Originally Posted by KwiltyKahy
My friend took hers to a LA who cut off the scallops she had so carefully added on the edges. The quilting was beautiful but the look my friend was going for was ruined.
Horrible!!! However, a quilt that isn't square is very difficult to put on a longarm...mark your scallops but don't cut them until after the quilting is done!
About the altered top...what your LAer did was absolutely unbelievable!!! I have given customers back their quilt and backing when the backing was too small and had them add to the backing so it would work on my LA. I would NEVER consider cutting down their quilt :shock: except to make it squared up so I could attach it to my leaders properly. Your LAer should not charge you for the quilting, and should reimburse you for the cost of your materials and time to piece the quilt. Unless you are willing to have her destroy any quilt you take to her, don't go back. There are many LAers out there who will respect the work you have put into your quilt and enhance it's beauty with their quilting...and not cut your quilt up to suit themselves. I am absolutely blown away that a LAer would even have such a "solution" cross their mind!!! :thumbdown: Heck, I'll contact my customers if there is a piece of their quilt coming unsewn and ask them how they want me to handle it - it is not my quilt and I have no right as the LAer to make those kind of choices.
I am so sorry this happened to you...and don't go back to her because who knows what this loose cannon will come up with next!