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To schedule a service technician to come to your home and install your Quilt EZ Butler quilting system please call 435-294-8002. The Butler Install Service is an exclusive install service offered by SewingMachinesPlus.com but will require seperate payment and scheduling through a third party provider. If you are interested in scheduling a Butler install please call the Butler Install Service at 435-294-8002.
Butler Quilting Robot
Butler will attach onto ANY quilting machine on the market, regardless of the machine’s stitch regulator.
The best value computerized quilter
The Butler is a computerized quilting system. This will control the movements of your machine seamlessly and accurately. You tell the system where you want to sew, place a pattern in that area, edit the pattern by flipping, rotating, scaling, repeating – doing just about anything you want to the pattern, then press go. The Butler will do the rest AUTOMATICALLY for you.
The Butler robotic quilting system is designed to attach onto any Mid to Long Arm machine on the market. With our extensive research on all machines on the market, you can rest easy knowing you are receiving a quality product that can be easily attached to your machine and frame.
There is a belt that attaches to the top carriage to control the front/back movements. And a belt that attaches to the sides of the frame, to control the left/right movements. The touch screen display mounts to the head of the machine. And the "control box" (motor box, because it has the motors inside it) mounts to the front of the bottom carriage. It is extremely fast and easy to install.
Compatible Machines
The Butler will attach onto ANY quilting machine on the market, regardless of the machine's stitch regulator. Below are the installation instructions we have available. If we do not have installation instructions for your machine/frame it does not mean the Butler will not work on your setup. You can use one of the installation instructions below for reference when setting the Butler up on your machine/frame combo.
- Tin Lizzie LS, DLS (18" or Ansley)
- Phoenix frame, Wood Frame, Hailey Frame
- Upgraded Tin Lizzie handle bars to "Ram Style" handles (DLS style system)
- Phoenix Frame, Wood Frame, Hailey Frame
- Viking 18x8 or P3000
- Imperial Frame, I-Quilt Frame
- Pfaff 18.8 or P3
- Imperial Frame, I-Quilt Frame
- Gammill Plus, Vision 1 and Vision 2 (18", 22", 26", 30")
- Original track system, Breeze Track system
- Nolting Original electronics, Pro model electronics (Hobby Quilter, Fun Quitler, 20", 24", 30")
- Hinterberg Stretch Frame, Hinterberg Summit Frame, Nolting Metal Frame
- Innova Original electronics (18", 22". 26", 32")
- Original Innova Metal Frame
- APQS Original Electronics Or "New Generation" with Touch buttons on Head (20", 26")
- Original Track system, Bliss Track System
- A1 Original electronics and New Electronics (23", 26", 30")
- (new electronics have a 7" touch screen already, these are Quilt-EZ's electronics alredy)
- A1 Metal Frame
- Handi Quilter: HQ16, Avante, Fusion, Infinity and Moxie
- Studio Frame, Gallery Frame, Original "Clamp style" frame, Loft frame
- Babylock: Crown Jewel
- Majestic Frame, Momentum Frame
- Juki: TL-2200 QVP
- Janome: Quilt Maker Pro 18 (Butler Install Service recommended)
- King Quilter: King Quilter 2, King Quilter 2 Elite
Installation Instructions:
A-1 Metal Frame
A-1 Symphony Frame
APQS Bliss
APQS Original Frame
Gammill (Breeze)
Gammill (Old)
Handi Quilter/Baby Lock
Handi Quilter Clamp Frame
Handi Quilter Infinity Machine
Innova
Janome
Juki
Nolting
Nolting Hinterberg (Stretch)
Nolting Hinterberg (Summit)
Prodigy
Q'nique Imperial Frame
Q'nique Phoenix Frame
Connecting Robot to Quilt Machine
King Quilter 2/King Quilter Elite
Features
The Quilt EZ's optional robotics upgrade is an easy-to-use computer control that turns your quilting machine into a QUILTING MACHINE! For Quilters looking to quilt with confidence and ease, simply press GO and let robotics quilt simple to complex patterns with perfection. Quilt smoothly, quickly and effortlessly!
- 7" or 10" Color Touch Screen Display – Enjoy an easy-to-use, high-resolution touch display
- Computer Motion Control – The Black Motor Box attaches to your carriage. It houses an internal computer and our servo-controlled motors with the power to guide your quilting machine
- Frame and Carriage Belts - Our durable timing belts will be installed onto your carriage and frame, guiding your machine. Use the motor box lever to quickly disengage the belts and be ready for free motion quilting in no time
- Perfect Stitch Compatible - Butler connects Seamlessly with the Perfect Stitch Regulator. (*Perfect Stitch Regulator not included with Butler) note: Perfect Stitch is not required to use Butler on your quilting machine. Butler will attach onto ANY quilting machine on the market, regardless of the machine's stitch regulator
Downloads
More info on the robotics upgrade
Download
Butler robotics manual
Download
7" or 10" Android Tablet
The Android tablet gives you all the functionality of the 7 or 10 inch display, along with the quilting industries latest advances.
Features and Benefits:
- Improved Hardware – With a 10 inch capacitive touch screen and a dual core, 1.3 MHz processor, the new butler system is faster and more responsive than ever before
- The Power of Android – The Android Tablet gives you all the features of an android device. Access the Google Play store, Browse the internet, or even watch YouTube videos all from your quilting machine
- Powerful Editing Features - Along with the ability to rotate, autosize, and repeat patterns, Butler also includes a crop feature, perfect for applique patterns. You can also see a birds-eye view of all your to-be-stitched patterns, select which patterns you would like to run
- Wifi Enabled - Wireless internet lets you access popular sites, like YouTube, Pandora, E-mail and others, all right from your quilting machine. You'll also be able to install software updates at the push of a button. We are the only system on the market to be able to QUICKLY update over WiFi
- Compatible with nearly every machine - Regardless of which display you choose, Butler is compatible with nearly every machine on the market
Included Only for a Limited Time!
Quilt Manager
Quilt Manager is the BEST, most SIMPLE to use digitizing software you can find. It's also the most affordable option to create and modify robotic quilt patterns.
What can the quilt manager do?
- Open/Save Digitized Patterns – Whether QLI, DXF, or QCC, Quilt Manager can open your pattern design files. Available output files Are QCC and DXF
- Shape tools - Quilt Manager has built-in shape tools so you can quickly make perfectly proportioned circles, squares, rectangles or stars
- Advanced Editing Tools - Using Quilt Managers advanced features, You can mirror, echo, or repeat patterns
- What ever you can imagine - Check out our tutorial videos for more detailed explanations
Other features
- Preview Shape Stitching - watch a stitching simulation of your pattern
- Create & Edit Pattern Boxes – isolate elements of your design
- Grid Views – allow shapes and patterns to auto-align with gridlines
- Show Stitching Jumps - shows where the stitching arm will "jump" and not stitch
- Create Custom Shapes - multi-cornered, circular, square, polygons, stars, etc
- Adjust & Manipulate Shapes – divide line paths, cut shapes, edit line points
- Draw Freehand - custom draw, add to existing patterns
- Join Path Points - connect an end point and start point of two different shapes
- Set Colors - differentiate your shapes easily and quickly
- Group/Ungroup Shapes – preserve spacing between several different shapes
- Swap Start & Stop Points – eliminate wasted thread
- Mirror Vertically & Horizontally – quickly invert the shapes positioning
- Repeat Patterns – place similar shapes in several adjacent grid boxes
- Set the Dimensions - set your preferred unit of measurement
Minimum System Requirements:
500 MHz 512 mb RAM 1 GB Hard Drive Windows XP or newer CD-ROM Drive Mouse
Supported File Formats:
Shirley Stitcher – qcc Quilt Magician – qcc Statler Stitcher – qli (import only) AutoCad – dxf500 MHz
General Specs
Pattern Editing
- Multiple Patterns & Custom Shape Quilt Blocks
- 7" Color Touchscreen Interface
- Thread Break Recovery
- Locks – Horizontal and Vertical
- Free Motion Recording
- Upgradeable & Updateable
- Smooth Gliding Belts
- Quick Release Belts
- Emergency Stop
- USB and SD Memory Card Drives
- Free Patterns
Rotate, mirror, scale, repeat, nest, auto-scale
- Create custom shaped blocks and insert multiple patterns
- Drop down menus, highlighted text, menu icons, file previews, stitch preview
- Easily re-start at an exact point in your pattern if needed
- Sew perfectly straight lines and crosshatch by locking the carriage vertically or horizontally
- Record your free motion quilting and convert it into a saved pattern
- Always stay up-to-date with new features
- Glide through your stitches with ease no matter the speed or stitch length
- Easily disengage the guiding belts by releasing the belt levers
- Obstruction to its movement, like bunched fabric or foreign objects, stops the machine
- Import patterns from the internet or your computer, save and or export your patterns
- Butler comes with over 150 free patterns
Version Comparison Chart
Version 4.0
- 7-inch resistive touch screen
- Select, resize, rotate, or move patterns using individual commands and menu screens
- Auto center patterns in a pattern box
- Horizontal and Vertical Locks
- Merge only repeated patterns together
- No jumpstitch preview
- Free software updates via USB, manually check for availability
- No crop function
- Automatically fill a four-sided pattern box with a pattern
- Read manual for help learning machine functions
- Patterns stitched in the order they are added
- Stitch all patterns in one pattern box at a time
Version 5.0
- 10-inch capacitive android tablet with faster processor and access to Google Play store, YouTube, and internet browsers
- Without using any menus select, resize, rotate, or move patterns all from the same screen
- Auto center patterns in a pattern box or along either the top, bottom, left, or right edges
- Angle Locks, (any specified angle) Horizontal and Vertical Locks
- Merge any number or kind of patterns together
- Jumpstitch preview between loaded patterns
- Free software updates via USB or WiFi, automatic prompt to download update when available
- Crop patterns inside (appliqué) or outside a pattern box
- Automatically fill a distorted four-sided pattern box with a pattern
- Watch integrated feature explanations and demonstrations right on the tablet
- Set the stitching order of added patterns and pattern boxes
- Stitch any number of patterns from any number of pattern boxes at a time