Advancing Drag and Drop

[@sandidavis45]

Thank you SO much! It has been an ugly struggle with drag and drop. You were so easy to follow. Your method works with my brain.

[@amyg6326]

Finally a helpful drag and drop video. Thanks for helping out us e2e newbies!

[@JenniferLyon-p8w]

This video was of so much use to me yesterday as I tackled my first quilt using Prostitcher. Your step-by-step instructions were easy to follow and made advancing to a new row easy (I did watch part of the video multiple times ... once per row but better to rewatch to ensure I did things correctly ....)

[@denamiskel2054]

I’ve struggled with Prostitcher for the last 3 years and after watching your simple, to the point, no nonsense tutorials I finally completed my first edge to edge without any swearing, tantrums or issues! I was able to set it up, stitch it out and even crop the bottom! Thank you for making it simple! Looking forward to watching all of your videos!

[@adamsewfun.]

Oh my, Dena, I'm so glad I could help!!

[@annie-k5213]

I really appreciate the way you teach. You keep it simple and to the point without adding confusing information. Thanks!

[@adamsewfun.]

Thanks Karen, sometimes I can get off topic but I really try to pull it in when I'm on video.

[@WeightWatchersOver50]

I've had my Amara for a year and been too afraid to use it! Today we walked me through it and I quilted an entire quilt! I can't thank you enough!

[@adamsewfun.]

The best comment I read today!!!! So glad I could help.

[@jeansewingmachine4814]

So happy to see the drag and drop technique demonstrated. I was so excited when my Amara actually started the second row in the right place! I had a hard time wrapping my head around how to advance the quilt and get the next rows started in the right spot! Thanks so much!

[@adamsewfun.]

It takes a few times to get it, but once it clicks it's great.

[@cynthiabailey2275]

Me too! This is a awesome video. It help me so much. 💜

[@charlenemarie1760]

I enjoy your videos so much. Thank you for this one on drag and drop. It’s a game changer!

[@christinecorbello7419]

thank you so much for these videos, you are helping me master pro stitcher, which is in feat for me,

[@hoosierquilt]

Oh. My. GOSH. SO SO much better than Needle Down Drag & Drop! You are brilliant to figure this out. This will be my new way to advance. Love it.

[@irenewheatley1929]

Adam, I sew enjoy watching your videos. Your method of drag and drop sounds more friendly than the needle down method. I'm surprised the other educators aren't using it. I look forward to trying it soon. Keep sending new videos out! Thanks.

[@adamsewfun.]

The needle down method is a bit more foolproof, that is why we recommend doing it that way. I still needle down when I need things to be more exact and actually did it yesterday when I was creating an upcoming video. I find drag and drop faster when I am doing an edge to edge that I have created a "buffer zone" in at the row connections. Let me know what you think, it does take a bit of getting used to.

[@gwennadoty7374]

@@adamsewfun. sew you don't crop the first row and just keep resewing the 2nd row over and over again?

[@ilsebartlett1618]

Thanks for the demo on how to use drag n drop, I hated using it because the way I was shown was to drop the needle into the quilt then move it all to next row. It was so hard moving with just the rollers and I was so afraid that I would rip my quilt. Will have to keep coming back on this one it looks so easy Cheers

[@adamsewfun.]

Once you get used to it, it will change your life.

[@gerrneg]

I just tried your drag n drop… love it… I wont be doing it any other way. Your a great teacher..

[@deboralee6970]

I followed this method and it works so well!

[@adamsewfun.]

glad it worked for you!

[@craveyr]

Very new to Amara and PS - I had heard the term drag and drop but didn't know what it was exactly. I followed your method and it worked perfectly and was so easy. Thank you!!

[@nicolechristie9042]

Thanks for the very real, hands on tips and tricks in addition to the process and steps to follow. I’ll be able to use this info on my next quilt!

[@adamsewfun.]

Thank you for watching. I try to teach it the way I would want to learn it. I just try not to ramble and get off topic too much, it's hard for someone like me who loves to talk. Keep your eyes open for more videos coming soon.

[@lorettaclinton6604]

Thank you for the very informative videos.

[@adamsewfun.]

Thank you for watching.

[@mollydursteler824]

Thank you for this tutorial! As well as the burrito method for loading! Your lessons ROCK💜 Thanks a bunch!

[@adamsewfun.]

Thank you so much for watching Sunny, glad I can help.

[@janeenpearson5339]

Love love love the burrito method.

[@gerrneg]

just tried your drag and drop…. Love it…

[@charlenepeabody2453]

Thanks Adam, your are a doll

[@cynthiabailey2275]

Love this video ❣️Thanks so much.💚

[@lcasteller]

I am a new Amara owner and the rulers would be awesome!

[@cherylnewell9806]

Thank you for the tutorial

[@shonnagibson1021]

Adam.. I was trained to put needle down on lowest point of design and drag drop when advancing quilt. I do this method. In your method I notice it's more steps. Can you please tell me if this method you are showing was how u were taught originally? Thank you I've learned advanced skills to my machine watching u. Thank you for sharing .

[@lorali1256]

Thank you Adam

[@linaadams138]

Thank you so much for this. How did you move the cross hair at around 6:15?

[@opheliavoyager]

Adam, thanks for this method of drag and drop. I use the needle down and roll method, and it works for me, but I've "rolled" the quilt/needle down on occasion and forgotten to unlatch the front bar. I've also forgotten to hit drag when I advanced or drop after I advanced. It's easy to miss a step. I'm going to try your method.

[@adamsewfun.]

Let me know how you like it. It does take a few tires to make sense but once it does, you won't go back.

[@shortstuffretail9]

I really benefit from your clear and concise videos! One question: what do I do if my subsequent point checks don't match up with the design on the screen? Thanks again for all your information and help!!

[@adamsewfun.]

You can use the reposition nudge function to shift the design some. It can be off for a number of reasons, so you have to be careful that shifting one point isn’t going to mess up another. I always pin my tops so I don’t have much drift, but fabric is fluid and the machine naturally will push and shift fabric to the right when stitching. Basting the edges will help with this.

[@marilynt1]

Adam I watch this video every time I get confused and it really helps. My only question regards the Resume. I can't figure out how you maintain the resume button at the ready after advancing and locating your restart spot. Is it that you use the Handi Quilter screen instead of the Prostitcher screen? Learn so much from your videos, thanks.

[@theresamahaffey540]

I did everything you did and the design never moved. I tried it 4 times exactly as you did. Still nothing changed. Its not surprising… I continue to have issues with the software glitches. I ended up canceling out, manually moving the area and design up in modify, so the next row would start where it was supposed to.

[@lulabell511]

Thanks Adam

[@dr.franchiskagarrett114]

Where did you purchase your bungee straps? I learned so much from this video

[@adamsewfun.]

They are part of my frame. You can get them from a Handi quilter retailer

[@lisacreger2079]

HI Adam, I need help please, my machine just stopped, no thread break & my crosshairs have now moved to another part of my quilt, after I tried to fix my issue….how do I get my crosshairs back to where my design is so I can, I assume, set a new stop start to continue quilting the design where it left off???? Thx bunches! LOVE your channel & videos!! You are the best educator by far!!

[@adamsewfun.]

It sounds like you have some kind of motor error. After you reconnect your motors, your Pro-Stitcher Universe is different. You need to reposition the design yo your crosshairs, you always bring things to your crosshairs, not the other way around. I have a video called something like reposition after a thread break that will help you.

[@lisacreger2079]

@@adamsewfun. Yes, THANK YOU! That worked but now it stitched part of the way and it stopped again and the run is grayed out??? No thread break. Any suggestions?

[@lulabell511]

Adam...I set up a simple meander for my quilt, then cropped the outside. There are a bunch of starts & stops and looong jump stitches. How can I fix this?

[@theresajukiewicz3092]

Thank you!

[@loddyseams1234]

Do you have a video on how to set up the 2 programmable buttons? Left corner/right corner?

[@adamsewfun.]

I don’t. It’s very easy to set those up though. On the machine screen, where you can pick the M/R, select the settings gear. Then you will see the star/diamond icon. Here you have drop down menus next to the icons, just make your selection on that drop down. Not sunset you are asking about with the corner question?

[@SuzetteSeal]

Is this method the same as row by row without drag and drop?

[@myrleenmanley]

Got a new machine and watching your videos. Great job. I’m confused. At minute 4 it says to clear the design to set a new area but it looks like the design is still there. I’m missing something. Thanks again for your time.

[@adamsewfun.]

Thank your for the time stamp to what you are referencing, that helps to answer your question. I went back to that point on this video, and I didn’t talk about deleting anything on this one. Do we’re you maybe talking about clearing the area in the Cropping the Final Row video?

[@sharongerhart2036]

Thank you! Newbie here, and this was so much easier to understand! Question though, if I've baselined, and saved my workspace, am I ok to shutdown and continue tomorrow, or do I also need to save my area?

[@adamsewfun.]

Your area is saved as part of your workspace, but once you have it all set up and saved, you don’t need that workspace anymore. If you shit down (it’s totally ok to stop and shut down) when you open everything you will need to reposition the design into the correct spot. I have a video called reposition after a motor error that will show you how to do it.

[@bonniesee6375]

Do you use the “reposition”. I’m having issues with the way to drag and drop. We where taught by my dealer to use reposition?

[@adamsewfun.]

I don’t use reposition when I advance, I use this method to drag/drop the design. There are a lot of different methods to advancing your quilt top and setting up your E2E designs, I have just found that this one works best for me.

[@bonniesee6375]

@@adamsewfun. I love your videos! I’ve learned so much from them. Thanks. I have a Forte.

[@TheRhenda]

Hi Adam! I'm so new my machine isn't delivered yet, lol. It will be same as yours. I'm wondering why you are advancing the quilt when it looks like one row covered only about a third of the apparent work area. What am I missing? Did you advance early so you could demonstrate the method? Will it really work only one row at a time? I'm wondering why I need a 26" if that's the case (not too late for me to downsize). Thanks!

[@adamsewfun.]

I think I made my design 18 inches tall, so although it didn't look like it took up the whole space, I made the design so big I could only get one pass. If I was doing a pass that was 5 or 10 inches tall, I could have done more.

[@sandratorr4712]

Love your method, question when you moved your cross-hair to match the area on your quilt, how did you do that on the screen, I thought it could only be done by moving your machine but I noticed you did that after. Also don't you still need to do a new start to move the green start point ???

[@adamsewfun.]

I move my machine to get the cross-hairs in the correct spot on the screen, to pick up the spot on the design that I want to move. Once I HST drag, I take the needle to that same spot that has been stitched on the quilt. You don’t have to change your start point if you just select resume, the machine will start at the next start after the jump. That being said, if you are used to changing your start, continue to do it that way so you don’t get confused. Both ways will work.

[@janeenpearson5339]

I am fast becoming a fan of your videos. Have only had my Pro-Stitcher for 3 weeks and with these videos feel the learning curve is so do able. Have a question. I am working on my first edge to edge and ran into an issue. I didn’t advance it properly and the drop is off. How can I correct this? Thank you

[@adamsewfun.]

Thanks for watching. If you drop in the wrong place or if you are like me and sometime forget to push Drop, just use the same process to move the design again. You can pick it up and drop it as many times as you like. I often forget to drop and come back to notice it when I am checking my points. Find the point on the screen, hit drag, move the laser light to that same point on your quilt, hit drop. Hope that works. I also have a video on how to reposition after a motor area or you pause to sleep. That video might help you out too.

[@janeenpearson5339]

@@adamsewfun. thanks Adam. Found the video. Very helpful.

[@cdematt155]

Did you have to ‘jump’? When I did this I hit resume and ran into the bar 😮

[@adamsewfun.]

If you don’t cancel out of the stitch out, the machine will jump to the next row. I let PS run through the whole process and never hit cancel if I don’t have to. If you Cancel, then you have to move your start point to the correct position at the beginning of the row you want to stitch. It all just depends on what buttons are hit.

[@debphillips2393]

How do you easily move your crosshairs when you’re ready to drag and drop?

[@adamsewfun.]

The crosshairs move when you move the machine. They represent where your needle is in your Pro-Stitcher Universe.

[@debphillips2393]

@@adamsewfun. I meant when you are getting to move the area on the screen to match the cross hairs. Right now I am using nudge and thought there might be an easier way. I am very new!!

[@gagarowe6404]

My area box is not moving with my workspace. Why would this be happening?

[@adamsewfun.]

Your area box won’t move. It’s just used to set up the design. Once it’s done and you are ready to stitch, you can erase that area and be done with it.

[@ajohnson2842]

What are your thoughts on floating the top instead of putting the top on your front bar?

[@adamsewfun.]

I am not a floater but that doesn't mean it is wrong. I know plenty of people who float and do it successfully. I just feel like I get batter results when I pin the top on.

[@maryalumbaugh3969]

Can this method be used with Pro Stitcher lite?

[@jadm222]

It absolutely can!

[@maryalumbaugh3969]

​@@jadm222 Thank You so much!!

[@barbaramunoz9217]

where did you get the bungee stripes?

[@adamsewfun.]

I made them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lae6fZdqpquqiKs