A funny thing about my first long arm basting experience: A new dress/upholstery fabric shop opened in town and the woman bought a fancy computerized long arm thinking she would get extra income from that. I took a quilt top in and asked her if she could baste it for me. I went to pick it up and she had cross hatched every 2 inches using a regular very short quilting stitch. :shock: When I tried to explain to her what basting meant she got all huffy and said said that was basting. I paid the $15 she charged me and left smiling all the way home. The shop closed less then a year after it opened.