Hi,
I am relatively new to quilting, and I am starting a charity to make quilts for cancer patients, and also to sell for cancer charities. I am pretty quick doing simple patterns, but take a while to quilt my work. It is painful - my arm and my neck and back end up killing me, pushing and pulling and shoving, and getting all sorts of frustrated!!! I would like to get a longarm so that I can do a quilt top in a few hours, rather than days!! I am able to do a simple quilting pattern on my friend's longarm in about 2 hours, so it would save me a ton of time!!
So, what do you recommend?? I am on a budget, big time. Around 5K, tops!!! I may need financing, so used is probably not an option for me. I looked at the Tin Lizzie online, the Queen one??? I need simple, probably a stitch regulator, nothing else complex. I also do a lot of art quilts, which I probably wouldn't do on a longarm???
Can anyone help with suggestions? Thank you very much,
Nancy
I am using a Janome 6300 (???) now, it has a good sized opening, but it is still a trial. Thanks!
Semi-newbie!!