I'm a new quilter (or more correctly a new piecer) with a regular domestic sewing machine that you can drop the feeddogs on.
This morning I dropped my latest quilt off to the long arm quilter and I know she'll do a great job for me. But the price will be $118. I can't keep on paying that kind of money for quilting!
Would appreciate any tips you can give me on how to make the big leap to doing my own quilting - I'm thinking of maybe combining machine and hand quilting as a starting point. I stitched in the ditch on my very first (cot) quilt but have been too scared so far to quilt anything bigger myself. I'm mostly worried about how handle a large volume of fabric.
Where should I start? Any books, tutorials, videos you can point me to? Do I need a hoop?
Thanks in advance.