Bernina Q-Matic Longarm Quilting Automation System
Discover BERNINA’s state-of-the-art system for automated quilting
Quilt automatically on your Bernina Q 20 and Q 24 on classic or large frames.
- More than 600 designs included (incl. Art & Stitch)
- Art & Stitch and WiFi included
- Commands at your fingertips
- 21.5″ all-in-one touch PC mounted to the side of the frame
- One-touch quick belt release system
Design customization and placement
- Adjust designs directly on screen with a touch of a finger using either Art & Stitch or Q-matic software
- For perfect design placement on your quilt or fabric, many useful features are readily available
- Align designs on your quilt or fabric horizontally or vertically on the top, bottom or centered
- Use the Boundary function to place a design into a block with a given margin
- Mask in the perfect tool to stitch out background fillers around an applique shape
- Clearly arranged user interface with task bar, tool bar, Q-matic secondary screens, quilt design area, design center and many additional commands
Easy Quilting
- Automated quilting in just a few simple steps
- Easy quilting, whether stitching out simple edge-to-edge designs or intricate custom patterns
- Includes over 250 designs from several renowned European and US Designers, including Lisa H. Calle, Keryn Emmerson, Amanda Murphy, Tula Pink, Patricia Ritter, Linzi Upton and Sarah Vedeler
- More than 350 additional designs included with Art & Stitch
- Multiple on-demand help functions for assistance in every step of creating and placing your quilting designs
Easy Access & Control
- 21.5″ all-in-one touch PC mounted to the side of the frame guarantees comfortable access to all designing and placement features
- For ease-of-use, additonal sewhead interaction screens allow control of design stitch-out and placement directly with the sewhead
- Returning to the main screen is not necessary, making your quilting highly efficient
Freehand Quilting Any Time
- With one-touch quick belt release system
- Easy switch from automated to freehand quilting
- Due to the side mounted PC an the one-touch quick belt release system, the Q Series machine remains lightweight and maneuverable
EasyGlide
- The power steering of Q-matic
- When activated, the belted machine head moves in all directions with ease and without additional force
Perfect Design
- The Q-matic system is flawlessly designed
- Meets the highest safety standards as it is UL(r) listed and approved
- Can be easily added to a Q Series on frame
- Enters world of automated quilting
Commands at Your Fingertips
- Plan your quilt in every detail with ease
- Basic features like save, copy, delete or import of designs and/or projects can be accessed in one or two clicks
- Precise Design Placement: Positioning has never been easier with the Grab & Drop function. Virtually attach a design to the sewhead needle and precisely drop it in your quilt blocks or set virtual markers for easy border placement
- Changing parameters like speed, upper thread tension or stitches per inch (SPI) during quilt-out are right at your fingertips
- Running out of bobbin thread or thread breakage can be easily solved with the guided recovery feature
- Use different view options to have the best overview of your quilting ideas
Art & Stitch and WiFi Included
- Design customization and/or digitizing with Art & Stitch, a powerful designing software for longarm quilters
- Access Art & Stitch directly on the touch screen to begin designing quilt designs from scratch or customize existing ones
- Trace and edit an image to your liking
- Create unique quilt patterns using options such as: creating an applique design or adding a creative fill or trapunto effect
- Upon completion, the design can be saved
- As a Q-matic owner, you receive dual activations for Art & Stitch allowing you to run it on a second PC or laptop
- The WiFi capability of Q-matic makes it easy to transfer designs from the PC or laptop to the Q-matic PC if both devices are connected to the home network
8 Things You’ll Love:
- One-touch quick belt release system
- Simple switch between automated and freehand quilting
- Compact belt drive system (stepper motor with planetary gear)
- 21.5″ all-in-one touch PC with Windows 10 Pro & WiFi connectivity
- Sewhead interaction functions
- More than 600 designs included
- Import any non-proprietary designs formats through Art & Stitch, .dxf and/or .bqm directly to Q-matic
- Art & Stitch quilt design & digitizing software included
Q-matic Design Customization Features:
- Create Safe Area
- Connect/Unconnect
- Copy/Delete
- Customize Design Center
- Different View and Zoom Options
- Mask
- Mirror
- More than 250 designs included
- Multiply
- Open Project/New Project
- Save/Delete Designs or Projects
- Set Quilting Speed
- Trim
Q-matic Design Placement Features:
- Align
- Boundary
- EasyGlide
- Flip
- Grab & Drop
- More/Less Repeats
- Nudge
- Realign Safe Area
- Resize
- Reverse Sew
- Rotate
- Sewhead Interaction
- Sew Options
- Thread Break Recovery
- Virtual Markers
Art & Stitch Features
- Create Applique Designs
- Create Cross Hatching, Wave Fills and Autostipple
- Create Vector Artwork
- Design Creative Fills
- Digitize from Clipart, Photos, Drawings
- Dual Activations for 2 Devices
- Edit Existing Designs
- More than 350 Designs
- Trapunto Effects
- Virtual Markers
