The long armer wouldn't have anything to quilt if we didn't piece the top together. I am a quilter. I hand quilted a wall hanging and a table top quilt. I have machine quilted two baby quilts - very primitive. I send my quilts to my LAQ, but I am a quilter. She finishes them for me. I pay her. But if it wasn't for me and people like me, she would be out of a job.