Longarm Quilting Machine
A large industrial sewing machine mounted on a frame that moves over a stationary quilt sandwich.
A longarm quilting machine is a large-throat industrial sewing machine mounted on a horizontal frame that spans the full width of the quilt. The quilt top, batting, and backing are rolled onto the frame, and the machine moves along rails over the quilt surface rather than the fabric moving through the machine. Longarms allow quilters to complete the quilting step on large quilts quickly and with designs impossible on a domestic machine. Many quilters send their quilt tops to professional longarm quilters rather than owning a machine themselves. Computerized longarms can execute pantograph patterns automatically.
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