The Quilted Rose
Longarm Training Center
Initial
4-Day Training
At The Quilted Rose,
your training is as important as your machine purchase. We offer the
most comprehensive four days of training in the longarm machine quilting
industry. Our instructors have over 20 years experience in longarm
quilting. With your purchase, you will receive four days of training
(a $450.00 value) free of charge on the Gammill
model you have purchased. Class is limited to 6 students so that each
may received individual attention. We have 9 Gammill machines in our
large classroom (3600 sq. ft.). Questions are encouraged and cameras
are welcome. (Note: If you are unable to attend class for 4 consecutive
days, arrangements can be made to customize your training schedule.)
Class supplies:
- Eight (8) yards of muslin, cut into 2-yard increments
(you provide the muslin)
- Pre-printed fabric panels (supplied by The
Quilted Rose)
- Information notebook (supplied by The Quilted
Rose)
Course Syllabus
| Starting a Business
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- Advertising
- Pricing
- Work orders
- Record keeping
- Copyright issues
- Quilt storage
- Customer relationships
- Handling difficult situations
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- Setting up a pantograph pattern
- Various ways to pin on a
quilt
- Threading the machine
- Using different types of threads (e.g., metallic, variegated)
- Using accessories/attachments (e.g., Gam Guide, Gam
Guide Jr., double spool holder, laser light, extended throat
plate, bobbin winder, stencil kit, WorkStation, and the Design
Center)
- Using rulers and templates
- Using channel lock
- Adjusting horizontal and vertical locks
- Using the on/off switches
- Using single and full stitches
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Getting
Ready to Quilt
- How to prepare a quilt for quilting
- Choosing a pattern to compliment the quilt, including
good patterns for beginners
- Ideas for custom quilting
- Dealing with problem quilts
- Bringing the thread up – starting & stopping
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Quilting
Techniques
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Crosshatching
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Stitch in the ditch, including the Wonder Disc
(included in price of machine at The Quilted Rose)
and the extended throat plate
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Feathers, motifs, border designs, corners & sashing
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Trapunto
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How to add borders
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Interlocking and spacing pantograph patterns
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Using tear-away paper for motifs
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Video – “Design with Lines” by Pam Clarke
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Basting a quilt
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Binding on the machine
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Custom quilting ideas – practice 20 different custom
quilting ideas
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Maintenance
The Quilted Rose has the
most extensive maintenance class available. This portion of
the class is hands-on and you will complete all the maintenance
procedures. (During this portion of the class, your significant
other is welcome to participate.)
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Keeping the machine clean
How to clean the
tracks
How to clean the
wheels
- Keeping the bobbin area
clean
- Cleaning
the bobbin case
- Maintaining
the cradle or carriage
Changing the needle
- How to determine the
correct position of the needle
- When to use different
needle sizes
- When to change the needle
- Differences in sharp
and ball point needles and when to use them
Wheels
- Use of V shape and U shape wheels
- How to balance wheels
- How to determine when
you n eed
new wheels
Stitch regulator – “Plus” machine settings
- How to access the settings
for the stitch regulator
- The meaning of the different
settings
- How to change the settings
Oiling
- How often to oil – daily,
weekly, monthly
- What kind of oil to use
- Types of oilers
Timing
- How to use the timing
device
- How to determine correct
timing
- Correcting the timing
- Proper needle bar height
- Correct position finger
- What to do if the thread
jams (call Barbara at
1-800-660-8282)
- How the rocking finger
affects the thread tension
Changing a check spring
- How to remove a check
spring from the machine
- How to determine the correct
position of the check spring
- When to replace the check
spring
- How the position of the
check spring affects your stitch
Tension
- How
to adjust the top and bottom tensions
- Different
types of fabrics and how they affect the tension
- How
to correct skipped stitches, fraying thread, loops on top
and bottom of quilt, breaking threads
Threading the machine
- How to use different types
of threads
- Adjusting tensions to
different fabrics and threads
- How to use the thread
guides for specialty threads
Bobbin case adjustments
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Changing the anti-backlash
spring
- Differences
in bobbin cases
- How
to adjust the bobbin case for proper tension
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How to use different weights
of thread in the bobbin case
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How to use the tension gage
Bobbin winder adjustments
- Changing the “O” ring
- Oiling the bobbin winder
- Threading the bobbin
winder
Hopping foot
- Necessary to adjust for
batting of different thickness
Changing switches
The Quilted Rose
7151 El Cajon Blvd., Suite O
San Diego, CA 92115 |
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