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Thread: How Long Do You Wait to Get on Your Long-Armer's Schedule?

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    Super Member ghostrider's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Janie67 View Post
    My last 3 I waited a year and a half! They were all queen/king size , custom quilted and total cost a little over $300.00 and well worth the wait. I wish I could figure out how to upload photos from my IPad so I could show you his work. I continue to try ang figure out how but am electronically inept:-(
    No one who charges only $300 for custom quilting three queen/king quilts is worth an 18 month wait, imho. For a wait that long, it'd have to be either Joe the Quilter or Michael James for me to put up with it (and their rates would be sky high). Glad you're happy with both the quality and the time.
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    I am a longarmer and have found this thread interesting. I don't "book" quilts. My experience has been that I usually end up waiting for the customer to bring it to me and it has pushed me behind. I take quilts FIFO (first-in, first-out). We have a secure place where they are hung. I use suit hangers--backing is on the slacks portion and quilt is over the other rod. They are assigned a number when taken in and logged into a book....always done in numerical order. I have two longarm machines--one for custom and one for allovers. Allovers are done within a few days to a week. Custom depends on how many are backed up. The longest custom usually takes is around three months. My "custom ladies" all know the drill and are fine with the wait on their quilts. I will not rush to get them done and I do not do rush quilts--ever. I have, however, taken the backing in for someone who is planning ahead with the understanding that the quilt top itself will arrive within a week. (Usually customers with a raffle or show quilt will do this.) I have never charged anywhere close to $1200 for a quilt--even custom. I agree that it must have been show quality! Wow! I do have a minimum charge due to the amount of time it takes to load/unload a quilt. I do not charge extra for thread. (I know some places have a thread charge on the bill...) We get quilts that are mailed in from all over the US, and they are placed in the same 'line-up'. The log we keep quilts on can be used by employees if a customer calls in to find out where we are on the quilt.
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    4 weeks sounds good to me. Most LAQers here have waiting lists of about 6 mos. to a yr.

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    I get mine back in about 4 weeks....She is very busy but very committed to getting the job done in a timely manner.

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    We have a LAQ up here in the Thumb of Michigan whose turnaround time is usually a day-hardly time to make it back home. LOVE HER!!!

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    My normal turn around is 4 to 6 weeks. I do not have a computerized machine. If I don't move the machine it doesn't move. I know the computerized machines can do the work faster but they can't do the personailzed quilting so decide what type of quilting you want before you start contacting longarmers.

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    1-2 months here..that is another resaon I decided to do my own. I was so worried not to have my Christmas gifts done the first couple times I did it. I bought the Janome 7700, totally worth it....someday I would love to buy a long arm just no room.

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