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Baby Lock Altair 2 sewing and embroidery machine

Baby Lock Altair 2 sewing and embroidery machine

$9,499.00
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Working as both an embroidery and a sewing machine, Altair 2 is packed with power and technology allowing your creative side to take control. With IQ Technology®, you can seamlessly transfer images to your machine from your smart device using the IQ Intuition Positioning® App for perfect design placement in the hoop or design creation in IQ Designer.

Baby Lock Altair 2 shown with a tablet running the IQ Intuition Positioning App

IQ INTUITION™ POSITIONING APP

Use this positioning app to take a photo of your fabric in a special hoop and wirelessly transfer it to your machine. The image will display onscreen in high resolution in lifelike color, allowing you to perfectly position your design exactly where you want it, how you want it, every time.

Baby Lock Altair 2 shown with a smartphone running IQ Designer

IQ DESIGNER

Create your own designs with ease! You can draw on the screen, scan your favorite artwork, upload an existing file using a USB drive, or wirelessly send artwork to your machine. Whatever your preference, your art instantly converts for embroidery!

Detail view highlighting the 2-point positioning feature on Baby Lock Altair 2

2-POINT POSITIONING

Use the 2-point positioning function, with needle beam, to preview the position of your embroidery design. Then, adjust the position and angle for precise placement. Your embroidery will be perfectly placed every time.

Detail view highlighting the needle beam feature on the Baby Lock Altair 2

NEEDLE BEAM

Know exactly where your needle will drop every time with a brilliant LED pointer on the included embroidery foot.

Detail of screen on Baby Lock Altair 2 showing the stitch tapering feature

STITCH TAPERING

Match your project’s sharp angles or create mitered corners with Altair 2’s Stitch Tapering. With 12 angle settings, three ending methods, and 20 decorative stitches, you can customize a variety of sewing projects.

Detail of Baby Lock Altair 2 using the feature to quilt around an embroidery pattern.

QUILTING AROUND AN EMBROIDERY PATTERN

Add stippling, echo quilting, or any of the 48 Decorative Fill patterns from IQ Designer around a selected design. Line spacing, distance, and frame size are all easily adjustable.

Detail of Baby Lock Altair 2 showing a sewist deselecting a region of their embroidery design.

DESELECT REGION

Deselect regions of a design to preview and stitch with fewer colors.

Font view of the large workspace on the Baby Lock Altair 2 sewing and embroidery machine

LARGE 11.25" WORKSPACE

With a generous 11.25" workspace to the right of the needle, Altair 2 gives you ample room to work.

Detail of deminsional stitches sewn with the Baby Lock Altair 2

FILL COUCHING ALPHABET

Stitch dimensional couched letters, characters, and designs.

Detail of embroidery in large hoop on Baby Lock Altair 2

9.5" X 14" EMBROIDERY FIELD

Stitch bigger embroidery designs with less re-hooping with a large embroidery field.

A wi-fi symbol over a photo of a happy woman sewing on the Baby Lock Altair 2

WI-FI ENABLED

Wi-Fi enabled for optional download of update files, apps, and design transfer with Design Database Transfer or Palette 11 (optional purchase).

Detail of large LCD screen on Baby Lock Altair 2

10.1" LCD SCREEN

Gain control over every aspect of your stitches, embroidery designs, placement, colors, and more on a large touchscreen. Comparable to many popular tablets, the touchscreen features large, clear buttons and vivid colors.

Detail of LCD screen using color visualizer on Baby Lock Altair 2

COLOR VISUALIZER

Choose from random, vivid, gradient, and soft colors, and watch your design transform in an array of attractive color combinations. Tag your favorite combinations, then select your favorite from the finalists.

Detail of LCD screen showing embroidery designs and stitches on Baby Lock Altair 2

534 BUILT-IN EMBROIDERY DESIGNS

You’ll enjoy embroidery designs galore with Altair 2’s abundant selection of built-in designs, which include 200 exclusive designs from Baby Lock! The design library features large thumbnail images to conveniently choose the perfect embroidery design.

774 BUILT-IN STITCHES

Altair 2 is loaded with stitches, giving you a wide assortment of options for every project. You can combine them for countless stitch combinations and save them in memory to retrieve at any time.

Detail of bobbin case on Baby Lock Altair 2

QUICK-SET™ DROP-IN BOBBIN

Simply drop your bobbin in the machine, pull your threads through the slot, and let Altair 2 do the rest.

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