Thursday, May 11, 2006

How Can the Quilter's Cruise Control Help?

The Quilter's Cruise Control is designed with the casual quilter in mind. That is the Quilter, regardless of ability, has a time constraints that don't allow hours of quilting. Machine Quilting really Quilter's Cruise Controltakes time and practice. It also take being consistent, meaning that you don't quilt for one or two days and then put it away for a year. When you can only quilt sporadically at best, then every time you begin anew, you have to relearn, and it take time to get back into your quilting groove. The Quilter's Cruise Control is really helpful in this case because it allows you to quilt slowly and take your time. This not only helps you to get use to using your frame again, but if you are doing complex, or intricate quilting, you don't have to worry whether you have the speed set just right or not. Having even stitches also is a huge benefit, because it can look like you are a gifted quilter, even if you don't really have the "gift".

There are only certain machines that work with the QCC, so it is important to determine compatibility before ordering your Cruise Control.

The Quilter's Cruise Control is special because it is what they call a stitch regulator. It has a brain that senses the movement of your machine frame carriage and then tells the sewing machine how fastQuilter's Cruise Control to stitch. With all that complexity, there comes a fairly hefty price, the Cruise Control is $499, and most every one gets the Remote Switch ($25), so they can turn the "Brain" on from either the front or the back of the frame. You have the new Little Gracie II, so you won't need the Parking Space. When you switch on the QCC, it is in what they call, "Idle Mode". That means that it is stitching, but at a few stitches per Quilter's Cruise Control remote switchminute. When you start moving the carriage around, it begins to speed up the machine. It is really cool.


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