I was lucky to find a lovely lady locally who does long arm work. I personally like minimum quilting done on my tops and she did a great job. I do have to save a while to affor d even the 1 cent a sq inch, but it is worth it for the ones I do not tie. Her name is Heather Rogers and is in the Sedro-Wooley area of Washington. There are good and bad workers in any field. I got lucky....She was nice enough to talk about the kind of work available and has a quick turn around. I hope you find someone who will do a better job for you. $300 is really a lot.........