Posts related to the domestic sewing machine HQ Stitch 510 by Handi Quilter
By Diane Harris, HQ Stitch Brand Ambassador The difference between sewing with a dual-feed accessory and a regular presser foot is significant, and it's worth making sure you understand the difference. Knowing when to perform each kind of sewing will make your work more accurate, and I think that makes creating more fun. When you [...]
I'm making the Quiltville Mystery Quilt by Bonnie Hunter this year, along with tens of thousands of other quilters. I've done it twice before and I enjoyed it each time. This year's quilt is called Good Fortune, and it has some string pieced units. My HQ Stitch 510 made short work of them. I needed [...]
I've been working on a new Christmas quilt called Christmas Figs. I started with a fat quarter bundle of Moda by the same name, and then I added in more reds and greens from my stash. I cut the first few blocks before I went to a retreat in September. They looked a lot like [...]
Happy Thanksgiving from Handi Quilter and HQ Stitch! There's so much to be thankful for, isn't there? Family and friends are foremost, but since creativity, sewing and quilting are such a big part of my life, I always include them in my Thanksgiving celebration. A few of my Thanksgiving highlights: Color: I'm grateful for color! [...]
Let me get right to the point: If you've thought about getting a straight-stitch only machine that sews like the wind, the HQ Stitch 510 is your baby, and now is the time to act. Over the past 9 months, the HQ Stitch 510 has become my go-to machine for piecing. It's fast! (Up to [...]
Every so often I run into a piecing task with tricky intersections. They're the places that cause problems if they're not sewn accurately. My quilt of spools, thimbles and buttons for Quiltmaker magazine is a good example. The piecing is not complex, but the intersections where the "thread" meets the wood in the spools is tricky. [...]
For current owners of HQ Stitch machines, the best place to find information about HQ Stitch accessories is online at hqstitch.com. There are lists of which accessories are included with each machine, and there are lists of the optional add-on accessories. Let's start with the HQ Stitch 210, the perfect little take-along or starter machine. [...]
Straight to the Point: Read Your Sewing Machine Manual Expanded Version: During a class I taught recently, one of the key points was to shorten the stitch length on the students' sewing machines. I repeated this instruction several times during the early part of the class, as I always do. This was one of [...]
I have relationships with my sewing machines. We are friends. If you sew a lot, you know what I'm talking about. This means that whenever I get a new machine, like the HQ Stitch 510, I have to get to know it before we can really be buddies. I love the process of becoming acquainted [...]
I’ve been making improvisational blocks on the HQ Stitch 510 by Handi Quilter in preparation for teaching a class on string piecing next week. It’s very simple piecing and it takes full advantage of the 510’s speed, one of this model’s most important features. The blocks are a variation of Log Cabin. I start with [...]
