New Owner Machine Only
NOW Mentor Program for new owners purchasing a machine.
About This Program
The program will get the New Owner (You) comfortable with your longarm machine 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 3 one-on-one sessions plus Introduction (max of 4 hours of the Mentor’s time) over 6 weeks.
What You Will Learn
The program is designed to get you started and comfortable with your longarm machine. 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 quilting machine. Whether you purchased from a dealer who did not offer training included or purchased a used machine from an individual, this program 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 13 courses are up to 4 hours of private mentoring as, well as a private community.
NOW Machine Only
NOW Mentoring Program for Machine Only
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 - Back & Forth Lines
Gain confidence with your Free Motion skills in Ellen's Free Motion Quilting 101 Series. Learn the building blocks of back and forth lines to get you started on your free motion journey.
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Free Motion Quilting 101 - Loops
Gain confidence with your Free Motion skills in Ellen's Free Motion Quilting 101 Series. In this course delve into loops by taking your cursive handwriting to the longarm.
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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.
Longarm 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.
Introduction to Troubleshooting
This course covers resolving longarm machine issues, stitch issues, Pro-Stitcher issues and cable management best practices.
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 3 sessions plus Introduction (max of 4 hours of the Mentor’s time) over 6 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]
