Category Archives: Quilt Shows

Access to our Longarm Quilting Studio

How many steps do you take? For some quilters, the flight of stairs to our longarm studio at the front door is the perfect opportunity to put more movement in their day. For others, steps are a pain in the knees.. and hips and ankles. At Burlington Electric Quilters, choose the access that works best for you. Many of you may not know it, but there are two entrances to our quilting haven.

Sixteen steps or six? Our front door has a sixteen step flight of stairs and the back door has six.

Six steps at the back door to Burlington Electric Quilters

While there isn’t an elevator to access our lower level business, we do our best to make it easy to reach the studio. If you prefer the shorter flight of stairs, let us know when you make your appointment. Just call the studio at (781) 229-0734 when you arrive and Louise will make sure the back door is unlocked. Or, if you can’t do stairs at all, we can communicate via phone and email and take your quilts at the curb.

As quilters, we may have dreams of our sewing space magically dust and spotless, or the corners of a pesky block that suddenly match precisely. If we could wiggle our noses and make magic happen at our quilting studio, it would be nice to wake up one morning and find an elevator next to the studio’s front door. 🙂

Burlington Electric Quilters has parking near the back door and plenty of parking in front. If you use the MBTA program The Ride or Burlington’s Community Transportation Program, their vehicles have room at the back door to drop you off.

Whether it’s sixteen steps or six, you’re welcome to bring in your quilt top for us to quilt, to rent a longarm machine or come in for an introductory coaching session. We’re happy to see you and be part of your quilting adventure.

Vacation!

Woo-hoo, we’re going on vacation! The studio will be closed from May 24 to June 2 while we visit some of our favorite spots and people out west. We’ll be back on June 3rd, hope to see you then!

2020 Holiday Hours

Our hours for the next two weeks are as follows:

  • Monday – Wednesday, Dec. 21 – 23: Open 9-5
  • Thursday-Sunday, Dec. 24 – 27: Closed
  • Monday – Wednesday, Dec. 28-30: Open 9-5
  • Thursday – Friday, Dec. 31 – Jan 1: Closed
  • Saturday, Jan. 2: Open 9-5
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Have a blessed holiday season!

New Pantographs!

We just purchased a couple of new pantographs that beginning longarmers are going to love.

The first one is called “Flower Child.” This is a cousin to “Spring Thing”, but ends up with a flower design instead of just loops.

© 2013 Apricot Moon Designs

Here’s what it looks like on a quilt:

The second one is called “Jax.”

Jax pantograph
© 2017 Keryn Emmerson

Jax is a bit more advanced, but the points are gently rounded and the design flows under your machine.

Be the first to use this and we’ll post a picture of the pattern on your quilt!

The Virtual Quilt Show

Gammill is offering us a great opportunity to take classes online rather than in person because of the pandemic. They have a group of great and experienced teachers, and subjects from beginner to advanced, using a longarm. I’m going – hope to “see” you there!

Click on the picture above to go their website to browse their classes and see if something intrigues you. Each class is only $40 and is chock full of tips, tricks and new ideas.