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.
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.
Even if you’re still piecing, make your appointment to drop off your top so it’s wrapped and ready for Christmas.
While you’re at it, hint that you’ve got a wonderful idea what they can get you for a gift 🙂
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..
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!
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 Ownership | Cons 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. |
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
As you might imagine, Martha made this as a wedding gift for her daughter.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Never heard of AccuQuilt? Well, get ready for some eye-popping advantages.
How does it work? Watch how the AccuQuilt cutter slices so many triangles in a snap.
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.
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.
“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.
Leave your comment, gather your fabrics and get ready to cut quilt pieces quickly with AccuQuilt.
What inspires us to quilt? Do you find quilt inspiration in your passions? Philosophical, perhaps, but each of us finds meaning and purpose differently. Burlington Electric Quilters finds inspiration in Jed Stephesen’s journey to race the Iditarod.
What does the 938 mile dog mushing race have in common with quilting? Like quilting, mushing is a passion that captures your heart, body and imagination. There are many pieces to sew together in order to qualify for such a competitive race. Caring for his dogs and preparing himself for mushing frames Jed’s family life in northern Idaho. Like many of us, quilting every day is part of our “training” to make the best quilt ever. Inspired by his father’s adventures and literature, Jed’s passion will hopefully lead him to the finish line in Nome, Alaska.
Jed’s father is Louise’s cousin, which brings his story to Burlington Electric Quilters.
“Isn’t he amazing,” Louise asks? “I’m so impressed.”
Burlington Electric Quilters chose to sponsor Freya, who was named after the Nordic goddess of love, fertility and fine material possessions. That’s a great fit for a longarm quilting business!
A mushing team at the Iditarod has fourteen dogs, with at least five actively pulling the sled at one time. It brings to mind the 12+ Puppies quilt that Louise made for her daughter.
While they may not be mushing dogs, this quilt will keep you warm. Louise’s addition of the black paw prints contrasts nicely with the grey and white blocks that have a pop of pink. The semi-solid background highlights the detail and texture of the “Dog Bones” longarm quilting pattern. Well done, Louise!
If you’re inspired by Jed’s story, you or your business can sponsor Jed’s passion before turning back to piecing your next quilt. Good luck to Jed, and may our passions lead us all to inspiring places.
Are you tired of crouching over your sewing machine, shoving a basted quilt sandwich around like a sausage? Are you ready for a new quilting skill? Then call Louise and schedule your private class to learn how to use a longarm quilting machine.
In the pre-pandemic days, Burlington Electric Quilters offered group classes to show quilters the basics of loading a quilt on the Gammill machines. Each quilter would experience the joys of easily quilting their own motifs and following a pantograph. After the class, you could reserve a block of time to quilt your next top. Louise adapted her introduction to longarm quilting class and now offers a private four hour session at the same price.
What will you learn in your private longarm coaching session?
You’ll learn how to:
Your introductory class costs $100 and includes quilting time on your own quilt top and back using a hand guided machine. Don’t have a quilt top ready? No problem! Just bring a length of muslin or choose one of the quilt tops for charity that Burlington Electric Quilters has on hand.
While the group camaraderie isn’t the same, this new format allows you to start quilting immediately, rather than booking a second session to work on the longarm individually.
Build your quilting skills and stand tall as the longarm glides across your nice, flat quilt sandwich – welcome to the world of longarm quilting! Learning how to use a longarm quilting machine isn’t difficult, but many first time quilters have a moment of insecurity. May we offer a few suggestions to make your first longarm quilting experience less stressful?
How do you reserve your private coaching session on the longarm machine?
Call Louise at 781-229-0734 or email her at louise at burlingtonelectricquilters.com. We ask for a 50% deposit at the time of the class reservation, with the remainder due when you arrive for private session. Don’t forget to bring your mask!
There’s no better time than the present to start that quilting project you’ve always talked about. At Burlington Electric Quilters, we’re here to help you learn new skills and complete amazing quilts in no time through our various professional longarm quilting services. The atmosphere at our studio is warm, fun, and welcoming to quilters of all backgrounds. Whether you’ve been sewing for decades or are just learning the basics, our professional longarm quilting services include aid and resources for everyone.
Come participate in a class or rent time on one of our computer- or hand-guided Gammill longarm machines at our cozy quilting studio in Burlington this season.