New Owner Machine and Pro-Stitcher
NOW Mentoring Program for New OWners purchasing a longarm machine and Pro-Stitcher.
About This Program
The program will get the New Owner (You) comfortable with your longarm machine and Pro-Stitcher through a series of courses in partnership with your Mentor. The schedule will be decided upon between you and the Mentor and will cover roughly 4 one-on-one sessions plus Introduction (max of 5 hours of the Mentor’s time) over 7 weeks.
What You Will Learn
The program is designed to get you started and comfortable with the machine with Pro-Stitcher. The structure is to introduce a new concept each session and build on it in following sessions. If there is difficulty with a topic or technique the Mentor will help guide you and answer questions before moving on to the new material.
Who Is This For?
The new owner wanting one-on-one mentoring in learning how to use their longarm machine and Pro-Stitcher. Whether you purchased from a dealer who did not offer training included or purchased a used machine from an individual, this is for you.
Included with this Amazing Program:
Personal mentoring
Study on your own terms with 24/7 access
Engage with other new owners in the private community
Access from anywhere across multiple devices
This Bundle Includes the Following Courses:
In addition to the 17 courses are up to 5 hours of private mentoring, as well as a private community.
NOW Machine and Pro-Stitcher
NOW Mentoring Program for Machine and Pro-Stitcher
New Owner Training
New Owner Training Course. This is for the new machine (or machine with Pro-Stitcher) owner. We run through the basics and some best practices.
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Using 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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Ellen's Best Practices for Starts and Stops
Learn three ways to start and stop your longarm quilting when doing free motion or ruler work.
Load 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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Free Motion Quilting 101 - Meandering
Gain confidence with your Free Motion skills in Ellen's Free Motion Quilting 101 Series. In this course master your meandering for a classic fill that you will be able to use as allovers or in custom work.
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Free Motion Quilting 101 - Swirls
Gain confidence with your Free Motion skills in Ellen's Free Motion Quilting 101 Series. All quilters love swirls! Learn the basics of the curves needed for quilting swirls.
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Free Motion Quilting 101 - Paisley
Gain confidence with your Free Motion skills in Ellen's Free Motion Quilting 101 Series. Paisleys are great tear drop shapes to have in your free motion library of designs.
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GSTMKW#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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GSTMKW#2: Digital Edge-to-Edge for Newbies
The best foundational training video available for Newbies to longarming and Pro-Stitcher.
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GSTMKW#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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GSTMKW#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 process.
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GSTMKW#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.
How to Select a Laptop for your Quilting Needs
Learn how to select a laptop that will meet your quilting needs and more.
Introduction to Troubleshooting
This course covers resolving longarm machine issues, stitch issues, Pro-Stitcher issues and cable management best practices.
Installing 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.
Working with MKDI (formerly known as QPI)
MK Design Indexer (formerly known as QPI) is a product of MK Quilts. Developed to assist 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.
Taught by World Class Instructors:
Paco Rich
Contributor & Mentor
Paco is a Southwest New Mexico native, born and raised. She started her self-taught quilting journey in 2014. In July 2016, she dove in and accomplished her first free-motion quilting on an HQ Avante and continued learning computerized quilting on an HQ Fusion with Pro-Stitcher. Paco specializes in quilt piecing and computerized quilting with Pro-Stitcher and Pro-Stitcher Designer. She continues to mentor and support those wanting to learn more about piecing quilts and computerized longarming.
Melissa Kruschwitz
CEO and The MK
Founder and primary trainer at MK Quilts. MK started out as a quilter over a dozen years ago and is now a freelance computerized longarming expert specializing in the Handi Quilter Pro-Stitcher. Her real-world training comes from growing her basic longarming passion into a profitable business that involves many that share her passion.
Ellen Ault
Free Motion Expert and MK Quilts Shop Manager
Ellen joined MK Quilts in 2019 as the Studio Manager using her broad skills to stitch our customer quilts with both free motion and computerized longarming. She has a unique affinity with rulers and free motion that complements MK's skills. Ellen contributes to MK Quilts content and offers her own special courses.
Paul Kruschwitz
CTO and Founder - King Nerd
After 30+ years in Enterprise I.T., Paul found that his and MK's combined skill sets uniquely made them the perfect team to run MK Quilts. Every beauty needs a beast. The move of the longarming craft into computerized tools and social media left a demand that most retailers could not fill. While others struggle to survive, MK Quilts continues to grow in difficult times.
Frequently Asked Questions:
The schedule will be decided upon you and your Mentor and will cover roughly 4 sessions plus Introduction (max of 5 hours of the Mentor’s time) over 7 weeks.
In addition to having your longarm with Pro-Stitcher set up and ready for quilting, you must have fabric and batting on which to practice the techniques, thread, needles, etc.
All communication and courses will be led through Zoom, email, the MK Quilts University and NOW Community.
Work outside of the dedicated mentoring session time to practice learned techniques will be necessary for proficiency (Handi Quilter suggests 15 minutes every day!). You must assume responsibility for continuing education both during and after the mentoring program.
If the pace of the program needs to be significantly altered, there may be an additional charge to extend the program in order to complete the planned program sessions.
If you are ready to get started, click on the BUY IT NOW button at the top right. If you have further questions, feel free to email [email protected]
