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Congratulations on your new Lenni and welcome to the forum.
Have fun!
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I would check to see if the Handi Quilter allows you to make simple repairs and adjustments yourself, or if you have to ship it back to the factory. On the APQS machines we can do many things ourselves. Help is just a phone call away. If it is necessary to ship the machine back to the factory it can become costly quickly.
Good luck with your soon to be business.
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Mary Beth,
Are you referring to the spam do dad? If you are did you add the numbers together? I am so used to just typing what is shown that I didn't initially realize that I was supposed to add the numbers and not just type them!! If I had read the instructions I would have done better.
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Nope, it is a different size but the R & S stylus does fit in the CL stylus holder.
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Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your Lucey.
I have both Circle Lord and R & S boards and like them both. The Circle Lord boards are longer and you buy them as a set. They snap together like jig saw pieces and they usually come in king or queen sets. The two brands do use their own style stylus.
R & S are purchased as separate boards. As I don't have a business that allows me to buy more designs as they are less expensive and I can buy two boards and flip them as I go along. I have at times just bought one board to see if I like the design stitched out. I mark around the board on the clear plastic on the table with a dry erase or washable marker, move the board, mark, etc. across the table before I begin. The boards use rubber washers fitted into a groove to fix them together.
As far as instructions on their use, Circle Lord does have some instructions and Michael is always happy to answer questions. I don't remember if R & S have instructions or not but the boards are pretty straightforward as far as use and I am sure they would be more than happy to answer any questions. R & S are currently having a sale through July 17th.
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WOW, that is amazing! I know that it is intended for a grandchild but I hope that you enter it in a show or two.
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Great information. Thanks Heidi and Jim.
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Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your Lenni purchase.
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Have you checked to see if there will be a Road Show in your area? That would give you the opportunity to try the machines side by side. There would probably be specials price wise too!
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Getting carried away is obviously a good thing! It is wonderful.
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It looks like a great space. I am with Kathy, I love your ironing board!
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Pleased to hear that all is well Michael!
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The Circle Lord website has been down for several weeks, at least I haven't been able to access it. I hope all is well with Michael and Kay.
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A very well deserved win!
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Sharon,
You may only have completed two quilts last year but they are both amazing. Your quilting is beautiful. Congratulations on your soon to be sixth grandchild.
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Wow, you did an outstanding job!
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Thanks, again, Sue. What is the diameter of the PVC and do they pretty much snug the backing on the bar when you snap them in place? My husband is a landscaper, so there is certainly no shortage of PVC pipe around our home!
Sorry, forgot that minor detail! The ones that I have are two inches in diameter and fit very snugly on the bar. As I said I haven't used mine, I just slipped them on today, I think that with use they may become a little easier to get on and off as right now they are a little difficult to get off.
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Barbara,
I haven't used them. Now that I have rediscovered them I will give them a try! You could make them yourself fairly easily with the right tool. They are an eighth of an inch thick PVC piping, it is thin so there is some flex in it, with an inch wide piece cut out of it lengthwise. You could customize the length that you want. It would probably cost less than the postage to Hawaii.
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Barbara,
The vendor list for MQX has been taken down. I was hoping that it would jog my memory. I did find something that looks like the ones that I have here http://virginialongarm.com/?page_id=1200, they are about half way down the page and are called something different. Hope this helps.
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At several of my MQX classes with Claudia Pfeil, she used some type of "grip" that looked like white PVC pipe that was split and snapped onto the back bar. Each piece was about 4 - 6 inches long and there were about six pieces. It took her way less than a minute to attach the backing.
I've done a google search but find nothing. The classroom machine looked like a Gammill.
Can anyone here point me in the right direction? Who makes these (or were they homemade?)
Aloha,
Barbara
Hi Barbara,
Odd you should ask that question. I found a set of these in my sewing room yesterday that I had forgotten all about. I didn't take any of Claudia's classes so I haven't seen what she was using. The clamps that I have are four inches long and are Quick Fix Quilt Clamps according to the label in the package and are to fit a three inch bar. Unfortunately there is no store name, website or contact information on the label. I am pretty certain that I purchased them from a vendor at MQX West last year. I thought that it might be The Calico Kitten but there is nothing shown on their website, so other that now having a name this probably isn't of much use to you! If I remember where I got them I will post the name.
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What a fun quilt!
R&S Design boards
in Gone Quilting...Chat About Anything
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Ron and Sharon, the couple that owned R & S retired and sold their business to Urban Elementz if I remember correctly. The majority of the boards that R & S sold were designs from Urban Elementz designers so it is logical that they acquired the business.