Al - MQR just keeps getting better.
I cannot thank you enough for getting me started with MQR. With Pro-QDesigner and MQR, sewing quilts has gotten easier and more fun. MQR is easy to use and I am able to sew faster, accurately and quieter and smoother than I ever hoped to do with PCQuilter. HQ16 with Pro model PCQuilter carriage adapted to MQR WORKS.
Laying out quilting patterns on Pro-QD and then demonstrating MQR has been very impressive for clients.
Being able to see a whole quilting layout on Pro-QD and then being able to watch the pattern pass sew out on the MQR screen is a real advantage. If bobbin runs out resetting to start over is easier than ever and accurate. Pausing and skipping over an applique is easy.
I would highly recommend MQR to anyone considering a computerized quilting system. It is less complicated than others I have observed and it works.
Barb - I am delighted to tell anyone about how great the MQR technology is and how easy it is to learn and use.
When I received my MQR (PC Quilter retrofit), it only took me about 20 minutes to get it up and running. I am one of the types who never read the manual until much later:) I didn't have to even look at the manual as it was so intuitive to use. I am crazy about this technology. It is so much fun to use and watch my quilts sew out exactly like I laid them out in Pro-Q Designer software. I can only compare it to what I was using previously which was the PC Quilter.
The MQR technology is light years ahead of what I had been using. If anyone is looking for a reasonably priced computer quilting setup, I recommend MQR.
Sandy - I love my MQR.
I have it attached to my APQS Ultimate 1 long arm machine which does not have a stitch regulator. The MQR system is easy to operate, easy to remove. The stitching is beautiful (that is the APQS, not necessarily the MQR)and even (that is definately the MQR). I use Pro-Q to lay out my designs, take it to the MQR and stitch away.
At under $10,000 I think it is very affordable. I have not seen any problem with taking a 12" design and shrinking it to, say, 6 inches. It is still quilting out nicely for me, though I may need to change the speed. I have also enlarged designs, though I am limited to the size of the quilting area of my machine, without any issues to far.
