Originally Posted by Zhillslady
I just took my first FMQ for hire. I agree it isn't fun. I was excited to see how pretty it's coming out but she wants small curls so each side to side it about 20 minutes and she needs asap so I have to work on whether I'm tired after work or not. Also the stress of not making a mistake is terrible. For friends if I mess up I'll just make you a new one - but I'd never do this for a living. My hats off to those that do. I have one job and need fun not another one.
I love quilting other people's quilts, but the first few were really stressful since I was new to LA quilting. I like to have all the time I need to do a quilt...sometimes they take forever to talk to me and tell me what they want! I have taken quilts where the owner wanted it back in a week so it could be in a show, but I won't promise them I'll have it back to them in time. If I break something on my machine and need to order it from the company, there is no way I can get it finished in a week.
I get so much pleasure from enhancing the beauty of my customers' quilts that I can't imagine ever wanting to do anything else! The "mistakes" just show that the quilt was quilted by a person, not a machine!