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,
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.
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 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. 😀😍
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!
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.
... « 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!
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 🧵✂️💜
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 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.
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 👍
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.
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!!
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!
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 ♡
Congratulations!!! Though I’m not a quilter (garments are my thing), I love your videos. I like your direct attitude , thoroughness, and professionalism. Wishing you many joyful hours creating beauty.
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
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!
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.
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 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.
Nice to see your family helping you on this! 👨👩👦 Karen, I'll be learning along with you since I'm a new owner of a 12 ft Millie. Bliss is a dream. ❤️🧵❤️
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.
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.
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!!
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 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.
I am so impressed that you carried all those boxes, by your self off the truck. Congratulations on your Millie! You have to name her. Love your channel have learned so much.
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!
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 ❤️❤️
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!
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!!
Ooohhh lucky girl that's the brand i want Saving saving while dreaming Looking forward to your adventures with this machine hope you share lots of good information Again yayyyyyyyyyyy for your long arm purchase I know you hear it often but i so very much appreciate your videos Fun and inspirational Ok gotta go ads over lol now to watch my favorite quilt person YOU
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
Congrats!!! I have had a Gammill for about 10 years. No robotics, love driving "the Gam." I have a 12' table and just put it on wheels. The ability to move it is great.
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 🦋🌼💙
love your open approach to good and bad of quilting - you are such an inspiration, I don't think i want a full long arm, maybe a sit down smaller version but i love the way your say whats on your mind - keep it up
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 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!!!
Hi Karen. Love your videos, you have given me so many great ideas. Owning your own longarm is a game changer! Like you I was off to the races about 5 minutes after I set mine up lol. And like you, then came the dreaded "fix the tension" time. I belong to several quilting FB groups and on one of them a member talked about her experience with tension problems and how she solved them by watching Jamie Wallan's TH-cam video. Well I watched it and did exactly what he said and voila! tension problem fixed. I love our quilting community. Someone always has an answer or idea to help with a problem. Cheers on this snowy cold day in Erin, Ontario.
I'm so jealous! for years I couldn't decide if I wanted to get a longarm; NOW I think it would be great! Thanks for sharing your longarm arrival. I just may bite the bullet and purchase one but at age 76, it's kind of scary for me. As always, I so enjoyed your video. Thanks for being YOU!
So appreciate you sharing this process with all of us!! The Millie was the exact longarm that was recommended to me by a quilter friend, so it was very interesting to see this process. Sometimes there is that ray of warm sunshine in the midst of all those dark clouds. Your videos are just the best. Hang in there. Looking forward to seeing your Sugaridoo quilt all done!
I love what you did while sheltering in and you have turned me on to Sugaridoo as well. I thought you got to name your machine Millie. She is beautiful
WOW!!!! Sew, sew happy for you. You've had a rough time. I think you certainly deserve to have this dream come true. I have neither; the space, the time to learn (old broad here), or the $$$, but that will not stop me from enjoying the pleasure on your face or the excitement in your voice as I watch you progress. You can still share your techniques with me. Looking forward to watching you get familiar with your newest endeavor. Great.
Hello Karen, I am new to your channel. The first video I watched of yours was about your handy tips from dollar store. And what to do with all the leftovers. Etc. And than I received your new video about your mellie. I am so happy for you. I have purchased my first treadle. I was as exited too. It's just good to make your day brighter with small or big things 😊 Have fun. Greatings from the Netherlands
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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,
"Well, you buy a longarm, of course!" --- Well, of course you do!!
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!! 😂
You not alone, I too want to learn quilting. I also fall in love the APQS 🥰
This is sooooo exciting. I’m so happy for you. Insanely jealous, but happy. 🤣❤️
So inspiring you are continuing to learn and grow in your quilting journey. Keep it up, thanks!👍🥰
Okie dokie watched video
Yayyyyy
Happiness is.....being happy for another's happiness
I'm just giddy " laughing " with joy for you
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!!
Wow!!!! I would bet you were up all night smiling in front of your new machine! Congrats!!! Have fun.😎😀
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!
Holy moly. You got that sucker together and WORKING! Congratulations. I love how those machines work.
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. 😀😍
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!
No fighting or biting. I burst out laughing.
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.
Oh Karen, I'm SO EXCITED for you!
All I can say is WOW! I think it would be great to be able to use long arm for quilts. Tku, very enjoyable.
... « 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!
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 🧵✂️💜
Congratulations! All just so pretty quilting ... PS your hair looks lovely 🌸
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 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!!!
Congratulations! Enjoy! Stay healthy! Make lots of fun, cozy, beautiful quilts!
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.
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 👍
Congratulations! Your happiness is contagious, and that type of contagion is so needed. Thank you for sharing with us. The adventure begins.
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.
A cliff hanger! Can’t wait to see how that sugaridoo quilt looks all quilted and bound.
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
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!
Congratulations on your new Millie!!! I LOVE my Millie and the support I get from APQS!!
You are lucky ans I like your vidéos. Thank you for all advice. Beautiful sewing quilts with this new purchase. 😊💝🌷
I got so excited for you watching you unpack and assemble your long arm. Love the videos.
Congratulations!!! I got butterflies of excitement just watching you set her up ... vicarious joy!
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 ♡
You will love her! I purchased my Millie during a sale too after playing with a friends Millie. I absolutely love it and the service is outstanding
Congratulations!!! Though I’m not a quilter (garments are my thing), I love your videos. I like your direct attitude , thoroughness, and professionalism. Wishing you many joyful hours creating beauty.
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
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!
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.
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 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.
Nice to see your family helping you on this! 👨👩👦 Karen, I'll be learning along with you since I'm a new owner of a 12 ft Millie. Bliss is a dream. ❤️🧵❤️
Congratulations! This is such a fun video to watch. I'm so excited to see your quilting on the Sugaridoo quilt.
PS, as you were showing the video, I thought I’d stick that bow right smack on top and, then you did!😂😂😂😂🙌🙌🙌🙌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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.
Karen you are going to reallly love it because its your own. Congratulation to you. Happy for you
I am drooling and so wish I had room for a longarm quilter!
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 help make these wonderful machines. You are going to fall in love with Millie! I enjoyed watching the assembly. Enjoy!
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.
I wish I could get a long arm. I am jealous. I have been quilting all sizes up to a king on my singer 8060
Thanks for naming your machine as I contemplate my next direction as a sewist
Congratulation, Karen, on getting your new Millie. Looking forward to more of your videos. Take care and be safe.
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!!
Congrats! You may feel u r alone but you help so many of us with your vids. I am glad I found your channel.
Congratulations! I admire how you and your family were able to set up your machine. That takes guts for sure. Happy Quilting
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 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
I am so impressed that you carried all those boxes, by your self off the truck. Congratulations on your Millie! You have to name her. Love your channel have learned so much.
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!
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 ❤️❤️
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!
Good looking and handy. Red Green would be proud!!
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!!
Ooohhh lucky girl that's the brand i want
Saving saving while dreaming
Looking forward to your adventures with this machine hope you share lots of good information
Again yayyyyyyyyyyy for your long arm purchase
I know you hear it often but i so very much appreciate your videos
Fun and inspirational
Ok gotta go ads over lol now to watch my favorite quilt person YOU
I bought a long arm several months into quarantine last summer! Best purchase ever!
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 longarm purchase, Karen! I own an HQ Amara and absolutely LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it.
Oh how thrilling ❣️❣️❣️💖😍🥰🤩❤️❤️❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼👊🏼woop wooop 😱 I’m so happy for you Karen 😘
Awesome, your very own long armed, happy for and look forward to seeing all your finished projects. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
So exciting! Nice you have the extra classroom space to use.
Congrats!!! I have had a Gammill for about 10 years. No robotics, love driving "the Gam." I have a 12' table and just put it on wheels. The ability to move it is great.
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 👏! 👸🎀👌💝💫💥🥳
You are Brave! I would not try to put a long arm together!
Nice to see your hubby and son working with you
Enjoy and safe save
Congratulations on your new machine. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Thanks for sharing.
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!
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 🦋🌼💙
Congratulations and welcome to the APQS family! You are going to love your Millie.
love your open approach to good and bad of quilting - you are such an inspiration, I don't think i want a full long arm, maybe a sit down smaller version but i love the way your say whats on your mind - keep it up
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 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
It might be the fast forward, but you look like a very confident experienced long-armer. Congrats. I am excited for you too!
Hi Karen. Love your videos, you have given me so many great ideas. Owning your own longarm is a game changer! Like you I was off to the races about 5 minutes after I set mine up lol. And like you, then came the dreaded "fix the tension" time. I belong to several quilting FB groups and on one of them a member talked about her experience with tension problems and how she solved them by watching Jamie Wallan's TH-cam video. Well I watched it and did exactly what he said and voila! tension problem fixed. I love our quilting community. Someone always has an answer or idea to help with a problem. Cheers on this snowy cold day in Erin, Ontario.
I'm so jealous! for years I couldn't decide if I wanted to get a longarm; NOW I think it would be great! Thanks for sharing your longarm arrival. I just may bite the bullet and purchase one but at age 76, it's kind of scary for me. As always, I so enjoyed your video. Thanks for being YOU!
Congrats! I might be a weirdo but I think it’s so cool to see you building and assembling with your power tools. 😁
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
Congratulations! I am still waiting for the day I can purchase a long arm. So glad I can watch you play! Thanks for the great videos.
Karen, I'm so happy for you!! Congratulations on your new machine!
So appreciate you sharing this process with all of us!! The Millie was the exact longarm that was recommended to me by a quilter friend, so it was very interesting to see this process. Sometimes there is that ray of warm sunshine in the midst of all those dark clouds. Your videos are just the best. Hang in there. Looking forward to seeing your Sugaridoo quilt all done!
Thank you
I love what you did while sheltering in and you have turned me on to Sugaridoo as well. I thought you got to name your machine Millie. She is beautiful
Congratulations, Karen. After your stressful last year, you deserve this wonderful treat. Your smile tells it all.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I so wish you were my neighbor or at least close by. I am so excited for you ... I'd keep the bow on it too!!!
WOW!!!! Sew, sew happy for you. You've had a rough time. I think you certainly deserve to have this dream come true. I have neither; the space, the time to learn (old broad here), or
the $$$, but that will not stop me from enjoying the pleasure on your face or the excitement in your voice as I watch you progress. You can still share your techniques with me. Looking forward to watching you get familiar with your newest endeavor. Great.
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!
OMG I thought it was my son! They look so similar from a distance. Thank you for sharing the set up it was very interesting.
Hello Karen, I am new to your channel. The first video I watched of yours was about your handy tips from dollar store. And what to do with all the leftovers. Etc. And than I received your new video about your mellie. I am so happy for you. I have purchased my first treadle. I was as exited too. It's just good to make your day brighter with small or big things 😊
Have fun. Greatings from the Netherlands