Originally Posted by
susie-susie-susie
I guess I'm missing something. Why would you want to quilt something twice? I rent time on a Gammill at a LQS. It usually takes about 4 hours and I was required to take a class. I also had to buy zippers to load the quilt. They cut the loading time considerably. $8.00 an hour sounds very reasonable, by the way.
Sue
Yeah, I agree! Why do double the work? I'm guessing you're pretty much a perfectionist. With some instruction on the long arm, and if you do in fact, have quilting experience on your home machine, you should be able to do a respectable job with a meander design. I quilted for years on my home machine before I did some on a long arm (my first attempt being on a rented LA ), and i think it's much easier on a long arm. That being said, I do everything free motion. I just don't have the eye-hand coordination to do pantographs. (Looking at a design in one place and moving your hands somewhere else. ) Forget the water soluable idea, and just trust yourself and quilt! Good luck!