Originally Posted by Hockeyrabbit
Hi-
For those that dabble in LAQ would you mind sharing how it all started?? And, can you also share if you have done work for others, or now actually teach classes or rent to others?
I would love to buy a LA machine, but I am scared over the price and secondly the space, but more importantly if I would ever get good enough to USE the thing??!!
For those that rent/sell to other, have you paid for your machine doing this work?? Curious! And by no means will I be quitting my day job anytime soon! HA!
My mom and I bought our first long arm about 4 years ago. I love to make quilts and have done it for years and just seeing all the quilts that were machine quilted....made us drool!!! lol :) So we share our machine still now. I say that if you really want one...go for it!!! There is a learning curve to it. Be prepared to spend time practicing. You can watch lots of videos on youtube to get different techniques and practice on a dry erase board or on paper.