HQ Sweet Sixteen Sit-Down System with TruStitch Stitch Regulation System

The HQ Sweet Sixteen® with TruStitch Stitch Regulation System  from Handi Quilter

The best selling sit-down longarm machine on the market today. 

Introducing the most technologically advanced way to sit-down free motion quilt with stitch-regulation. Handi Quilter’s HQ Sweet Sixteen is simply the best way for quilters to tackle projects with a sit-down machine. With the introduction of TruStitch, quilters are now able to create quilt designs with beautifully even stitches.

Avoid the frustration of uneven stitches with the TruStitch Stitch Regulation System. The small controller attaches to your quilt and communicates with the machine as you move the fabric, regulating the stitch length automatically.

If you love to free-motion machine quilt but struggle to fit your project in the small throat space of a domestic sewing machine, you’ll love the HQ Sweet Sixteen^®. Sixteen inches of throat space gives you room to quilt even a king-size quilt. The smooth surface of the included table enables your project to glide under the needle. The powerful motor quilts with ease and stitches up to 1500 stitches-per-minute. Choose your three favorite speed settings, on the easy-to-use color touch screen and let the machine remember them.

Quilt Projects of All Sizes While Seated

• Full 16 inches of throat space
• Provides more than three times the quilting space of domestic sewing machines
• More than 8 inches vertical space
• Speeds up to 1500 precision stitches-per-minute
• High-speed rotary hook with large capacity M-class bobbin
• Useful half-stitch for basting or walking stitch, controlled with touch screen or foot pedal
• Smooth 30” x 36” table surface assures even quilting
• Additional 18" table extension available for both sides of the table
• Hopping foot prevents fabric movement during a full-stitch cycle
• Works with HQ rulers for perfect stitch-in-the-ditch and curved quilting lines

Easy-to-use system Designed by a Quilter, for Quilters^®

• Easy setup and take-down
• Accommodates any thread: cotton, polyester, rayon, metallics, holographic, etc.; allows for bobbin work with larger threads
• Change needles easily with thumb screw
• Responsive foot pedal
• Innovative light ring illuminates the quilting area with 28 LEDS
• Can be upgraded to a stand-up machine if desired
• Adjustable color-touch screen
• Customizable speed control
• Save your preferred speed settings. Save one speed setting for slow, controlled quilting; one for free-motion; and another for fast all-over designs
• Stitch counters: lifetime and resettable trip meter
• Hardware, software and serial number information
• Diagnostics
• Volume control
• Built-in calculator

What comes in the box?

• HQ Sweet Sixteen 16" Longarm Quilting Machine
• Included Table - Height Adjustable 26"- 42"
• 4 extra bobbins, 20 needles, sample thread pack
• Getting Started DVD
• Machine User Manual and instructions