We loved working with quilters at the Handi Quilter Education Studio this year.
While there are no upcoming retreats at Handi Quilter, here are additional resources for in-person longarm quilng education:
Handi Quilter Academy
We encourage you to attend Handi Quilter Academy in 2025 (information HERE)! Registration for this event closes on June 13, 2025.
Quilt Shows & Festivals
As the leader in longarm quilting education, our team of logistics professionals and quilting educators bring longarm quilting classes to nearly every major quilt show and festival in North America. This includes AQS QuiltWeeks, Road2VA, Road2CA, OSQE shows, Houston Quilt Festival, Festival of Quilts, etc.
Local Handi Quilter Retailer
Handi Quilter retailers around the world offer longarm quilting retreats and classes! Check out this page to explore retailers near you or in areas you’d like to visit.
August 2025 (Date TBA)
Want a class that’s tailored to YOU? We’ll customize this two and a half day adventure to include just what you’re after. Each student brings a completed quilt top (maximum size 40” wide x 60” long). You’ll have access to the HQ longarm machines and gadgets, and expertise of our studio education team to help you quilt your project to completion.
Need help brainstorming ideas? Seeking answers to your most-pressing quilting questions? Have a quilting stumbling block or fear you’d like help vanquishing? We’re here for it— spending time with each student, tailoring a one-of-a-kind session that suits your needs. We’ll have you fill out a questionaire and include a picture of the project you want to work on so we can be prepared to help you quilt with confidence and leave with a finished project.
Skill Level: Intermediate* (see below for minimum skill set)
Basic understanding of operating your long-arm including loading, threading and setting balanced tension, changing needles/bobbins/threads routinely, basic understanding of longarm techniques. If you wish to use Pro-Stitcher (computerized quilting) at this bespoke class, you should also have basic understanding/ability/familiarity with the program and how it operates.
Check our Handi Quilter Events to see a range of beginner-level classes offered at a variety of local quilt shops and regional events. These offer a great opportunity to strengthen your long-arming skills and become an intermediate long-armer.
October 2025 (Date TBA)
Ready to kick your custom-quilting skills up a notch? That’s exactly what you’ll be doing when you learn to combine all the tools of Pro-Stitcher with the power of PS Designer—achieving fantastic results on your longarm. This two and a half day, hands-on retreat takes a deep dive into both Pro-Stitcher and PS Designer with our well-versed Studio Education team, so you can feel comfortable operating both systems in your quilting studio with ease.
Topics covered include: A quick refresher on Pro-Stitcher and PS Designer basics, utilizing the most powerful tools in both programs and more. In class, you’ll have hands-on time to practice all the skills you’re learning. (All supplies provided.)
Skill Level: Intermediate* (see below for minimum skill set)
Basic understanding of operating your long-arm including loading, threading and setting balanced tension, changing needles/bobbins/threads routinely, basic understanding of longarm techniques.
You should also have basic understanding/ability/familiarity with the Pro-Stitcher and PS Designer programs and how they operate.
Check our Handi Quilter Events to see a range of beginner-level classes offered at a variety of local quilt shops and regional events. These offer a great opportunity to strengthen your long-arming skills and become an intermediate long-armer.
November 2025 (Date TBA)
Calling all our Feather Friends! Feathers are a timeless classic when it comes to quilting designs. Let’s flock together for a two and a half day immersion class in free-motion quilting feathers of all types and sizes. There will be hands-on, longarm learning with our Studio Educators sharing how to stitch the feathers, as well as where to use them in your quilts. Once completed, dare we say, you’ll have a new feather (or two, or three, or more) in your cap! (All supplies provided.)
Skill Level: Intermediate* (see below for minimum skill set)
Basic understanding of operating your long-arm including loading, threading and setting balanced tension, changing needles/bobbins/threads routinely, changing feet, using rulers.
Check our Handi Quilter Events to see a range of beginner-level classes offered at a variety of local quilt shops and regional events. These offer a great opportunity to strengthen your long-arming skills and become an intermediate long-armer.
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