that sounds like a reasonable price. but if she whants to learn to quilt her quilts herself there has been some realy good advice posted on here. i personaly bought a relitivly inexpesive mid arm setup ($1900) so i wouldent have to pay to get my quilts quilted but i also make 10-15 quilts per year. but if she is only going to make one or two per year sending them out to be quilted is a good idea and it would take a long tome to pay a quilting machine off but if like me she makes quite a few quilts getting a machine and learning to use it would be a good idea.