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Quilting machine from China

A quilting machine is chosen by stitch type and working width, chain stitch or lockstitch, single needle or a bar of many, and the wrong pair cannot be fixed later: the width limits your products and the stitch decides whether a pulled thread unravels a whole row.

Ask about this machine ↗Where the numbers come from

Written and listings checked 30 September 2026. Every figure on this page names its source.

What you are actually comparing.

Two quotes, one machine name

What hides inside the price

Chain stitch or lockstitch

Multi-needle chain stitch machines run fast from large thread cones but a broken chain can unravel. Lockstitch shuttle machines hold better and need bobbin changes. Mattress ticking and duvets are quilted on both; ask which your buyers accept.

Working width

Width must cover your widest product plus margin. Duvet and mattress panels need full width; garment quilting runs narrower.

Needle bars and pattern range

Multi-needle machines stitch repeated patterns across the width; single-needle computerised machines stitch free patterns. Ask how many needle bars move independently.

Filling height

Thick fibre fill or foam needs presser clearance and a feed that does not shift the layers. Ask the maximum layered thickness at your stitch length.

Feeding and take-up

Ask how the top fabric, filling and backing are fed and rolled, and whether panel cutting at the end is included.

Before you ask for a price.

Send these with the enquiry. Without them, any number a factory gives you is a guess dressed as a quotation.

Products: mattress ticking, duvets, jackets or bedspreads, with finished widths.
Layer build: top fabric, filling type and thickness, backing.
Stitch type your buyers accept, and pattern samples.
Metres per shift you need, and whether you quilt panels or rolls.
Thread cones and bobbins to include, and your power and air supply.

Turn the claim into a demonstration.

Require this	A pass looks like
Quilt your thickest layer build at full width and your pattern for a counted length.	No skipped stitches or layer shift across the width, and pattern repeat within your tolerance end to end.
Pull a cut thread end on a chain stitch sample.	Unravelling stops within the length you agreed, or the lockstitch holds.
Run a full shift and log stops for thread breaks and bobbin changes.	Metres produced per shift at or above the offer, with each stop logged.

The documents that must arrive with it.

EU Declaration of Conformity with the serial number, under 2006/42/EC until 19 January 2027, then Regulation (EU) 2023/1230.
Low voltage 2014/35/EU and EMC 2014/30/EU references.
Manual describing needle bar guarding and the feed roller pinch points.

The one people forget. A foundation and floor drawing. Wide quilters are long and heavy, and site access is a surprise at delivery.

When this is the wrong machine.

Buy something else if

Named, not hedged

You quilt small runs of patchwork or art quilts.

A long-arm quilting machine on a frame. A multi-needle industrial line needs volume.

You want logos or fine decoration on quilted panels.

A commercial embroidery machine, with quilting bought as a separate step.

Where the numbers come from.

We name the kind of source, how many and when, and never the factory. Listed prices are asking prices, not landed cost. Where we do not hold a fact we say so: that is a GAP, not an estimate.

Listings · 30Thirty marketplace listings for multi-needle computerised quilting machines, checked September 2026. Most industrial chain stitch and lockstitch machines advertised US$7,700 to US$50,000, with one listing's range reaching US$110,000. Two stated width: 2.45 m and 128 inches. Asking prices, not landed cost.
Arithmetic128 inches x 2.54 = 325 cm, about 3.25 m of working width.
GAPGAP - no supplier quotations logged for this machine yet. Three to five quotations for one configuration would give a real price spread.

Related machines.

Commercial embroidery machine. Embroidery suits placed designs on panels rather than full-width stitched patterns.
Fabric inspection machine. Check ticking and top fabric before quilting if faults reach finished panels.

Every machine we source in this area is on the Textile & garment page. How a project runs, stage by stage, is on how it works, and what it costs is on pricing.

Straight answers

Questions buyers ask about this machine.

Chinese vs European quilting machine: what differs?+

Needle bar precision, feed control over thick fill, frame mass and service. Test both on your thickest product.

What should a quilting machine sourcing guide cover?+

Stitch type and width first, then filling height, then speed and patterns. Speed claims mean little until layer build is fixed.

What CE documentation does a quilting machine need?+

A Declaration of Conformity and a technical file. The CE mark on a photo is not evidence.

Who is the EU importer of a quilting machine bought direct?+

Your company, if it places the machine on the EU market. You check the conformity papers and your details go on the machine or documents.

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