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Wednesday, 13 July 2022 18:23

Do Not Hesitate To Call

Do not hesitate to call Mr. Wonderful (Michael). When I posted a problem last week, within minutes my phone rang and guess who it was? I tell you, the man doesn't sleep and he loves to help us. I will never buy anythign but an ABM Innova. Their customer service is #1

Wednesday, 13 July 2022 18:21

Love My New Machine

Hi Heidi,

I know that you are probably away and that you probably don't remember me. I live in Virginia, and I bought the machine factory direct from you over the phone one Saturday morning. i jsut want to tell you that I love my new machine. It is awesome. It's quiet. I love the open toe foot. The stitiches are super. The table is the best. I'm so happy.

Also I want to say thank you for the gift package that you sent. I love the little oil pen gizmo, the SITD ruler, and the Pam Clark book and stencils are wonderful. And the INNOVA pin. I will wear it at my next quilt show.

Sew many thanks,

Wednesday, 13 July 2022 18:21

Thanks

Matthew,

WOW, thank you for sending Keith over the divide. Other than the tension issue, he got the rails equal distance apart, leveled or lowered the wheels, checked the timing and tuned it up a bit and lowered the back take up rail. The machine is so smooth now. it used to feel like it was trying to jump off the table.

Keith installed the new tension unit and worked great and worked as hard as he could to get it to mess up. It was GREAT! I know why I purchased an Innova and all of the owners are not wrong. ABM is the best. Thank you for your help. Please tell Keith thank you again.

Wednesday, 13 July 2022 18:21

I couldn't be more pleased

Boersma’s installed my Innova with Lightening Stitch a few weeks ago and all I can say is WOW! I am in love with this machine. The lightening stitch regulator can keep up with my incredibly slow pace as I stitch within the appliqué, a slow and time consuming process. It has no problem going through three layers of batting. Doesn’t mind if I am using trilobal polyester thread or nylon monofilament. The precision is awesome, if I stop the machine stops and stays right where I stopped it. I couldn’t be more pleased.

I am currently working in my manic mode right now trying to get my next competition quilt completed in time to enter the Houston Show. I kid you not; I am currently working on it at least 40 hours a week on the quilt, in addition to my full time job as an Organizational Change Manager. I am up at 2:30 every morning quilting until I get ready for work and spend another 26 hours on the weekend. I tell you, I have tying on, tying off, and burying threads down to a fine art! So keep your fingers crossed that I can get the quilt finished in time for Houston. Good news is if I can’t make the deadline, I will know that I did everything humanly possible to achieve my goal.

I included a picture of my Innova with my quilt on it just for the fun of it!

Best Regards,

Wednesday, 13 July 2022 17:02

Newbies

We are all newbies at one time or another and as we progress we look back and think 'why didn't I do that sooner.' I think you'll find this about PantoVision...I have said this before...It is a computer program, being attached to an electrical, mechanical device operating through yet another version of Windows by a human...there is a learning curve and if it were easy everyone would do it. For me, if it weren't for PanotVision I would have never attempted to longarm. It only makes sense having worked with power tools all my life that you stand in front of the machine...In my opinion Pantovision brought longarming into the 21st Century, it created a more ergonomically correct posture for the user and added a much higher level of organization and provides opportunities for design that was previously limited. I just ordered Pre Design Studio III yesterday to compliment our PantoVision. It will allow us to design our own patterns and import them into Panto and at the cost of $15 per pattern will pay for itself rather quickly. I guess that's just my frugal part standing out. When the designers had to do the creation of the pattern, supply the paper, ink and machine to print that was a fair price...I just have a hard time justifying that expense to send me a file via email. We have a 22", 12' with a Standard Stitch Regulator that is complimented with PantoVision. If we could go back and do it over would we do anything differently...well it took a lot of research, going to shows, comparing machines and hours of discussions...yes it would be different...we would have gone with our gut decision and gotten Innova with PantoVision like six months sooner.

Wednesday, 13 July 2022 17:02

Newbie

My wife LOVES her Innova longarm machine! For two years or more we researched longarm quilting machines: Tin Lizzie, APQS, Handi-Quilter, Nolting, Gammill (briefly - VERY pricey!), and others. Being the computer person in the family, I did a lot of the researxch on the Internet, reading the reviews of many of the brands. I recommmended that Linda take a good look at the Innova, which seemed the best machine, and the best "bang for her buck". Then we saw the Innova at the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Show and immediately were attracted to it. The quality of the machine, the top-notch customer support, even the friendliness of the dealers were attractive to us. Linda tried it out at the MA Quilt Show two years in a row, and enjoyed talking to the traveling rep, Heidi Farmer. When last year Valerie Schlake, a quilting friend of my daughter in Richmond, Va, switched from being a Gammill dealer to Innova, we checked it out again, and with some inheritance money, bought the 18" Innova and 10-foot frame and installed it in Linda's newly-redesigned sewing room. She has done numerous baby quilts and a couple of full-size quilts, my daughter has used it, and my wife's sister has done two full quilts and a baby quilt on it. (Now she too wants an Innova.)

Linda does not have the Lightning Stitch, and hasn't needed it thus far (she's had the innova about six months, since Feb. 2013).

We highly recommend it!

Wednesday, 13 July 2022 17:02

I love My Machine

I love my machine!

Wednesday, 13 July 2022 17:01

Love My Innova

Love my Innova!

Wednesday, 13 July 2022 17:01

Just an FYI

Just wanted to say hellop and to let you knowI'm having a blast. I have on the frame my mom's applique quilt that has 1/2" round circles that are stuffed. I put on my trapunto foot and am able to stictch around those little circles very easily. Thanks for making a machine that makes me happy and I can have so much fun while quiltnig! Hope all is well.

Wednesday, 13 July 2022 17:01

Thank You So Much

Neal, Mike, Kandy & the ABM Family,

Thank you so much for the beautiful & delicious Harry & David gift box. It is truly appreciated.

Thank you also for the wonderful support & continued development of the Innova and AutoPilot. You are always there for us and we love our Innova and ABM.

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Crumple up those paper pantograph patterns and set yourself free with PantoVision T2, the industries only digitized pantograph guidance system for longarm quilters!

Enjoy quilting pantographs from the front of your machine with ABM International’s innovative patented design.

Create your own pantograph patterns with limitless sizes and variations using the many available tools, such as:

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Transform

Resize, rotate, nudge, and find your pattern center.

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Multiply

Create more repeats, less repeats, and multiples with a variety of options to achieve a desired result.

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Group

Group, attach, link or ungroup patterns.

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Reposition

Easily line up patterns when advancing your quilt

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Effortlessly create edge-to-edge quilts with the variety of patterns included with PantoVision T2.

Running View

Follow the pantograph pattern by moving your sew head to trace the onscreen pattern. Running view includes options such as:

  1. Live popcorn trail to show the path already traveled.
  2. Target tracer that allows you to easily see the direction of the path.
  3. Disable or enable your view port grid.
  4. Preview the path of the selected pattern with Preview Trace.
  5. When resuming a pattern or restarting a pattern, easily move the tracer with just a few clicks

The first and only green pantograph system, allowing you to easily import and store hundreds of digital patterns.

Categorize patterns by tags for stress free searching.

Upload any .dxf file format pattern, or INNOVA’s proprietary .pat file format.

PantoVision T2, Specs

  1. Compatible with any INNOVA system.
  2. Equipped with Microsoft Surface Pro Tablet
  3. Pre-Loaded with 50+ patterns, including designers Sherry Rogers-Harrison, Jessica Schick, Sarah Vedeler, Urban Elements, Jodi Beamish, and Sharon Schamber.
  4. Upload any .dxf file format pattern, or INNOVA’s proprietary .pat file format.

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Features APMach3r
PantoVision T2

Classics & M Series
APMach3r
Navigator P2

Classics
APMach3r
AutoPilot Mach 3

Classics & M Series

Flip, mirror, nudge, rotate and resize
Group and ungroup
Customizable top panel and color theme
Zoome in/out, full view and actual size
Copy and paste
Quilt grib labels
Snap to grid
Add repeats and less repeats
Reverse sew
Pattern crosshairs
Pattern and project save
Pattern pad manager
Redo and undo
Reposition
Project recovery
Sizeable background image
Tension check camera compatible
Running view    
Popcorn trail    
Attach and link patterns  
Push pins  
Record  
Trim  
Align  
Sew Zone  
Variable speed control  
Pause settings    
Auto tie off settings    
Bobbin counter settings    
Sewhead interaction    
Measure    
Wreath    
Boundary    
Morph    
Mask    
Autofit    
Endsnap    
Split and divide    
Create and delete segment    
Join    
Edge to edge    
Crosshatch    
Draw and edit    
Text create    
Echo    
Embroidery    
Path apply capable    
Pattern lock    
Channel lock    
Customizable notifcation sounds    
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“….I love my new machine.”

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