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Old 06-04-2008, 07:03 AM
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mpspeedy
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Wow!
Looks like I am a dinasour. Except for chairty quilts or ones for small children I hand quilt everything. I do quilting for other people and my prices start at 10 cents a square inch. I can do a queen size quilt in a couple of months as long as my neck and back cooperate. THe most tedious part of the whole process is getting started. Putting together the sandwhich and basting. I have never machine quilted anything bigger than a crib size. I just can't handle that much fabric etc. under my machine. Putting the binding on large quilts is the thing I hate the most.

I have several friends that have long arm machines and do beautiful work. I still have this old fashioned idea that handquilting makes the quilt. The feel and the drape is unique.
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