change the stand height to fit any operator plus it can provide for fast relief of the strain or fatigue resulting from holding your body being in one position for an extended length of time.

Sew What? This allows you to quickly pre-wind bobbins when you only have one cone of thread or when you want to prepare bobbins for your next project ahead of time.

Sew What? The light bar provides an inviting warm look, while giving you a proper amount of light where you need it - over your quilt.

Sew What? You will find that these large diameter casters allow you too easily and freely move and position the table even over plush carpet.

Sew What? This well documented DVD includes: features of the stand, operation of the machine, preparation before quilting, loading the quilt, pantograph quilting, using the accessories and free motion quilting. It is a good reference DVD if you have questions or uncertainties as a new owner.

Sew What? With a properly aimed stylaser light you will place patterns and straight line sewing on quilts precisely where you want them.

Sew What? To ensure that you have sufficient space to move around and operate the Premiere, we would recommend that the room it will occupy is at least 17.5"wide by 14"long, by 6" to 7" high.

Sew What? You can place patterns directly in quilt blocks without having to use stencils with messy powder or marking pens.

Sew What? A brighter full spectrum light.