I love long arm quilters. I use one and she goes out of her way for me. She makes my quilts look so much nicer than what they looked like when I brought them in. A good long arm quilter makes all the difference in what a quilt looks like in the end. I just turned in a king BOM that cost over $300 and was a Civil war quilt. I wanted it to be custom quilted and that would have cost me $300. Well, the LA quilter called me and said she thought I should do an all over design because of the colors of the quilt. She said a custom job wasn't going to make the blocks "pop" like I wanted them to. Well, she just lost $180 by telling me what she knew. I really appreciate her. I always use LA quilters to do my quilts and have always admired their work. So, you are so nice to go to all that trouble for that newbie. I'm glad there are people like you out there.