I am a third generation quilter. My great grandma made many beautiful quilts by hand and hand quilted them as well. As a child, I was fascinated by this beautiful and creative pastime. My mother became a quilter and followed in my great grandma's footsteps but she took it to the next generation by using a machine. Mom never did any hand quilting or machine quilting because of her arthritis, however, she continued machine piecing until her hands would not allow her to continue. So the passed the baton on to me. I have been actively quilting for three years now. I retired early so I could quilt. Yes, I retired to quilt. I was so afraid if I waited until retirement that I too would risk the ol' arthritis syndrome. So my husband and I sold our "dream home" and moved north. We bought a home in Clintonville which actually was a better location for my husbands work. I joined two quilt guilds to meet people who loved to quilt like I do. Quilting is my passion but there was something missing.
Last year my husband and I went on a motorcycle trip to Minnesota and we stopped at as many quilting stores I could find. One of the stores in Duluth,Mn had an HQ on the floor. After asking quilt store owner tons of questions, I was ready to buy. It took me about 6 months to sell the idea to my husband but once he jumped on board I was ready to go. We tried out three different brands of machines and I was sold on the HQ. Once we made our decision we purchased the HQ in January of this year with the intent to start up my home business. "Always In Stitches" was born and went live in April. I love love love my machine it has added the additional creativity that I was looking for. Every time I quilt another quilt I am amazed at how fabulous they look once I have added the creative touch. The best of all is my mother is still here to see the quilts that I make. My mom was recently able to attend our quilt guild's quilt show and she saw all the quilts that I have made as well as all the quilts that I had quilted of others. She said to me she has never seen such beautiful work. The best compliment I could ever receive from my mother was when she said "You do things I never dreamed of with your quilts". Wow, coming from mom that says a lot.
Thank you for having such a great machine available at such a reasonable price. I love my machine. I sing your praises everyday. I'm so glad that I took the time to find the right machine for me. My husband is so proud that he has been working towards turning our basement into a lovely quilting studio. Thank you also for your great support staff. They too have been wonderful and helpful to me.

I own the following HQ machine: HQ Sixteen