I knew I had read about basting on a long arm somewhere . Here of course! So yesterday I go to the quilt shop to ask about it.. WELL..... First she said she had never heard of such a thing and looked at me like I was nuts and Her machine wouldn't do that. And besides it wouldn't be worth her time to do it.. And after telling the young lady that worked there to see if someone elses card was up on the shelf (it wasn't ) she just walked away into the back room. Needless to say I wasn't impressed.. Today I decided to search on line because after stopping at the sew and vac place (they have classes and such) He had never heard of it either, I did think I was nuts.. LOL I was glad to find this post. Now if I can find someone local to do it it will be nice.