I recently took a quilt to be machine quilted and was shocked at the price. I'll admit it had 3 different patterns to be used on it, but it was $477 for a queen size. I could have had it hand quilted for roughly $200. She does do beautiful machine quilting, but not that great. If I had not been in a hurry, I would have had it done by hand. My hand quilting lady takes only about a month, but I have to mark it. ( I positively hate the marking part!) Either way, I would furnish the batting, backing and thread. I do my own binding. :shock: