Baby Lock Altair 2 BLTA2

BLTA2

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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.

Features

IQ Intuition

 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.

 9-1/2 X 14 EMBROIDERY FIELD

 9-1/2" X 14" EMBROIDERY FIELD

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

 IQ DESIGNER

 IQ DESIGNER

Create your own embroidery 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!
WI-FIS CAPABILITY

WI-FI CAPABILITY

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

 10.1 LCD SCREEN

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.

 LARGE 11.25 WORKSPACE

LARGE 11.25" WORKSPACE

With a generous 11.25" workspace to the right of the needle, Altair 2 gives you plenty of room to work. Those larger projects aren’t anything to worry about!
COLOR VISUALIZER

COLOR VISUALIZER

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

 534 EMBROIDERY DESIGNS

534 EMBROIDERY DESIGNS

You’ll always have something to embroider with Altair 2’s huge selection of built-in designs that includes 200 exclusive designs from Baby Lock! The design library features large thumbnails images to conveniently choose the perfect embroidery design.

 774 STITCHES

774 STITCHES

Altair 2 is loaded with stitches, giving you plenty of options for every project. Best of all, you can combine them for countless stitch combinations and you can save them in memory to retrieve them at any time.
Quick-Set, Top-Loading Bobbin

QUICK-SET DROP-IN BOBBIN

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

 Needle Beam

NEEDLE BEAM

Know exactly where the needle will drop every time with a brilliant LED pointer on the included embroidery foot. There’s no more guesswork.
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.

9.5" X 14" EMBROIDERY FIELD

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

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!

WI-FI CAPABILITY

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

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.

LARGE 11.25" WORKSPACE

With a generous 11.25" workspace to the right of the needle, Altair 2 gives you plenty of room to work. Those larger projects aren’t anything to worry about!

COLOR VISUALIZER

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

534 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 STITCHES

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

QUICK-SET DROP-IN BOBBIN

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

NEEDLE BEAM

Know exactly where the needle will drop every time with a brilliant LED pointer on the included embroidery foot. There’s no more guesswork.

Technology Features
  • WXGA,IPS Color LCD Touchscreen
    • Shows 16,777,216 colors
    • Measures 10.1" diagonally
    • Displays Clock and Date
  • Use IQ Intuition Positioning app to
    • Precisely place embroidery designs
    • Transmit images to create designs in IQ Designer
  • Mpeg-4 movie/video play function
    • Video display size 6.2" diagonally
    • Exclusive 1GB Memory Storage for video
  • IQ™ Designer
    • Image on the LCD screen can be magnified up to 800%
    • Will automatically create an embroidery pattern from a JPEG image
    • Drawing area is 3-3/4" x 5-11/16" (96mm x 145mm)
    • 90 Preloaded open, closed and region shapes
    • Able to select different line colors and fill colors
    • 6 Different stitch patterns: running, bean, satin, no outline, chainstitch, and candlewicking
    • 18 Different fill patterns: regular fill, no fill, stipple inside or around a shape, and 15 decorative pattern fills
    • Duplicate and paste editing preloaded shapes
    • Adjust line, fill and stippling width, length and density properties
    • Undersewing options
    • Outline stamp shape creation for Trapunto techniques
  • Guide Beam and Needle Beam for precision alignment of stitches- Class 1 Laser Product (IEC60825-1:2007)
  • Color Visualizer with pinnable color selections and favorites
  • Enhanced Stadium Lighting for 50% brighter true color LED lighting on the needle and work area with 5 settings
  • 2 USB drives (Type A) USB 2.0 drives to connect a mouse, flash drives, hub and CD-ROM drives
  • Precise tracking system on embroidery carriage
  • NeverMiss™ Automatic Advanced Threading System
  • Digital Dual-Feed System ensures utmost fabric control when feeding layers or difficult fabric types
  • Advanced Pivoting Feature and Automatic Fabric Sensor System
  • Automatic sensors
    • Thread tension control makes tension adjustments for accurate stitches
    • Upper and lower thread sensors on/off
    • Upper and lower thread sensors to alert when threads run out
    • On-screen hoop sensor to recommend size of hoop
  • Embroidery speed up to 1,050 spm
  • Resume mode
  • Programmable shutoff capabilities
  • Eco power mode
Advanced Sewing Features
  • 771 Built-in stitches including
    • 150 Utility including 15 one-step buttonhole styles and 1 four-step custom buttonhole
    • 442 Decorative
    • 79 Decorative satin
    • 20 Satin
    • 17 Cross
    • 63 Combinable Utility stitches
  • 4 Built-in alphabets
  • Stitch length 0.0mm - 5.0mm
  • Basting stitch length of up to 30mm
  • Maximum Utility stitch width 7mm
  • Utility stitch editing capabilities
  • 5 Memory settings for each Utility stitch
  • Decorative stitch editing capabilities
    • Edit and combine Character Decorative stitches
    • Character/Decorative stitch memory equaling 1MB
    • Satin stitch elongation
  • Sew Utility and Decorative stitches while embroidery arm is attached
  • Automatic drop feed on screen
  • Mirror-image
  • Lock key for Utility and Decorative stitches
  • Reinforcement priority settings
  • Lateral and diagonal feeding
  • Variable needle positions
  • Fully automatic built-in darning
  • Twin needle settings
Convenient Sewing Features
  • Larger sewing bed and workspace with 11.25" to the right of the needle
  • Convenient one-touch buttons for
    • Start/Stop
    • Reverse sewing
    • Reinforcement key
    • Needle up/down
    • Thread cutter
    • Automatic presser foot lift
    • Automatic needle threading
  • Sewing speed control
  • Quick-Set, top-loading bobbin with sensor
  • Quick-Set independent bobbin winding system with variable speed
  • Programmable 3-step needle up/down
  • Automatic thread cutter (with on/off capability)
  • Needle plate with scale in inches and centimeters
  • Free arm
  • Two accessory storage compartments
Embroidery Capabilities
  • 534 Embroidery designs built-in including
    • 200 Baby Lock exclusives
    • 10 Floral Redwork Designs
    • 10 Border Designs
    • Font Embellishments (32 total)
    • 15 Buttonhole embroidery designs in 3 sizes (45 total)
    • 15 Buttonhole embroidery frame designs
    • 160 Large decorative stitch designs
  • 140 Frame combinations
  • 30 font styles including
    • Exclusive script alphabet and characters (70 total)
    • Large floral block alphabet (30 total)
    • Calligraphy alphabet and characters (81 total)
    • Large vine alphabet in two sizes (60 total)
    • Large floral alphabet in two sizes (64 total)
    • Monogram alphabet (30 total)
  • Embroiders up to 14" x 9.5" (360mm x 240mm) embroidery field
  • Memory capacity approximately 10MB
  • Reads embroidery designs with a stitch capacity of up to 700,000 stitches per design
  • WXGA, IPS Color LCD Touch Screen shows
    • Design placement using drag/drop and slide/scroll capabilities
    • Enhanced Realistic Preview
    • Design previews can be enlarged 200%
    • Needle positioning grid selections
    • Needle position image can be enlarged 200%
    • Estimated embroidery time display and stitch count
    • Needle advancement (1, 10, 100, or 1000 stitch increments or entire color)
    • Measurements displayed in inches or millimeters
    • Color separation
    • Thread color indicator
    • On-screen hoop size indicator
    • Low bobbin thread indicator
    • 300 color names
    • Screen saver customization
    • Thumbnail images viewed at 150% the normal size
  • 9-Point trial check points
  • Starting point key for instant alignment of characters or patterns
  • Alternate bobbin case for pre-wound bobbins
  • Customize embroidery pattern and thumbnail back ground colors (66 options)
  • On-screen grid
  • Cuts jump stitches (with on/off capability)
  • Embroider without removing the foot control
Embroidery Editing Features
  • Combine embroidery designs on screen
  • Character/text array function
  • Character spacing
  • Multi-line text with justification options
  • Character insert and group edit capabilities
  • 0.1°, 1°, 10°, and 90° pattern rotation
  • Enhanced design enlargement (up to 200%) and reduction (down to 60%) capabilities
  • Design duplication
  • Multiple design selection capabilities
  • Automatic appliqué
  • Automatic basting
  • Add stippling set distance around embroidery designs
  • Mirror imaging
  • Change color selections within designs
  • Enhanced color sorting to optimize sewing order
  • Monochrome option for embroidery designs
Hardware
  • USBs - 2
  • Machine Only Height - 13 1/16"
  • Machine Only Depth - 12 5/8"
  • Machine Only Width - 26 1/6"
  • Machine Only Weight - 37.5 lbs
  • Weight With Embroidery Arm - 47.6 lbs
Included Accessories
  • Hands-free knee lift
  • Touch pen (stylus)
  • 14 Snap-on presser feet
    • Digital Dual-Feed System Foot
    • Embroidery foot with LED pointer
    • General purpose zigzag
    • Blind stitch
    • Buttonhole
    • Button fitting
    • Free-motion open toe quilting
    • Free-motion quilting
    • Free-motion echo quilting
    • Monogramming
    • Overcasting
    • 1/4" Quilting foot with guide
    • Straight stitch foot
    • Zipper
  • Easy-lock accessory case for presser foot storage with interchangeable trays
  • Soft canvas cover for machine with 3 storage pockets
  • 2 Thread spool stand for larger cones
  • Straight stitch needle plate
  • Alternate bobbin case for use with pre-wound bobbins
  • Bobbin center pin
  • Bobbins (10)
  • Embroidery Positioning Stickers (4-Sheets of 64)
  • Lens calibration sheet for use with the positioning app
  • Presser foot adaptor
  • Seam ripper
  • Twin needle
  • Needle set
  • Scissors
  • Cleaning brush
  • Eyelet punch
  • Screwdrivers
  • Spool caps (5)
  • Spool felt and Spool nets (2)
  • Embroidery needle plate cover
  • Foot controller
  • Bobbin covers: cord guide, plain and with seam guide marks
  • Chalk pencil
  • IQ Intuition™ Positioning embroidery hoops and grids included:
    • 9.5" x 14" (240mm x 360mm)
    • 9.5" x 9.5" (240mm x 240mm)
    • 5" x 7" (130mm x 180mm)
    • 4" x 4" (100mm x 100mm)
Optional Accessories
  • Love of Sewing Membership
  • IQ Intuition embroidery hoops:
    • 9.5" x 14" (240mm x 360mm) (EF95S)
    • 9.5" x 9.5" (240mm x 240mm) (EF97S)
    • 5" x 7" (130mm x 180mm) (EF75S)
    • 4" x 4" (100mm x 100mm) (EF74S)
  • Standard embroidery hoops: Note: Standard hoops are not recognized by the positioning app.
    • 8" x 12" (200mm x 300mm) hoop (EF92)
    • 8" x 8" (200mm x 200mm) hoop (EF91)
    • 6" x 6" (150mm x 150mm) hoop (BLMA-150)
    • Continuous Border Hoop 4" x 12" (100mm X 300mm) (BLMA-CBH)
  • Extension Table BLMA-ET
  • Trolley Set (BLMTXL-BK)
  • Foot kit (BLTAFTKIT)
  • Palette 11 (ECS11)
  • Thread stand (holds 10 spools) (BLMA-TS)
  • Multi-Function Foot Control (BLMA-MFC)
  • Circular sewing attachment (BL-CSA)
  • Open toe sole for dual feed foot (BLTY-OTDF)
  • Stitch-in-the-ditch sole for dual feed foot (BLDY-SDDF)
  • ¼" sole for dual feed foot (BLDY-QFDF)
  • Couching foot (BLTY-CCF)
Instructional Help and Resources
  • Built-in Operational Guide with help topics and built-in videos
  • Built-in Sewing Application Guide
  • Built-in Help Messages
  • Embroidery Stitch Count System - SCS
  • Capability to save settings screen images
  • Multiple Language conversion capabilities
Warranty
  • Warranty (25 years limited, 10 years parts, 5 years computer circuit, 5 years electrical, 1 year labor)

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