Courses in this bundle focus only on computerized longarming using Handi Quilter Pro-Stitcher, Pro-Stitcher Designer and Simulation (SIM). Courses range from beginner to advanced and are taught by industry expert quilters.
This bundle includes the following paid and free courses:
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FreeA Bit Of Orange - Special Discount
MK works with many designers and other quilting professionals. From time to time MK and those professionals would like to share promotions or discounts with you. This course will be updated as needed. Enjoy. MK :)
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$14.95Altering a Corner with Pro-Stitcher Designer
Learn how to alter a computerized design with ProStitcher Designer. Course focuses on the Split Line, Connect, and Swap tools.
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$19.95Alternative Cropping on Connected Edge to Edge
MK will pontificate here
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$9.95Attic Window Line Drawing with PSP and PSD
This course contains a very easy method for creating a Line Drawing of an Attic Window inspired quilt. Instruction on how to build the line drawing is done in both Pro-Stitcher Premium and Pro-Stitcher Designer.
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$48.00Best Practices for Pantos using PSP (2019)
In this session, we cover MK's way of using Simulation to pre-set and work with Pantographs (aka: e2e designs). We cover presetting pantos and then stitching them at your quilt, working through offset pantos with wrapping, and finish up with setting
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FreeCentering Your Backing Vertically
In this course, learn my very quick steps for centering your quilt top vertically on the backing before you load.
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FreeCharity Quilt as a Wholecloth Stitchout
The material in this course was originally shared as I stitched this out in my studio and posted the short video snip-its directly to the MKQU Facebook Group. It's been re-bundled and uploaded here.
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FreeChecking your machine timing - with a dog.
Checking your timing with a precision kit.
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$50.00Chevron Quilt Class
A two hour adventure in custom quilting. PSP, a little Art & Stitch, and actual machine action.
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$25.00Chunking the MK Way
Walkthrough the chunking process with MK starting from the basics. First, A very elementary explanation of chunking and details about how to pre-chunk your borders with some simple math.
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$29.95City Scape Quilt Stitch Out
From planning to stitch-out, follow along with Melissa as designs the quilting for the City Scape quilt using Pro-Stitcher Premium and brings it to the machine for stitching.
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$11.95Connected Edge-to-edge Using PSP and Designer
In this video learn how to connect a simple Edge-to-Edge design using a combination of Pro-Stitcher Premium and Pro-Stitcher Designer . Simple repeating and cropping will be covered plus some super simple steps in Desginer.
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$14.95Creating a Custom Area with PSP and PSD
In this course, learn an alternate method for creating a custom shaped area. Hint: We won't be using PSP's multi-point marking functionality
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$45.00Custom Cropping at the Longarm with Pro-Stitcher
Join Ellen in learning how to custom crop on the longarm using your ProStitcher. Learn how to stitch multiple designs in a single quilt!
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$29.95Custom Duplication and Grouping
Make custom quilting, row by row, faster with my techique called: Dupe and Group. That's short for Duplication and Grouping. Learn how to work with multiple designs in one row and how to approach saving these designs into a workspace.
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$199.95Designer Days
Monthly live webinars to learn ProStitcher Designer with MK and EA.
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$80.00GSTMKW#3: Digital Edge to Edge for Intermediates
The next step in your digital E2E journey with Pro-Stitcher. In this course we build on the Newbies course but we're going to be shaving off some steps thereby making the process go faster at the machine.
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$80.00Digital Edge-To-Edge for the Advanced Quilter
Taking (E2E) designs, with Prostitcher Premium, to the next step with MK. You'll learn about Quilt Pattern Indexer, PSP in Simulation Mode, Prostitcher Designer and ultimately your machine, to make the process fast and seamless at stitchout.
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$94.95Dream Big Holiday Poinsettia the MK Way
Let's Talk Simulation and Prostitcher Designer and a Lead into Reposition Zero.
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$35.00Dream Big Panel Class 1 and 2
Come along with MK as she dives into the Dream Big Panel craze. Learn how she approaches this stitch out using digital sets by Urban Elementz. Coupon Code for a 10% discount, courtesy of Patricia Ritter, owner of Urban Elementz will be available.
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$49.95Dream BIGGER - the MK Way
Learn how to take digital Dream Big sets from multiple designers and up-size them to fit the Dream Bigger ditially printed panels from Hoffman Fabrics.
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$24.95Dresden Stitchout using Area and Mark and Record
In this course, we'll use a combination of multi-point marking of an area and the use of the Prostitcher mark and record feature to create both an area and a design that we'll use to align other designs.
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$19.95E2E Left Right Left with Ellen
Use Pro-Stitcher to connect two edge-to-edge rows... creating one design that stitches from left to right and right to left.
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FreeEllen's Best Practices for Starts and Stops
Learn three ways to start and stop your longarm quilting when doing free motion or ruler work.
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$59.95Embroidery on the Longarm: The MK Way
Stitch out beautiful machine embroidery designs on your computerized longarm quilting machine. Yes, it's possible and the results are amazing.
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$19.95External Custom Cropping with Prostitcher Premium
Have an odd or unusual shaped project to quilt? Don't want to quilt into the areas of the batting that will be cut away? No problem. Learn some custom cropping and repositioning techniques with MK.
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$35.00Feather Chevron Quilt Class
In this course, we'll be working with Chevron designs from Christy Dillon. Owner of My Creative Stitches.
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FreeFree Pro-Stitcher Tips and Tricks
A collection of short video tips covering a variety of features and functions of Pro-Stitcher. Content will continue to be added to this course - check back often!
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$49.95New Owner Training January 2021
New Owner Training Webinar recorded live in January 2021. This is for the new machine (or machine w/PS) owner. We run through the basics and some best practices.
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$49.95GSTMKW#1: Pro-Stitcher for Beginners the MK Way
In this course MK strives to bring Pro-Stitcher down to the very basics. You'll start simple and build from there.
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$80.00GSTMKW#2: Digital Edge to Edge for Newbies
The best foundational training video available for Newbies to longarming and Pro-Stitcher.
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$59.95GSTMKW#4 :Inside Fit E2E with Easy Offset Borders
Learn how to select edge-to-edge designs that work well with with easy border patterns. Learn the tips and technique for design choice and layout, apply those techniques to an actual quilt and follow along throughout the entire stitching process.
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$19.95GSTMKW#5: Intro to Simulation with MK - A Virtual Webinar
This course is a brief introduction to Layout & Rendering, the term MK coined for how she uses PSP (running in simulation mode) as a layout and design tool. Spend an hour with MK learning the basics and getting introduced to the program and p...
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$19.99GSTMKW#6: Simulation 101 - Working with PSP Running in Simulation Mode
This is a basics course for Pro-Stitcher. Anyone attending one of MK's live training sessions should view this training so that they are ready to keep pace with the course.
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$48.00GSTMKW#7: Line Drawing Webinar
MK uses line drawings built to resemble the Quilt she was working on to help with planning and layout. She originally used line drawings just as a teaching tool. The Line Drawing Webinar ran past 90 minutes and had rave reviews.
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$54.95GSTMKW#8: Layout and Rendering w/MK REPLAY
This course was recorded live via Zoom. In this course, I did two quilt layouts in my "Layout and Rendering" style using Pro-Stitcher Premium running in simulation mode.
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$48.00GSTMKW#9: Layout and Rendering #2 (2019)
In this "recorded live" session of Layout and Rendering #2, you will review the MK Way of chunking borders, mixed layout techniques (i.e., block to block layouts) and the more complex border treatments known as L-Shaped, corner-connected borders.
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$19.95Gypsy Wife Stitch Out
Join acclaimed quilter Stephanie Baker as she demonstrates how she broke the design elements of this gorgeous quilt into 4 separate areas and approached the stitching for each section. Stephanie shares lots of tips & tricks along the way.
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$14.95How Do I Quilt This: Decisions to Make Before Quilting
Learn six decisions you need to make before starting your next quilt.
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$19.95How Do I Quilt This? Combination Quilt
Join Ellen in quilting her combination applique & patchwork quilt. Ellen uses ProStitcher Designer, ProStitcher, Free Motion, and Ruler work on this quilt. She walks you through the process in choosing designs and techniques for large negative...
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FreeHandi Quilter Machine Updates
Short video lessons showing how to update your Handi Quilter machines.
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FreeHow to select a laptop for your quilting needs
Learn how to select a laptop that will meet your quilting needs and more.
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$24.95How To Tame an Unruly Quilt
Quilt tops should be flat, but as we know all quilters have their "First Quilt." It might be a slight ruffle or some large waves, but with Ellen's help you can tackle that quilt and finish it with the same amount of love that went into it.
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FreeInstalling Pro-Stitcher and changing versions
Learn how to install and update Pro-Stitcher Premium. We recommend a way to store the installation files so you can easily access them from the PS Update button. There is also basic file management help.
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$54.95Karlee's Graffiti Wholecloth w/MK and EA
Learn to stitch out this beautiful mandala-style, wholecloth quilt with MK and Ellen. This digital design was created by designer and quilting artist, Karlee Porter. One design, two different approaches to stitching.
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Layout & Rendering #1 (2019)
This course is no longer available for purchase. We have updated this content and it is now available in a more comprehensive course Inside Fit E2E with Easy Offset Borders.
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FreeLoad Quilts the MK Way
Learn how MK loads her quilts in this in-depth course. MK will show you all the tools, tips, tricks and techniques that she uses to make loading accurate, precise and fast.
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FreeLoading the Loft Frame
How to load quilts on the Handi Quilter Loft frame.
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$14.95Lonestar Applique Stitch-Out
In this stitch out course , I show you steps talked about in the Storyboard version of the course.
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$9.95Lonestar Applique Storyboard
In this video listen as I walk you through a series of photos and screen captures of the process I used to plan out and layout the quilting designs for this beautiful Lonestar w/Applique quilt.
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FreeLongarm Ruler Quilting 101
In this free introduction course learn which tools and accessories you need to start on your ruler quilting journey. Ellen gives you her best intro tips and advice on longarm rulers, machine settings, and how to ruler ditch a quilt block.
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$75.00L-Shaped Connected Corners with Chunking
This is an advanced class on custom quilting covering many skills and techniques that MK uses. Running over three hours, this video not only utilizes the features of Pro-Stitcher Premium but also Art & Stitch.
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$39.95Make It On The Longarm
Our longarms are used for finishing quilt tops. There is "sew" much more we can do with them. In this course, I will introduce different projects created on the longarm. Some projects will be done 100% on the LA. Some will include piecing. Enjoy
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FreeMeet The Dynamic Duo From MK Quilts
In March of 2022, Ellen and I did the Intagram Quilt Fest (#IGQuiltfest2022). It was a 31-day online challenge. We did ours in video form. Hope you enjoy learning a bit more about your MK Quilts' Dynamic Duo.
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FreeMeet the MK Team
MK Quilts is much more than your typical local quilt shop. Melissa shares all about all the various services offered.
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FreeIntroducing MKDI-Webinar Replays (02-28 and 03-06 2023)
Recorded webinar introduction to the new MK Design Indexer (MKDI) including downloading the software, keywording and searching both your quilting and embroidery designs.
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FreeMKQU News & Announcements Webinars
Keep up to date with news and happenings here at MK Quilts University. A FREE webinar course where you can register and view the latest zoom webinar announcements.
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$49.95MK's Process: Project Samples from Start to Finish
Join Melissa as she shares new projects she's working on and demonstrates various aspects of her her work process from Layout & Rendering to Stitch-Out. New content will be added regularly.
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$24.95Modern Churn Dash / Block Building
Melissa shows how she built one quilting design for the Churn Dash block by assembling several different designs and then how she approached placing and stitching that one master design (built in 3 different sizes).
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$15.00National Sew a Jelly Roll Day with MK Quilts - 2022
Join MK Quilts as we celebrate National Jelly Roll Day! Melissa and Becky will be brining you a LIVE virtual session on Saturday, 9/17/2022. The quick and easy pattern ensures success for all levels. Sign up today!
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$14.95National Sew a Jelly Roll Day with MK Quilts 2021
Join us for a sew along with instruction on National "Sew a Jelly Roll" Day - Saturday, September 18th when we will be completing the Showering Stars pattern by Robin Pickens. Find full details in the first chapter.
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FreeOptions & Choices for Raw Edge Machine Applique
Learn about the many options for cutting applique shapes as well as selecting threads and stitch patterns. Explanations will be presented to identify why you may want to use certain methods in certain situations.
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$35.00Owl Charity Quilt Along
This is another "multiple techniques" course. We'll be doing things like border work, block to block stitching and custom cropping to name a few.
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$14.95Pretty Placemats: Using PSP and PSD for Stitching & Filling Odd Shaped Edges
Learn to use Pro-Stitcher Premium and Designer on the fly! Paco will show how to create and stitch an outline around an odd shaped placemat to easily ‘square’ it up for binding and then shows how to create a piano key design to fill in the gaps .
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FreeProgramming Your Handlebar Buttons
A quick video showing how to program the buttons on your adjustable handlebars.
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$34.95Pro-Stitcher Designer: Wholecloth PSD
Use some clamshell designs, a couple other p2p designs, a cool straight-line outer surround and boom. Super neat small wholecloth stitchout using both Pro-Stitcher and Pro-Stitcher Designer.
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FreePS Lite: Unboxing & Installation
Watch the unboxing of the highly anticipated Handi Quilter Pro-Stitcher Lite. Learn what all of the pieces and parts are and how to properly install PS Lite on your Moxie.
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$9.99Put Pro-stitcher Designer on Your Machine Tablet
In this course, walk through the steps of installing Prostitcher Designer onto your machine's tablet.
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FreeQPI Webinars & Training
Learn everything you need to know about organizing your digital designs with Quilt Pattern Indexer (QPI). From downloading the software and updating versions to keywording and searching your digital database... it's all here in one course.
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FreeQuick Machine Tips and Tricks with MK
When you've been quilting as long as I have, you come to know our wonderful HQ machines very thoroughly. Let me share with you some of the best machine-related tips and tricks. MK :)
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$29.95Quick PSD Tips from MK
This course contains quick tips from stitchouts in MK Quilts' studio. Topics will be varied but will be Prostitcher Designer focused. New lessons will be added as I have things pop up that I want to share. MK :)
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$39.95Quick PSP Tips from MK
This course contains quick tips from stitchouts in MK Quilts' studio. Topics will be varied but will be Prostitcher and Prostitcher Designer focused. New lessons will be added as I have things pop up that I want to share. MK :)
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$48.00Quilt of Valor Chapter Class
The lovely Quilt of Valor quilt used in this class was perfect the techniques I wanted to share. In this class we’ll be using Pro-Stitcher Premium and Pro-Stitcher Designer.
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$35.00Quilting the Double Wedding Ring Quilt - Standalone
Standalone Longarming Instruction for quilting the DWR quilt. Part of the DWR class as a bonus.
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$14.99Reposition Large Patterns on the Longarm
Ever work with a large design on your longarm and not sure how to advance or reposition? Follow along with MK and Ellen to see how they handle advancing a large pattern.
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$54.95Ribbons with Rays Class
This is an advanced training class using an actual customer quilt. Please take 'Layout and Rendering #1 and #2" before diving into this video. Pro-Stitcher Premium Simulator is used for most of the training, however there is also plenty of live.
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FreeSetting Up a Loft Frame - 6 Feet
Paul (Mr. MK) demonstrates how to set up the Loft style frame as a 6 foot table.
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FreeSewing Machine Mat Tutorial
Learn how to make a sewing machine mat in this quick tutorial with Ellen Ault!
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$65.00Simple On-Point Block Layout with Borders
A simple layout and stitch out all in one simple course.
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$65.99Splendor - Working with Triangles
This is a simple quilt with some very prominent triangular shapes. It was those triangles that caught my eye and upon which we'll focus on in this course. MK :)
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FreeStephanie's Quilt Hoist System
Stephanie and George Baker show how to install a unique quilt hanging system using simple supplies.
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$89.95Texas Star
Learn MK's quilting of Texas Star quilt including Duplication and Grouping, Connecting with Pro-Stitcher Designer, Mark and Record, Custom Cropping, Inside fit E2E w/skewing, Line Drawing and Layout and Rendering.
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$9.95Tips for Piano Key Corners & Feather Flower Designs
Melissa shares a few quick tips for working with Christy Dillon's Piano Key Corner and discusses picking the right designs to create the proper scale for an inside E2E pattern.
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$29.95Triangles: Creating and Quilting Large HST
Learn to custom quilt on large Half Square Triangles using PSP and Designer. Learn how to create triangle line drawings, select and modify designs, and make choices for the stitch out. This is the perfect course for the Confident Beginner and above!
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$19.95Turn a Border Design into an E2E Using the Wrap Feature
Learn how to use the Repeat Wrap feature to convert a border design into a repeatable edge to edge quilting design.
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FreeUpdating the Moxie
How to make updates on your Handi Quilter Moxie machine.
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FreeUsing the Handi Quilter Bobbin Winder
Leery of loading? Boggled by bobbins? Learn how to quickly and easily load your own bobbins using the Handi Quilter bobbin winder.
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$19.95What's Up With MK?
Keep up with MK in the studio. See what she's working on, how she thinks through things, interruptions and antics. Happenings with Ellen, Mr. MK and Samson. Basic life as we know it at MK Quilts. Sure to be loads of fun.
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$48.00Wholecloth Layout with MK
In this session, we take all the skills and techniques you've learned in Layout and Rendering #1 and #2, and wrap them all into one to come up and plan out wholecloth layouts.
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$19.95Working with Blocks Bigger than our Throat Space (03-2023)
Learn how to build or alter blocks to fit in your longarm machine's throat depth using Pro-Stitcher Premium and simple steps in Pro-Stitcher Designer. Cropping, splitting blocks and building blocks from triangles are just some of the options covered.
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FreeWorking with QPI
Quilt Pattern Indexer is a product of MK Quilts. Developed to assist you in organizing (indexing) and keywording your digital quilting designs. This is a primer course. 4 short lessons on how to easily set up and use the program.
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$15.00Working with your Tablet off your Machine
In this video we're talking about using your tablet off of your machine and attaching the keyboard that came with it so that we can use our tablet in simulation mode.
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Use the code 5offmembership at checkout to receive $5.00 off your membership dues for the first 6 months.