Joe Filer
I'm using a pantograph on a charity quilt

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I ordered a HQ24 Fusion at the Paducah quilt show in April of 2009 after comparing it with the competition. I have surpassed 500 quilts since I began logging my work in September, 2009. Most of my work has been dedicated our favorite charities: Project Linus, Quilts of Valor, and several local shelters. I have been especially pleased working with the HQ technical staff to improve the functionality and “personalization” of my machine. I have found that long arm quilting is a great challenge for a man, calling upon my background mechanical and mathematical experiences. The HQ technicians have been very helpful with my general questions and installation of software updates. They even invited me to beta test an update. I am hopeful that my input for product improvement and innovations is helpful and not viewed as too “kooky”. I love to tinker with my setup, looking ways to make my quilting easier and nicer. I really like the ability to using specialty threads that local quilters with other brands of machines don’t want to touch! Metallic threads have worked well on art quilts and glow-in–the-dark thread adds an exciting touch to the Project Linus kid quilts. I have been expanding my experience into denser custom quilting (picture), ruler work with monofilament thread, and trapunto with water soluble thread. Successful use of my Fusion encouraged me to try my hand at piecing my own top. During a short period when my Fusion was in for routine service, my wife gave me instruction to piece a “Sudoku” quilt of my own design. I finished it on the Fusion with a “puzzle” pantograph quilting pattern. It is a functional puzzle quilt that can be placed on the floor and solved with quilted playing pieces. It has been enjoyed by our children, grand children and even our dog. (picture) I’m looking forward to future projects that will include hand painted fabric with whole cloth quilting motifs. Long arm quilting need never get boring!

I own the following HQ machine: HQ24 Fusion

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