Talk with people who live in small towns around you. It seems machine quilters are less expensive in small town, because people are many times older and on fixed incomes so machine quilters can't charge what they do in the big city. My quilter lives 2 hours from me and will do a king size quilt for $46.00, while lap size run about $26. I just can't beat it. It is worth the drive, even with gas prices, because I usually bring more than one at a time.