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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? You have the comfort of knowing that if an electrical or mechanical component fails, it will be replaced at no charge when you bring your machine to an authorized dealer or Gammill for service. This warranty does not cover normal wear parts.

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 ¼” 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? 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? 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 10 oz. Canvas with hemmed edges is durable, will not fray and will withstand the pinning and quilting of thousands of quilts.

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

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

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? Proper fabric tautness can affect the quality of the locking stitch. It is also essential to have proper fabric stability to make the precise patterns desired by today’s quilters and obtain the perfect look of your quilted project

Sew What? The machine comes with five (5) simple and attractive patterns for you to use to quickly become productive. These patterns were designed for you by Norma Woods Sharpe.

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

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? A brighter full spectrum light.

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

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? Your batting is conveniently located to support your quilting activities while making a relevant use of the space underneath the quilting frame.

Sew What? This allows you to use smaller spools of specialty thread. These threads are available at most sewing stores

Sew What? The extra support of the extended throat plate will help you to more accurately trace around templates or use rulers such as the Gam-Guide Jr. for “stitch-’n-the-ditch work.

Sew What? You will use the Gam Guide Jr. to make the piecing in the quilt really stand out when “stitched-’n-the-ditch”.

Sew What? You use this tool to precisely place near perfect circles and ovals on your quilts. Quilters often further embellish these shapes by adding feathers, leaves and so forth around these basic shapes.

Sew What? You will primarily use the Vertical channel lock in loading a quilt to baste the sides of the quilt and square it up. Another use that you will have with both Horizontal and Vertical channel locks is to use them to do stitch in the ditch or cross hatching. Finally, you can lock both the Horizontal and Vertical channel locks at the same time to hold the machine in one location so you can do some stationary sewing.

Sew What? The Gammill machines offer the largest quilting area in the industry. With a larger quilting area you will be able to see and quilt more of the quilt each time the quilt is advanced on the roller system. Simply stated, a larger quilting area allows you to be more efficient.

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? Proper fabric tautness can affect the quality of the locking stitch. It is also essential to have proper fabric stability to make the precise patterns desired by today’s quilters and obtain the perfect look of your quilted project.

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

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? Sew what? Using the down position, allows you to stop sewing and walk away from your machine while holding your place on the quilt top.

Sew What? Sew what? With the push of a single button you can quickly and accurately place 3 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? Sew what? With the push of a single button you can quickly and accurately place 3 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? 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? 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? 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? Sew what? The brighter LED light allows you to clearly see your sewing area and with the flip of a switch also have a black light that may be used to illuminate stencil powders or special markings on your quilt top.

Sew What? Sew what? The brighter LED light allows you to clearly see your sewing area and with the flip of a switch also have a black light that may be used to illuminate stencil powders or special markings on your quilt top.

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

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

Sew What? Sew what? You can quilt as much as you want assured that you’re that your machine is built to last.

Sew What? Sew what? You can quilt as much as you want assured that you’re that your machine is built to last.

Sew What? Sew what? This keeps the oil inside the machine and away from your quilt.