Teehee!! Thanks for the laugh Emma. I only have made two quilts, and a couple more quilt tops, but boy, I sure would love to have a longarm machine too. Yet taking a class and renting time on someone else's machine is likely the smart next step, just as Karen mentions. After all, we don't buy ourselves a car until after years of being a passenger, then taking lessons, then passing a test, and then driving our parents' car for awhile, right? Only difference is, we don't have to assemble it after we buy it. ;-)
I am so very happy for you it is so wonderful for you that you have done something for you. You are and fantastic woman cant wait to see all the beautiful quilts you create,
Wow! Congrats. That is so awesome. And I loved that you offloaded the machine and that you were instrumental in putting it together. Great role model. I wish you many happy hours of quilting.
What a treat to watch you unwrap your longarm! Reminded me of when I unboxed my Martelli cutting table in my new craft room and in my new house. It was like Christmas . . . only for quilters! If I was younger, had more space, maybe more money, I might have followed your lead, but I'm moving toward smaller quilts every day, so I'll just enjoy your pleasure in this new venture. Congratulations!!
I am seriously in awe and seriously impressed! Wow! That's one mahoosive piece of machinery! 😲 I'm loving watching your quilting stories ... and thankfully it's keeping me from tidying up my craft room because I have too much material all over the place lol!
I so totally enjoy living vicariously thru you! LOL! I have only come back to patchwork this year after a 40 year hiatus so being introduced to all the advancements in quilting has been a revelation. Thanks for all of the great info, inspiration, and encouragement I gain from watching your videos!
Wow, Congratulations Karen on your new quilting machine. I'm very excited for you. I've been thinking about one for a few years, but haven't had the guts to make the leap. I think I'll learn vicariously through you for now. 😀😍
Wow! Look at you slinging those big boxes... you are so strong!! Congratulations on your new long arm. I cheered with excitement watching your assembly. Good for you for treating yourself. You deserve it!!
Wow!! Father & son are almost identical 😵 just saw you vlog last night from a few months back where Cameron got the all clear, and I shed a tear of joy and relief for all of your family 🥰. Millie looks fabulous, happy quilting 🧵✂️💜
I took Tracey's Boot Camp a couple of years ago. She is my hero. Great teacher and support. I have been long arming for almost 3 years now and I love it. It just gets easier and easier.
What a wonderful machine and it's great you and your family got it set up with no squabbling. I love that you put the bow back on = it looks perfect there.
So happy and excited for you! What a neat purchase -- something you will get so much joy out of! Congrats! You were smiling thru the whole installation!! Lol
CONGRATULATIONS on your long arm purchase. You certainly deserve it, and it was nice to see your husband and son. I also have rented time at Whirls and Swirls, and Tracey is a wonderful teacher. Thanks for all your wonderful videos.
he he. you know what. i planned to go to USA last spring. of course it was cancelled. so....i bought a long arm quilter... Hope you Will enjoy yours as much as I have enjoyed mine ♡
One day when I have the space, I would love to purchase a long arm quilter. Maybe when my son moves out. Presently my apartment is so small, that unless I slept in the living room, it literally can't happen here. I will keep my dream alive!
Karen, this video was a delight. Loved the pace of the fast-forward for the put-together with your husband and son. You were such a sweet team. Although I just love your instructional vids pace and content, this was really entertaining and fun to watch. Your increasing skills in production as well as your excellent content are a benefit and joy to us all. Endless thanks for all of your guidance. Can't wait to see the Sugaridoo quilt done! And thanks for starting in the garage with the delivery. It added to the excitement and fun.
Congratulations! I have owned 3 APQS Longarm machines. They are the best. My Lucy is best ole girl you could ask for. The service team at APQS is absolutely awesome. Anytime I can’t figure out what or how something is happening I email them and they respond very quickly. I have been quilting since 1998 on my APQS Machine.
Congratulations on your purchase of an APQS machine! I bought my Millie in 2006 and wonder now how I quilted without her. Tech support at APQS is awesome. Enjoy!!!
Karen. I had so much fun watching this video. From truck unloading, to loading the long arm it was interesting and fun. Here it is Jan. 2021 and I am watching this video from June 2020. I am very impressed with your "can do" attitude and tool savy ways. I am a beginner and I am still quilting simple lines with my walking foot. This was fun.
I dream receiving my long arm just the way you did, on a calm cloudy day and a little bit of rain, Really enjoyed seeing you getting your own. Things always happen for a reason and being that COVID was keeping everyone inside and separated. It brought you and your quilts together to complete them, now that was worth being quarantine 🤩 In His Grace Lorisa
Hi Karen, I think you are so worthy of treating yourself a long arm! Congratulations and I look forward from Australia, watching you enjoying and playing on it. Take care and stay safe ❤️❤️
Fabulous for you Karen. Can see you spending many happy hours quilting. You looked so so happy unpacking and putting it together. I have a HQ Sweet Sixteen sit down long-arm and love it. The free motion quilting for me is the best part. Happy quilting Karen 👍
I have always been curious as to how a long arm machine looks when it's being shipped and unpacked and assembled/installed. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this with us! I love the giant bow too... it's amazing how such a small thing can just lift our moods, eh? Thanks for fast-forwarding, as we only needed to get the gist. You are lucky to have such talented helpers, but I am amazed at how quickly you got your Millie up and running. Congratulations Karen! ~Diana K., East York.
Thank you for actually following the Covid restrictions. They actually do help. I just started quilting this year and can’t wait until everything is open again and I can take some classes. My friend has a long arm machine. We babysit for her and she’s basically the only non family person we have over. She and I both work in healthcare so we are both extra cautious. I didn’t realize there were quilting conferences. Maybe by next year?
I have really been enjoying your site and videos!! I can’t believe that my 9 year old daughter and I set up my Millie together the night she arrived 15 years ago. I was a young single Mom of 4 with a lot of determination! They are great machines that just keep on going!!!
Wow so jelly watching this episode but to tell the truth I haven’t the room at present but I can dream and live vicariously through you have fun with Millie 🦋🌼💙
I am so glad you got your machine. You seem so happy! I have been looking at getting one also. I like the look of the Millie. I will have to check it out. Happy quilting!
Haha - I did the same thing during my covid incarceration - bought a long arm. I had never used one before, though. It's not as easy as it looks, but I'm having a blast learning. I had to put it in the mechanical room in my basement. It's a little cramped, but it works. Thanks for this fun video.
... « why, you buy a long arm, of course! » omg 🤣 too funny. Not sure my hubby would agree. Happy quilting and enjoy your new toy! Can’t wait to see what you create with it!
This is both wonderful and amazing Karen ! You have been through lots in your life, and this really shows how capable you became at coping with things. I am pretty sure you can do just about anything now! You deserve your longarm. Stay well all of you. Enjoy.
What a great experience for you, Wow. Would love to have a long arm as well, so that my quilts, small as they are, would look professionally quilted. Exciting.
This video has me grinning from ear to ear...So Happy for you! and Love that we get to see Mr JGIDQ & Mr. JGIDQ Jr. live in action! Happy Day to you! The pure joy on your face at 5:36 is infectious!!!! Enjoy your new toy!
Sooo happy for you Karen!! I have an A-1 Long Arm and my two girlfriends have long arms too!! You are having sooo much fun and will have more!! Learning about your machine is a never ending process!! Enjoy and know you inspire all of us!!
Karen, I have been following your channel for a while now and wow, I was so excited to see the title of this video! I am a new APQS Freedom owner. I've had Freddie since August 2020 and I video taped the semi coming up the driveway (very long driveway, we had to meet the driver down by the highway as we live in a rural area) and the unloading into our house. Your video brought back all the excitement of my APQS delivery! I've just been beyond excited to own my own APQS...now I don't have to drive way out of town to rent one. Thanks for the info on Whirls and Swirls and I will check out those videos too, but I hope you'll be doing some longer videos too!!
So excited for you and for the videos to come. I got a Grace 15R a few months back and just finished my first quilt. It was so fast my family now believes they will all get quilts in their lifetime.
Seeing you quilt at the end of assembly made me cheer and look with awe at your free motion quilting ability. Many happy hours creating and finishing your quilts!
Congratulations! You sure look ‘pumped’. I’m excited just watching you have fun with Millie! Your set up team is awesome, lucky you! I’m really looking forward to ‘More with Millie’ videos
I just bought my own long arm this past October. I got the Bernina Q20 on a 9 foot frame since I had to take over part of our guest room to house it. Fortunately the shop set it up for me and gave me a tutorial on how to use it. I just finished my first small project on it. I’m in HEAVEN, it’s SO much easier than quilting on my B770 and so much faster! Yay!
I LOVE this! I don't even quilt and I was excited to see you unboxing your longarm! I've heard a lot about Longarm's from Angela Walters - I'm mesmerized watching her longarm quilt - anyway so excited for you to achieve one of your 2020 goals!!! Cheering you on from North Dakota - looking forward to hearing all about your future quilting with your Millie ;) One of these days I'll tackle a quilt - you and Angela are my main inspirations - but for now I have a number of hand embroidery projects I NEED to finish before I start adding more on my plate...I'm sure you know exactly what I'm talking about...have fun with Millie!!
Do I want one, yes. Do I have room, no. Have I ever made a quilt, no 😂 I know I'm not alone!
Aspirational goals!
Teehee!! Thanks for the laugh Emma. I only have made two quilts, and a couple more quilt tops, but boy, I sure would love to have a longarm machine too. Yet taking a class and renting time on someone else's machine is likely the smart next step, just as Karen mentions. After all, we don't buy ourselves a car until after years of being a passenger, then taking lessons, then passing a test, and then driving our parents' car for awhile, right? Only difference is, we don't have to assemble it after we buy it. ;-)
I have a 5 foot Baby Lock Coronet because I don't have a big sewing room and I can quilt king size quilts on it too.
@@brendahuggins7994 How can you do that? Is it a hoop frame? What machine do you have?
I am in tears watching you. Your joy is infectious and we all need some joy right now. Thank You for sharing with us.
Your excitment was a joy to watch.....trust your enjoyment in using it is as satisfying as my pleasure in watching you quilt !!
Oh how fun for you. I'll have to live vicariously thru you for now.
I am so very happy for you it is so wonderful for you that you have done something for you. You are and fantastic woman cant wait to see all the beautiful quilts you create,
This is sooooo exciting. I’m so happy for you. Insanely jealous, but happy. 🤣❤️
You not alone, I too want to learn quilting. I also fall in love the APQS 🥰
Wow!!!! I would bet you were up all night smiling in front of your new machine! Congrats!!! Have fun.😎😀
Congratulations! Enjoy! Stay healthy! Make lots of fun, cozy, beautiful quilts!
Congratulations on your new Millie!!! I LOVE my Millie and the support I get from APQS!!
Wow! Congrats. That is so awesome. And I loved that you offloaded the machine and that you were instrumental in putting it together. Great role model. I wish you many happy hours of quilting.
No fighting or biting. I burst out laughing.
Congratulations! Your happiness is contagious, and that type of contagion is so needed. Thank you for sharing with us. The adventure begins.
What a treat to watch you unwrap your longarm! Reminded me of when I unboxed my Martelli cutting table in my new craft room and in my new house. It was like Christmas . . . only for quilters! If I was younger, had more space, maybe more money, I might have followed your lead, but I'm moving toward smaller quilts every day, so I'll just enjoy your pleasure in this new venture. Congratulations!!
I got so excited for you watching you unpack and assemble your long arm. Love the videos.
I am seriously in awe and seriously impressed! Wow!
That's one mahoosive piece of machinery! 😲
I'm loving watching your quilting stories ... and thankfully it's keeping me from tidying up my craft room because I have too much material all over the place lol!
I so totally enjoy living vicariously thru you! LOL! I have only come back to patchwork this year after a 40 year hiatus so being introduced to all the advancements in quilting has been a revelation. Thanks for all of the great info, inspiration, and encouragement I gain from watching your videos!
Wow, Congratulations Karen on your new quilting machine. I'm very excited for you. I've been thinking about one for a few years, but haven't had the guts to make the leap. I think I'll learn vicariously through you for now. 😀😍
Okie dokie watched video
Yayyyyy
Happiness is.....being happy for another's happiness
I'm just giddy " laughing " with joy for you
Wow! Look at you slinging those big boxes... you are so strong!! Congratulations on your new long arm. I cheered with excitement watching your assembly. Good for you for treating yourself. You deserve it!!
They were big but not terribly heavy
Oh Karen, I'm SO EXCITED for you!
Wow!! Father & son are almost identical 😵 just saw you vlog last night from a few months back where Cameron got the all clear, and I shed a tear of joy and relief for all of your family 🥰. Millie looks fabulous, happy quilting 🧵✂️💜
I took Tracey's Boot Camp a couple of years ago. She is my hero. Great teacher and support. I have been long arming for almost 3 years now and I love it. It just gets easier and easier.
thank you for the encouragement
Woohooo!! You are rocking that Millie and your life will never be the same friend! I'm so excited to be part of your longarm journey. :)
I couldn't have done it without you
That’s the best part! You’ll never be without me. 🤗
Congratulations and welcome to the APQS family! You are going to love your Millie.
What a wonderful machine and it's great you and your family got it set up with no squabbling. I love that you put the bow back on = it looks perfect there.
Congratulations! This is such a fun video to watch. I'm so excited to see your quilting on the Sugaridoo quilt.
"Well, you buy a longarm, of course!" --- Well, of course you do!!
A cliff hanger! Can’t wait to see how that sugaridoo quilt looks all quilted and bound.
Good looking and handy. Red Green would be proud!!
You are lucky ans I like your vidéos. Thank you for all advice. Beautiful sewing quilts with this new purchase. 😊💝🌷
Congratulation, Karen, on getting your new Millie. Looking forward to more of your videos. Take care and be safe.
So happy and excited for you! What a neat purchase -- something you will get so much joy out of! Congrats!
You were smiling thru the whole installation!! Lol
CONGRATULATIONS on your long arm purchase. You certainly deserve it, and it was nice to see your husband and son. I also have rented time at Whirls and Swirls, and Tracey is a wonderful teacher. Thanks for all your wonderful videos.
Congrats Karen! It's beautiful to see the whole family involved! Beautiful machine!
Nice to have it part of the memory
Congratulations Karen, best of everything to your future quilting.
he he. you know what. i planned to go to USA last spring. of course it was cancelled. so....i bought a long arm quilter...
Hope you Will enjoy yours as much as I have enjoyed mine ♡
One day when I have the space, I would love to purchase a long arm quilter. Maybe when my son moves out. Presently my apartment is so small, that unless I slept in the living room, it literally can't happen here. I will keep my dream alive!
All I can say is WOW! I think it would be great to be able to use long arm for quilts. Tku, very enjoyable.
Congrats! You may feel u r alone but you help so many of us with your vids. I am glad I found your channel.
Karen, this video was a delight. Loved the pace of the fast-forward for the put-together with your husband and son. You were such a sweet team. Although I just love your instructional vids pace and content, this was really entertaining and fun to watch. Your increasing skills in production as well as your excellent content are a benefit and joy to us all. Endless thanks for all of your guidance. Can't wait to see the Sugaridoo quilt done! And thanks for starting in the garage with the delivery. It added to the excitement and fun.
I was impressed with how strong she is and her ability to use power tools!! 😂
Karen, I'm so happy for you!! Congratulations on your new machine!
Holy moly. You got that sucker together and WORKING! Congratulations. I love how those machines work.
Congratulations! I have owned 3 APQS Longarm machines. They are the best.
My Lucy is best ole girl you could ask for.
The service team at APQS is absolutely awesome. Anytime I can’t figure out what or how something is happening I email them and they respond very quickly.
I have been quilting since 1998 on my APQS Machine.
Ahhh! You are so lucky!!!!!
Congratulations on your purchase of an APQS machine! I bought my Millie in 2006 and wonder now how I quilted without her. Tech support at APQS is awesome. Enjoy!!!
Karen you are going to reallly love it because its your own. Congratulation to you. Happy for you
Congratulations! I admire how you and your family were able to set up your machine. That takes guts for sure. Happy Quilting
Wow! Congrats on the new long arm!! What fun for you and now for us!!! 😊
WOOHOOO KAREN!!!!!!!
So happy for you.
Looking forward to seeing your LA work.
Karen. I had so much fun watching this video. From truck unloading, to loading the long arm it was interesting and fun. Here it is Jan. 2021 and I am watching this video from June 2020. I am very impressed with your "can do" attitude and tool savy ways. I am a beginner and I am still quilting simple lines with my walking foot. This was fun.
Congratulations on your new machine. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Thanks for sharing.
I am drooling and so wish I had room for a longarm quilter!
Oh how thrilling ❣️❣️❣️💖😍🥰🤩❤️❤️❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼👊🏼woop wooop 😱 I’m so happy for you Karen 😘
YOU have guts girl... even in my younger days I would NEVER have tackles the set up of a long arm... I am totally mechanically disinclined.
I dream receiving my long arm just the way you did, on a calm cloudy day and a little bit of rain, Really enjoyed seeing you getting your own. Things always happen for a reason and being that COVID was keeping everyone inside and separated. It brought you and your quilts together to complete them, now that was worth being quarantine 🤩
In His Grace Lorisa
What a lucky girl you are! I was so excited with you! We all dream of getting our own long arm. So a big congratulations 👏! 👸🎀👌💝💫💥🥳
Congratulations.... the smile on your face... priceless!
Awesome, your very own long armed, happy for and look forward to seeing all your finished projects. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
Hi Karen, I think you are so worthy of treating yourself a long arm! Congratulations and I look forward from Australia, watching you enjoying and playing on it. Take care and stay safe ❤️❤️
How exciting!!!! I was so thrilled for you with your new family addition (also very jealous).
I'm so happy for you!!! =) Hope you get a tons of awesome quilts done!
Happy sewing!!
Fabulous for you Karen. Can see you spending many happy hours quilting. You looked so so happy unpacking and putting it together. I have a HQ Sweet Sixteen sit down long-arm and love it. The free motion quilting for me is the best part. Happy quilting Karen 👍
I have always been curious as to how a long arm machine looks when it's being shipped and unpacked and assembled/installed. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this with us! I love the giant bow too... it's amazing how such a small thing can just lift our moods, eh? Thanks for fast-forwarding, as we only needed to get the gist. You are lucky to have such talented helpers, but I am amazed at how quickly you got your Millie up and running. Congratulations Karen! ~Diana K., East York.
Thank you for actually following the Covid restrictions. They actually do help. I just started quilting this year and can’t wait until everything is open again and I can take some classes. My friend has a long arm machine. We babysit for her and she’s basically the only non family person we have over. She and I both work in healthcare so we are both extra cautious. I didn’t realize there were quilting conferences. Maybe by next year?
I help make these wonderful machines. You are going to fall in love with Millie! I enjoyed watching the assembly. Enjoy!
How awesome, Karen! Congratulations! So excited for you. Happy Long Arming! Will be looking for all of your videos.
I have really been enjoying your site and videos!! I can’t believe that my 9 year old daughter and I set up my Millie together the night she arrived 15 years ago. I was a young single Mom of 4 with a lot of determination! They are great machines that just keep on going!!!
Well done you
Congratulations! A great video with 3 happy family members, and you, Karen, just glowed!
😊
Congratulations! All just so pretty quilting ... PS your hair looks lovely 🌸
Go for it, Karen! You will have such fun.
Wow so jelly watching this episode but to tell the truth I haven’t the room at present but I can dream and live vicariously through you have fun with Millie 🦋🌼💙
I am so glad you got your machine. You seem so happy! I have been looking at getting one also. I like the look of the Millie. I will have to check it out. Happy quilting!
Congratulations on your longarm purchase, Karen! I own an HQ Amara and absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it.
Looks like such fun. And with living through COVID and your sons illness, your family deserves all the happiness you can get. Fun video. Thanks!
Congrats! I might be a weirdo but I think it’s so cool to see you building and assembling with your power tools. 😁
Haha - I did the same thing during my covid incarceration - bought a long arm. I had never used one before, though. It's not as easy as it looks, but I'm having a blast learning. I had to put it in the mechanical room in my basement. It's a little cramped, but it works. Thanks for this fun video.
Congrats.... Karen! you will love it! have fun and thanks for sharing.
You already work like a pro!
Thankyou for taking us through the whole set-up.
I needed to SEE that!
Glad it was helpful!
So exciting! Nice you have the extra classroom space to use.
PS, as you were showing the video, I thought I’d stick that bow right smack on top and, then you did!😂😂😂😂🙌🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Congratulations on your new longarm! How exciting!
... « why, you buy a long arm, of course! » omg 🤣 too funny. Not sure my hubby would agree. Happy quilting and enjoy your new toy! Can’t wait to see what you create with it!
Congratulations!!! I got butterflies of excitement just watching you set her up ... vicarious joy!
We appreciate Freddy that was also a demo. Enjoyed your video.
This is both wonderful and amazing Karen ! You have been through lots in your life, and this really shows how capable you became at coping with things. I am pretty sure you can do just about anything now! You deserve your longarm. Stay well all of you. Enjoy.
I am thrilled you are thrilled with your new friend,,,,,Millie! best wishes
Congratulations on your new machine. I have 2longarms and I'm on mine everyday. The learning never stops, but neither does the fun.
That is awesome!
What a great experience for you, Wow. Would love to have a long arm as well, so that my quilts, small as they are, would look professionally quilted. Exciting.
This video has me grinning from ear to ear...So Happy for you! and Love that we get to see Mr JGIDQ & Mr. JGIDQ Jr. live in action! Happy Day to you! The pure joy on your face at 5:36 is infectious!!!! Enjoy your new toy!
Sooo happy for you Karen!! I have an A-1 Long Arm and my two girlfriends have long arms too!! You are having sooo much fun and will have more!! Learning about your machine is a never ending process!! Enjoy and know you inspire all of us!!
Karen, I have been following your channel for a while now and wow, I was so excited to see the title of this video! I am a new APQS Freedom owner. I've had Freddie since August 2020 and I video taped the semi coming up the driveway (very long driveway, we had to meet the driver down by the highway as we live in a rural area) and the unloading into our house. Your video brought back all the excitement of my APQS delivery! I've just been beyond excited to own my own APQS...now I don't have to drive way out of town to rent one. Thanks for the info on Whirls and Swirls and I will check out those videos too, but I hope you'll be doing some longer videos too!!
So excited for you and for the videos to come. I got a Grace 15R a few months back and just finished my first quilt. It was so fast my family now believes they will all get quilts in their lifetime.
LOL
Seeing you quilt at the end of assembly made me cheer and look with awe at your free motion quilting ability. Many happy hours creating and finishing your quilts!
Thank you so much!
Congratulations! You sure look ‘pumped’. I’m excited just watching you have fun with Millie! Your set up team is awesome, lucky you! I’m really looking forward to ‘More with Millie’ videos
Wow you are BRAVE! No way I would've put that together myself.
I just bought my own long arm this past October. I got the Bernina Q20 on a 9 foot frame since I had to take over part of our guest room to house it. Fortunately the shop set it up for me and gave me a tutorial on how to use it. I just finished my first small project on it. I’m in HEAVEN, it’s SO much easier than quilting on my B770 and so much faster! Yay!
I just quilted a table runner on my home machine because I have a another quilt on the longarm…never again
I LOVE this! I don't even quilt and I was excited to see you unboxing your longarm! I've heard a lot about Longarm's from Angela Walters - I'm mesmerized watching her longarm quilt - anyway so excited for you to achieve one of your 2020 goals!!! Cheering you on from North Dakota - looking forward to hearing all about your future quilting with your Millie ;) One of these days I'll tackle a quilt - you and Angela are my main inspirations - but for now I have a number of hand embroidery projects I NEED to finish before I start adding more on my plate...I'm sure you know exactly what I'm talking about...have fun with Millie!!
I have never seen a long arm machine so this was brill to watch
This is so exciting!! How fun 😆🤩😆
At $19,700 on sale I'm going to just live Vicariously through you. :) Congrats on your new machine I am so jealous! /sisterly hugs
I saved for 5 years