The price where I am at to long arm runs about 2 cents an inch. Since Im new still in these parts, I prefer to do my quilting myself. I could ship it out, but then you have to add shipping fees on top of the price of the quilting. I have hand quilted for 20 plus years, but for Valintines day, DH bought me a Brother CS6000i that has free motion quilting on it, and a stich that makes it look hand done. I am going to try it out this week since I have a few days off and see how it does.