I'm with Ckcowl, I had 3 quilts that had to be quilted asap...took them to be quilted, Fiance' picked them up for me and couldn't believe how much it cost...so him being who he is, did some calculations and said that I needed a longarm if I was going to continue on making quilts...Now I'm not saying that Longarm quilting isn't worth every penny they charge, because believe me now owning a longarm I see the work involved to quilting a quilt...so my hats off to all the longarm owners who do this for a living...especially when you receive a quilt that is less than perfectly square and the quilt owner wants you to make miracles......