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MY HQ18 AVANTE HANDI QUILTER STORY IT ALL BEGAN WHEN I VISITED THE 2010 DALLAS QUILT SHOW. NANCY THE DEMONSTRATOR FOR THE HANDI QUILTER BOOTH WAS VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND SO DOWN TO EARTH SHE WAS A REAL INSPIRATION TO WATCH.SHE WASNT JUST SELLING A MACHINE SHE WAS GIVING HER HEART TO WHAT SHE DOES BEST. AFTER VISITING AND USING ALL THE MACHINES AT THE COMPETITORS BOOTH I WAS DRAWN BACK TO THE HQ BOOTH ACTUALLY SEVERAL TIMES IN THE NEXT 3 DAYS OF THE SHOW. I DECIDED THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED FROM NANCY WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IN A MACHINE AND WOULD FIT INTO MY DAILY JOB I ALREADY HAVE OF TAKING CARE OF MY MOTHER -IN-LAW WHO HAS ALZHEIMERS. I RETURNED HOME TO TALK IT OVER WITH MY HUSBAND. THE FIRST THING HE ASKED IS DID YOU FIND A MACHINE AND I COULDN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT THE HQ18 AVANTE . IF I COULD HAVE ANY MACHINE I WANTED WHICH WOULD IT BE AND AGAIN I SAID THE HQ18 AVANTE IT RUNS SO SMOOTHLY AND IS THE TOP OF THE LINE AS FAR AS THE THING YOU CAN DO WITH IT I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. BUT I KNEW IT WOULD TAKE ME A FEW MONTHS TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THIS AND ALSO ADD ON THE HQ PRO STITCHER BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS DREAM. A FEW DAYS LATER MY HUSBAND SAID WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE HQ18 AVANTE I FIGURED HE HAD A PLAN SO I LISTENED AS HE TALK WITH HIS HEART AND SAID I KNOW I WAS GIVEN A ANGEL WHEN I MEET YOU . FOR YOU TO TAKE IN MY MOTHER AND CARE FOR HER WITH NO QUESTIONED ASKED AND LOVE HER LIKE YOUR OWN. THE DAY YOU CAME HOME FROM THE SHOW AND TALKED ABOUT THE HQ18 AVANTE THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE AND EXCITMENT IN YOUR EYES I TOLD MYSELF THIS WAS SOMETHING SMALL I COULD GIVE YOU TO BRING SUCH JOY INTO YOUR HEART FOR ALL YOU HAVE GIVEN ME I WAS GOING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR YOU. SO I WANT YOU TO GO LOOK AGAIN. THE NEXT DAY I DROVE TO BRECKENRIDGE TX AND VISITED A QUILT SHOP THERE AND SPOKE WITH PATTIE STEVENS ABOUT QUILTING MACHINES SHE ALSO WAS VERY KNOWLEDGABLE AND SAID YOU REALLY NEED TO TRY IT AND SEE IF THIS MACHINE IS WHAT YOU WANT SO SHE GAVE ME SOME MORE HANDS ON INFO AND I FELL IN LOVE. THIS MACHINE RAN SO SMOOTH AND WAS VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND. SO I CALLED MY HUSBAND TOLD HIM THE PRICE WITHOUT THE HQ PRO-STITCHER HE SAID YOU DESERVE IT SO GET IT .I WAS SO EXCITED I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET IT HOME AND START. I HAVE BEEN MAKING QUILTS AND QUILTING FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS AND HAVE ALREADY QUILTED OVER 40 QUILTS.I DECIDED TO MAKE QUILTS FOR THE FAMILY TO START SO THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY NEW SECOND CAREER. LEARNING SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY,AND STILL HAVING THE EXCITEMENT LIKE THE FIRST DAY. MY REASON FOR CHOOSING A SECOND CAREER OF BECOMING A QUILTER IS TWOFOLD, EXTRA INCOME DURING THE DAY IN MY HOME , WHILE TAKING CARE OF MY MOTHER-IN-LAW JEANNE WHO NEEDS MUCH ATTENTION DAY AND NIGHT. I HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE VERY RELAXING BUT MOST OF ALL IS SEEING THE TWINKLE IN MY MOTHER-IN-LAWS EYE WHEN SHE IS HELPING ME SEPARATE THE SQUARES AND SCRAPS AND GIVING HER A FEELING OF STILL BEING ABLE TO HELP OTHERS WHEN SHE IS IN THE LAST STAGE OF ALZHEIMERS. EVERY TIME WE COMPLETE A QUILT SHE COMMENTS OH HOW BEAUTIFUL .BY HER SAYING THAT SHE WILL ALWAYS BRING ME JOY IN KNOWING SHE IS A PART OF MY SECOND CAREER WHICH I WILL ALWAYS HOLD CLOSE TO MY HEART. THE HQ18 AVANTE IS VERY USER FRIENDLY.THIS MACHINE DESIGNED BY QUILTERS HAS A ADVANTAGE OVER OTHERS BECAUSE IT ASSIST BEGINNERS AND EXPERIENCED EXPERTS IN COMPLETING PROFESSIONAL QUALITY QUILTS. AS A QUILTER AND A CARE-GIVER I FEEL THAT DOING QUILTING RELAXES YOUR MIND AND SELF KEEPING YOU ALERT AND GIVING YOU A LOT OF GRATIFICATION KNOWING YOU SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH OTHERS,IN THE HAPPINESS YOU RECEIVE, FROM QUILTING ENDING YOUR DAYS MORE PLEASANT AND THEN SOME... REMEMBER ALWAYS BELIEVE. SINCERELY CHRISTINA TISDALE
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