Long arm prices too high???
12-03-2010, 09:10 AM
#71
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I recently had a wall hanging quilted at my local quilt shop. I usually do my own small quilts but I was too busy, It is 46" x 65" and cost me $100 including the cotton batting and thread charge. So your prices are fantastic. I hope they do great work.
12-03-2010, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by sewmom
Originally Posted by irishrose
Do they do mail order? Those prices are a lot less than anyone here charges in Northern Lower Michigan. I haven't checked the Amish. I'll have my daughter check. I was in an Amish home recently. A beautiful new house with a huge sunny sewing room with three new, very modern machines. I didn't want to appear to be nosy, so I didn't look too closely, but I think they may have been converted to treadle.
12-03-2010, 09:38 AM
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People often confuse Amish and Mennonite. Amish do not use electricity, or go into modern technology, but the Mennonite do. My mathematics professor at Penn State was Mennonite, and he was fully up to date on everything computer aided to do mathematical modeling and research related to technology, and was an author of many college level textbooks. I bet the run their long arm on the computer model. The main premise of the Mennonite is to be "in" the world, but not of it, and so that means in a modern area they have cars and other technology, but work to keep their focus on keeping their minds on Christ. These women probably see themselves as a blessing to others with their low prices.
12-03-2010, 10:13 AM
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The Amish that I worked with did use their own power tools, and I had to pick up batteries once for," Joe's" Game boy???
I think it all evolves around the rules for each group and what some will get away with. Just like any other society---it's not perfect nor does everyone play by the rules.
I think it all evolves around the rules for each group and what some will get away with. Just like any other society---it's not perfect nor does everyone play by the rules.
12-03-2010, 10:25 AM
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Here in PA, we get to see a lot of Amish in Lancaster. I think the problem with electricity is that they would be "connected to" and dependent on the outside world. I've been to quilt shops where they use a propane generator to run the cash register!
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