{"id":3510,"date":"2015-10-07T17:20:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T00:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.road2cablog.com\/?p=3510"},"modified":"2015-10-07T17:20:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T00:20:59","slug":"meet-road-2016-platinum-sponsor-gammill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/07\/meet-road-2016-platinum-sponsor-gammill\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Road 2016 Platinum Sponsor: Gammill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[&nbsp;\nSince 1980, the<a href=\"http:\/\/gammill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Gammill Quilting Machine Company <\/a>has been an innovative leader in machine quilting. They were the first to develop a large-throat sewing machine on tracks which could be operated from both sides and move in any direction on a specially-designed stand. This revolutionary idea enabled pantograph patterns to be traced directly onto fabric, therefore making it possible to complete a quilt or bedspread in a matter of hours rather than days.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/longarm\/meet-road-2016-platinum-sponsor-gammill\/attachment\/download-6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3515\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/download.png\" alt=\"download\" width=\"446\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a>\nGammill has continually worked on improving the machine quilting process, creating new models and sizes for different quilting needs. \u00a0Gammill recently celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Statler by Gammill.\n[caption id=\"attachment_3511\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"565\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/longarm\/meet-road-2016-platinum-sponsor-gammill\/attachment\/paul-and-mildred-together-in-front-of-machine\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3511\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3511\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-and-Mildred-together-in-front-of-machine-1024x746.jpg\" alt=\"The original Statler design by Paul Statler\" width=\"565\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a> The original Statler design by Paul Statler[\/caption]\nAfter an extensive career in the Air Force and in biomedical technology, inventor Paul Statler began a new career when he built the first Statler Stitcher for his wife, Mildred, in 1990. They began production quilting as Paul continued improving the system, eventually selling his first Statler Stitcher technology to Gammill in 1994.\nPaul and Mildred continue today to build and advance the Statler by Gammill.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/longarm\/meet-road-2016-platinum-sponsor-gammill\/attachment\/paul-and-mildred-2015-color\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3514\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3514\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Paul-and-Mildred-2015-Color-1024x774.jpg\" alt=\"Paul and Mildred 2015 Color\" width=\"600\" height=\"454\" \/><\/a>\nGammill has long been associated with Road to California, becoming their <em>platinum sponsor <\/em>in 2015. As a platinum sponsor, they have the opportunity to support the show and the prizes that are awarded. Says Gammill representative, Shandi Brinkman, \u201cRoad to California attracts such outstanding talent. We are excited to be able to recognize the creativity, hard work and dedication of quilters.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/longarm\/meet-road-2016-platinum-sponsor-gammill\/attachment\/print\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3513\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3513\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Statler-with-Gina-Perkes-Quilt_w-credit-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Print\" width=\"629\" height=\"354\" \/><\/a>\nGammill is always \u201cthrilled\u201d to be at Road. The company appreciates the show\u2019s great mix of education, vendors, special events, quilt showcases and fun. One of their favorite parts is meeting so many of the nearly 40,000 attendees that come each year. And, they don\u2019t mind the beautiful California weather either!!\nFor 2016, Gammill is excited to sponsor both classrooms and a vendor booth as well as support the Best of Show award, a $10,000 prize to the winner!!\u00a0 Next year\u2019s lineup includes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.road2ca.com\/teachers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">classes taught by Georgia Stull<\/a> that will focus on the <a href=\"http:\/\/gammill.com\/statler\/statler-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statler by Gammill machine<\/a>. This will be a fantastic learning opportunity for Statler owners or those who are interested in learning more about computerized quilting. They also hope attendees stop by their booth to test a <a href=\"http:\/\/gammill.com\/vision-2-0\/vision-pics-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gammill Vision 2.0<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/gammill.com\/statler\/statler-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statler by Gammill<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/longarm\/meet-road-2016-platinum-sponsor-gammill\/attachment\/vision-with-wunderlust-by-karen-marchetti\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3512\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3512\" src=\"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vision-with-Wunderlust-by-Karen-Marchetti-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"Vision with Wunderlust by Karen Marchetti\" width=\"647\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a>\nRoad to California is grateful to Gammill for their generous contributions to the show. To learn more about their products and quilting community, please visit their <a href=\"http:\/\/gammill.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>.]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,29],"tags":[451,453,461,687,691,1246],"class_list":["post-3510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-longarm","category-road-2016","tag-gammill","tag-gammill-vision","tag-georgia-stull","tag-long-arm-quilting","tag-longarm-machines","tag-statler-by-gammill"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Statler-with-Gina-Perkes-Quilt_w-credit.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/road2ca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}