Baby Lock Altair 2 Sewing & Embroidery Machine
Exceptional creativity. Intelligent technology. Beautiful sewing and embroidery.
Discover a world of extraordinary creative possibilities with the Baby Lock Altair 2 Sewing & Embroidery Machine. Designed for passionate sewists, dedicated quilters, and embroidery enthusiasts, this sophisticated combination machine brings together advanced sewing technology, impressive embroidery capabilities, and innovative features that make even your most ambitious projects easier and more enjoyable.
Whether you're creating intricate embroidery, piecing heirloom quilts, designing beautiful garments, personalizing gifts, or exploring decorative stitching, the Altair 2 provides the precision, workspace, and creative freedom to bring your imagination to life.
Featuring a 9½" x 14" embroidery field, a 10.1" color touchscreen, an expansive 11.25" sewing workspace, IQ Intuition Positioning®, and IQ Designer, the Altair 2 offers an exceptional combination of creativity, convenience, and advanced technology.
Highlights
IQ Intuition Positioning® App
Take the guesswork out of embroidery placement with Baby Lock's innovative positioning technology. Photograph your hooped fabric using a compatible smart device and wirelessly transfer the image to your machine. The fabric appears on the touchscreen in lifelike color, allowing you to position your embroidery design exactly where you want it before stitching.
Large 9½" x 14" Embroidery Field
Create impressive embroidery projects with an expansive embroidery area that accommodates large designs, elaborate quilt blocks, decorative borders, and personalized creations. Enjoy greater creative freedom with less rehooping.
IQ Designer
Turn your own artwork and imagination into personalized embroidery. Draw directly on the machine's touchscreen, import compatible artwork, or transfer images wirelessly from your smart device. Add decorative fills, outlines, and creative effects to produce designs that are uniquely yours.
Extensive Built-In Embroidery Design Collection
Explore hundreds of built-in embroidery designs, including decorative motifs, floral patterns, quilting designs, and specialty embellishments. Create personalized gifts, garments, quilts, and home décor without needing additional embroidery software.
Extensive Built-In Sewing Stitches
Discover hundreds of utility, quilting, decorative, heirloom, and specialty stitches. Combine stitch patterns, create personalized decorative sequences, and save your favorite combinations for future projects.
Large 10.1" Color LCD Touchscreen
Navigate sewing and embroidery functions using the expansive, intuitive touchscreen. Preview embroidery designs, customize stitches, adjust settings, and explore creative features with clear, responsive controls.
Generous 11.25" Sewing Workspace
Enjoy exceptional room for maneuvering quilts, garments, home décor, and larger projects. The spacious work area provides the freedom and comfort needed for ambitious sewing and quilting projects.
Needle Beam for Precision Placement
Know exactly where your needle will drop with the bright LED pointer on the embroidery foot. This convenient feature helps improve embroidery positioning and alignment, particularly when working with detailed designs and precise placement.
Advanced On-Screen Embroidery Editing
Personalize embroidery directly on the machine by combining, rotating, resizing, repositioning, and editing designs. Create beautiful custom layouts without relying on complicated external software.
Embroidery Monogramming & Lettering
Add names, initials, dates, and personalized messages to quilts, garments, towels, and gifts with the machine's extensive embroidery lettering capabilities.
Wireless Design Transfer
Enjoy convenient wireless connectivity with compatible Baby Lock embroidery software and Design Database Transfer. Move compatible embroidery designs from your computer to your machine without relying solely on USB drives.
IQ Intuition Monitoring™ App
Monitor compatible embroidery functions and project progress from your smart device. This convenient technology makes it easier to keep track of embroidery projects while working on other tasks nearby.
High-Speed Embroidery — Up to 1,050 Stitches Per Minute
Create beautiful embroidery efficiently with impressive stitching speed. Adjustable speed settings allow you to slow down for delicate techniques or increase your speed for larger embroidery projects.
Advanced Sewing & Quilting Capabilities
Enjoy the versatility of a premium computerized sewing machine with features designed for precise piecing, garment construction, decorative stitching, appliqué, and free-motion quilting.
Automatic Needle Threading
Thread your needle quickly and conveniently with Baby Lock's advanced needle-threading technology, helping you spend less time preparing and more time creating.
Automatic Thread Cutter
Save time and simplify repetitive sewing with the convenient automatic thread cutter. Trim upper and bobbin threads at the touch of a button for a smoother, more efficient sewing experience.
Automatic Presser Foot Functions
Enjoy convenient presser foot controls that make positioning, pivoting, quilting, and detailed sewing easier. Keep your hands on your project while making precise adjustments.
Built-In Decorative Stitching & Customization
Explore creative stitch combinations and decorative techniques to add distinctive finishing touches to quilts, garments, accessories, and home décor.
Free-Motion Quilting Capabilities
Explore stippling, thread painting, decorative quilting, and other free-motion techniques. The Altair 2 offers the versatility to move beyond traditional straight-line quilting and create beautiful, personalized designs.
Embroidery Appliqué Capabilities
Combine fabric and embroidery to create dimensional appliqué designs, personalized quilt blocks, decorative motifs, and unique embellishments.
Embroidery Design Rotation & Resizing
Customize embroidery designs directly on the touchscreen. Adjust size, orientation, and placement to coordinate with your project and achieve the look you envision.
Sewing with the Embroidery Unit Attached
Move between sewing and embroidery without having to remove the embroidery unit, making mixed-technique projects more convenient and efficient.
Convenient USB Connectivity
Import compatible embroidery designs, manage saved projects, and expand your creative possibilities using the machine's USB connections.
Bright LED Lighting
Enjoy excellent visibility across the spacious sewing area with built-in LED illumination, helping you see fabric, stitches, and embroidery details more clearly.
Built-In Machine Guidance
Access helpful on-screen instructions and machine information to assist with sewing and embroidery functions, making advanced features easier to learn and enjoy.
Where Creativity Meets Precision
The Baby Lock Altair 2 brings together the precision of a premium computerized sewing machine and the creative possibilities of an advanced embroidery system.
Piece an heirloom quilt with exceptional accuracy. Create beautiful embroidery on garments and home décor. Personalize gifts with names and monograms. Design your own embroidery using IQ Designer. Experiment with decorative stitching and appliqué. Or create large, intricate embroidery projects using the expansive 9½" x 14" embroidery field.
With its IQ Intuition Positioning® technology, IQ Designer, large color touchscreen, generous sewing workspace, and advanced embroidery capabilities, the Altair 2 makes it easier to transform creative inspiration into beautifully finished projects.
More than simply a sewing machine with embroidery capabilities, the Altair 2 is a versatile creative system designed to help you explore new techniques, refine your skills, and discover exciting possibilities.
Whether you're an experienced embroidery enthusiast, a dedicated quilter, a garment maker, or someone ready to explore machine embroidery for the first time, the Baby Lock Altair 2 delivers the precision, innovation, and creative freedom to make every project uniquely yours.
