Choosing the Right Longarm Quilting Machine: A Buyer’s Guide!

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When it comes to the art of quilting, the importance of a reliable Longarm quilting machine cannot be overstated. Quilting enthusiasts understand that the right machine can elevate their craft to new heights. If you’re in the market for a Longarm quilting machine, you’ve come to the right place.

At Burlington Electric Quilters, we take pride in helping quilters make informed decisions.

Let’s focus on the renowned Gammill Longarm quilting machines for sale!

Understanding Your Quilting Needs

Before diving into the specifics of Gammill Longarm machines, it’s essential to assess your quilting needs. Consider factors such as the size of your projects, the complexity of your designs, and your budget. Longarm quilting machines come in various sizes and capabilities, so having a clear understanding of your requirements will guide your decision.

Gammill Longarm Quilting Machines

Gammill is a name synonymous with quality in the quilting world. Known for their precision and durability, Gammill Longarm machines have earned a reputation for being a favorite among quilters worldwide. When exploring quilting machines for sale, you’ll encounter a range of models to choose from, each catering to different skill levels and preferences.

Gammill Statler for Sale

For those seeking the pinnacle of Longarm quilting technology, the Gammill Statler offers unmatched precision and automation. This advanced machine allows quilters to create intricate designs with ease. Its computerized system ensures perfect stitch accuracy, making it an ideal choice for those who demand perfection in their quilting projects.

Factors to Consider

    • Workspace Size: Determine the size of quilts you typically work on and ensure the machine’s throat size can accommodate your projects.
    • Budget: Gammill offers a range of machines to suit various budgets, so be sure to set a realistic budget before exploring your options.
    • Features: Consider the features that matter most to you, whether it’s automation, computerized controls, or additional accessories.
    • Training and Support: Look for dealers like us who offer training and excellent customer support to help you get the most out of your investment.

Choosing the right quilting machine is a significant decision for any quilter. Gammill’s reputation for quality and innovation makes it a compelling choice. At Burlington Electric Quilters, we’re here to assist you in making an informed decision and providing the support you need to elevate your quilting journey. You can easily buy the Gammill Statler for sale from our website.

Gammill Longarm classes, Burlington Longarm quilting classes

Why Should You Join Our Longarm Classes at Burlington Electric Quilters?

Longarm quilting,

Are you tired of the traditional way of quilting, hunched over your sewing machine, wrestling with your quilt like it’s a stubborn sausage casing?

Do you yearn to take your quilting skills to the next level?

Well, look no further than Burlington Electric Quilters, where we offer Longarm Quilting classes that will transform your quilting experience.

We conduct group classes to introduce quilters to the wonders of operating Gammill Longarm machines. Participants learn how to easily load their quilts, quilt their own unique motifs, and follow intricate pantographs.

You can visit our website to learn more about our Gammill Longarm classes.

Discover the Art of Longarm Quilting

In our private longarm coaching sessions, you will embark on a journey of discovery.

Here’s a glimpse of what you will learn:

  • Pinning Mastery: We’ll teach you the art of pinning your quilt top and back to zippers, ensuring a secure and smooth quilting process.
  • Loading Expertise: Learn the intricacies of loading the quilt top, batting, and back onto the longarm frame, setting the stage for a seamless quilting experience.
  • Machine Control: Gain proficiency in starting and stopping the longarm machine, giving you complete control over your quilting masterpiece.
  • Motif Magic: Discover the secrets of preparing your quilt sandwich for motifs, and even experiment with quilting across your top using pantographs or your own free-motion designs.

The best part?

Your introductory class is priced at a very minimal price and includes valuable quilting time on your very own quilt top and back, using a hand-guided machine. Don’t have a quilt top ready to go? No worries! Simply bring a piece of muslin or select one of the charity quilt tops that we have available at Burlington Electric Quilters.

Embracing Group Classes

At Burlington Electric Quilters, we believe in the power of a quilting community, and there are distinct advantages to learning in a group setting. In a group class, you have the unique opportunity to learn not only from our expert instructors but also from your fellow quilters. When it comes time for your first rental on the longarm machine, our instructors and fellow quilters will assist you in loading and quilting, creating an experience that feels almost like a one-on-one session.

While we’re excited to offer group classes, we understand that individual circumstances vary. For those who are unable to attend a class or have specific needs, we continue to offer one-on-one coaching. These personalized sessions ensure that you receive the attention and guidance you require to master the art of longarm quilting.

Ready to elevate your quilting game and embark on a journey of creativity and skill?

Join us and experience the joy of longarm quilting, where your quilting dreams can become reality. Stand tall as you effortlessly guide the longarm across your quilt, and welcome to the world of Burlington Longarm quilting classes!

Happy Birthday to Us!

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Six Candles on the Cake!

April 4th, 2023 is our 6 year birthday – we’ve been in business for 6 years! We made it through the pandemic and love to work with all of you wonderful quilters. To show our appreciation, we are offering a 6% discount on quilting or rental time from now to the end of April. Call 781-229-0734 or email louise@burlingtonelectricquilters.com now to book your appointment to rent or to drop off your quilt.

swirled green and red quilted runner on a white background quilted by Burlington Electric Quilters

Christmas Quilts 2022

Longarm quilting,

It’s that time of year again! The 2022 Christmas quilt deadline is December 6, so call now to make your appointment to drop off your top.

A Christmas quilt

Even if you’re still piecing, make your appointment to drop off your top so it’s wrapped and ready for Christmas.

Burlington Electric Quilters will be closed on:

  • Closed on December 24, 25 and 26, 2022 (Saturday through Monday)
  • Closed at noon on December 31
  • Closed on January 1 and 2, 2023

While you’re at it, hint that you’ve got a wonderful idea what they can get you for a gift 🙂

Make an appointment to get your top finished.

Burlington Electric Quilters has gift cards that can be used on quilting services, studio rentals and batting. Available in the amount that fits your beloved’s budget, these gift cards turn works in progress into finished objects (aka WIPS into FOs).

Speaking of FOs, take a peek a couple of Christmas quilts Louise made that are currently for sale at Burlington Electric Quilters..

batik quilt with stain glass blocks with green border
Christmas wall quilt with gold, red and green print fabric
3 women learning to use a longarm quilting machine at Burlington Electric Quilters

Dreaming of your own longarm?

Longarm quilting,

So you want your own longarm quilting machine?

It happens. Visions or your own longarm quilting machine dance through your head. You want one… now!

These visions may appear as you look at the pile of tops, neatly folded in a closet. Or you imagine a Statler Stitcher humming in the next room as you make dinner or piece more quilt tops. Maybe you’re at Burlington Electric Quilters… it’s time to go home and you don’t want to take your quilt off the frame. You just want to keep quilting!

A rack of quilting threads.

Louise can help make these visions reality. She’s a certified Gammill Sales representative who can answer your questions, help map out your quilting space and your longarm quilting goals.

A longarm machine is quilting joy – and responsibility.

Louise

Louise reminds you:

Pros of Longarm OwnershipCons of longarm ownership
Quilt anytime you like!Longarms take up a lot of space. Relocating them when you’re not using them is time consuming.
Leave your quilt on the frame.You need to build your own thread and pattern stash.
Customize and experiment to your heart’s content.You’re responsible for basic maintenance and troubleshooting.
Get to really understand your machine.
Like any choice, there are pros and cons of owning a longarm quilting machine

What is Louise’s advice? Rent longarm quilting machines to build your skills. Try both the Statler Stitcher and the hand-guided machines. Benefit from her experience, explore patterns for the Statler and hand guided machines. Enjoy the Burlington Electric Quilter’s thread collection. Try a longarm subscription to see if you really will quilt as much as you plan.

Get a few quilts under your belt. Make sure you’re comfortable with loading, rolling and quilting, threading the machine and changing needles. Once you’re comfortable using the machine, take it to the next step.

Louise

You can make your dream of owning a longarm quilt machine reality. Contact Louise to learn more.

Burlington Electric Quilters custom quilting on starry night pattern

Custom Quilting on Starry Nights

Customers' Quilts,

Custom quilting is an everyday joy at Burlington Electric Quilters. If you’re already using the Statler Stitcher, maybe you’re enjoying the wide range of patterns that Louise has available. Louise loves playing with the Creative Studio program, mixing and matching patterns to highlight quilt details for an heirloom custom quilt. Let me share what she did with Pat F.’s Starry Night Quilt.

Starry Night Quilt Pattern from Sew Kind of Wonderful
Nativity scene quilt custom quilted by Burlington Electric Quilters
Louise custom quilted to complement Pat F.’s beautiful piecing

All of those gorgeous pieced curves give this quilt a quiet, cozy vibe. Starry Night gives a modern touch to a nativity scene. Using the white background, you feel traditional quilt. The colored mix of prints and semi solids for the blocks add whimsy and interest. Clearly, Louise and Pat took time to create their quilting strategy.

An allover background quilting pattern on the white background keeps the focus on the piecing. The star in the manger is simply echo quilted, letting that bright yellow pop. But look carefully at the custom choices to quilt the camel, the donkey and the sheep. It’s more densely quilted, so each animal doesn’t puff up. She uses the same technique on the faces and garments of the wise men. The fabric patterns may blend with the quilting, but the overall impact is perfect.

If you have a special quilt top and would like to have it custom quilted, make your appointment to see Louise for custom quilting. Together, you will choose motifs, textures and thread color. Then, Burlington Electric Quilters will transform your top into a gorgeous custom quilt.

Double Wedding Ring Quilt

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Can you list just one wonderful thing about the Double Wedding Ring quilt pattern? Looking at Martha’s custom machine quilting and gorgeous piecing, I frankly couldn’t choose just one.

Bali wedding star quilt in gradient shades of blue and tan batik fabrics on white background.
Martha’s beautiful double wedding ring quilt

This pattern is actually a Bali Wedding Star, first designed by Judy Niemeyer in 1996, then reissued in 2014. It combines the classic double wedding ring pattern with an eight pointed star. This block is perfect for paper piecing.

In Martha’s quilt, the gradient use of the batik fabrics is striking on the creamy white background. Did you notice that the double wedding rings have a different arrangements of fabrics to create the gradient movement? What a beautiful combination of glow yet calm that soothes and excites at the same time. And that’s just the piecing!

Look closer, because Martha took an equal amount of care with the custom quilting using the Statler Stitcher. Clearly, this is not the first time she’s played with the programmable options on a long arm quilting machine. Dense quilting gives texture to both the piecing and the background.

Louise says, “Martha’s been doing custom Statler work, dropping patterns into the shapes on the Bali Wedding Star quilt and adding custom border work as well.”

  • Detailed custom quilting pops on solid, light backgrounds
  • So many quilting details!
  • Quilted motifs surround wedding ring connections
  • Even the checkerboard border gets quilted

As you might imagine, Martha made this as a wedding gift for her daughter.

Embroidered wedding date & names on Martha's custom quilt
Embroidering the couple’s name and wedding date is an extra heirloom touch

A wedding quilt is a special, and it was the perfect opportunity for Martha to take her Statler Stitcher experience and let it shine. What will she quilt next?

Hats off to Martha for a stunning quilt, and best wishes to the couple for a joyful and happy life together.

Happy Birthday to us!

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Save 5% on quilting services April 2022 at Burlington Electric Quilters

Celebrate! In April 2017, Louise opened her doors as Burlington Electric Quilters. She’s grateful for the five years of quilts, stories and stitches and wants to celebrate.

Make your appointment for quilting services now through April 30, 2022 and receive 5% discount on all quilting services.

Whether you’re dropping off your top to be quilted or reserving time on the Statler Stitcher or other Gammill hand guided longarm quilting machines, come celebrate with us.

Call or email to make your appointment now.

In person classes are back!

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List of 2022 Longarm Quilting class dates north of Boston

Introduction to Longarm Quilting Class

Pick your Saturday morning, and enjoy a small group, hands on quilting experience. Louise looks forward to the wonderful energy that every group class brings. Learn more about the three hour longarm quilting introduction, and choose your class.

The lesson costs $75. Register for an upcoming Longarm 101 Quilting class by calling (781) 229 – 0734 or email: louise@burlingtonelectricquilters.com. You can send in the longarm quilting lesson registration fee or deliver it to Burlington Electric Quilters, 264 Cambridge St. Burlington, MA 01803.

Of course, we continue to monitor the COVid protocols, and may need to be flexible with dates. If Burlington Electric Quilters chooses to change the dates due to COVid and you aren’t able to find a date that works in your schedule, we will refund your class fee.

Quick cutting with AccuQuilt

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Who wants precise, trimmed fabric pieces so they can start sewing blocks?

If that’s you, come on over! We have a wide range of quilt dies so you can cut quilt pieces quickly with AccuQuilt.

Louise purchased the Studio Cutter 2 shortly after Burlington Electric Quilters opened its doors. She loves the precise pieces and already-trimmed corners. Here are a couple of the quilts that used AccuQuilt for quilt piecing.

  • Half square quilt – Postcards
  • Rent AccuQuilt cutter at Burlington Electric Quilters
    Happy Valentine’s Day!

Never heard of AccuQuilt? Well, get ready for some eye-popping advantages.

  • This quilting tool slices your fabric cutting time by up to 90%. Whenever she has half square triangles, the AccuQuilt is Louise’s tool of choice.
  • It trims the corners of pieces, reducing the time it takes to sewing components together.
  • It’s easier on your wrists and shoulders than rotary cutters.

How does it work? Watch how the AccuQuilt cutter slices so many triangles in a snap.

See how quickly Ohio Star block pieces are cut using the AccuQuilt cutter

The AccuQuilt Studio 2 Cutter at Burlington Electric Quilters has hearts, squares, parallelograms, triangles and more shapes to meet your piecing or appliqué requirements. If you’ve got a specific block in mind, let Louise know, as she probably has the right mix of dies ready and waiting.

Ohio Star quilt made with AccuQuilt by Burlington Electric Quilters
Ohio Star quilt top

Ready to learn more about the AccuQuilt? Their website has plenty of how-tos, free patterns and encouragement to get you started. Then turn to your stash and play with the possibilities.

AccuQuilt pieces are a great way to use layer cake, jelly roll and charm packs – not to mention the fat quarter bundles that your stash may be hiding.

Linda C came into the studio last year and thought it was a “game changer.” Cutting half square triangles quickly excited her for new quilt patterns.

  • Cut with AccuQuilt
  • Cut HST at Burlington Electric Quilters with AccuQuilt
    Sewed into HST
  • One of Linda’s finished quilts


“Bring on the patterns full of Half Square Triangles,” she declared.

Maybe you don’t want to start a new quilt, but turn to your WIPs with new inspiration. Want a flying geese border for a king size quilt? Suddenly this could happen in just a fraction of the time. Or maybe you started a T-shirt quilt and haven’t trimmed the blocks. The AccuQuilt cutter makes that job easier, too.

Are you ready to cut quilt pieces quickly? The first five people who leave a comment on the blog post will receive a free hour on the AccuQuilt cutter.

Leave your comment, gather your fabrics and get ready to cut quilt pieces quickly with AccuQuilt.