Not if you live in my area, outside of Philadelphia. The first large quilt I ever had done was for my GS. I took it to my local quilt shop and ended up paying $280 which included the thread! I now have a lady I use, works out of her house, cash only, and charges $140 for the same size quilt. I guess we all have to learn the hard way. I am blessed to belong to a guild and we have two members that charge very little if it is another member and nothing if it is a give away or raffle quilt.