I provide the batting. And I provide the backing. My long armer does not stock every batting on the market. she makes a special trip to JoAnns . just easier to provide her with what I want.
With my long armer...I don't care what she does "pattern" wise. She knows that I don't want "custom" and that I don't want the thread color to be the focal point. She is very inexpensive so I give her my permission to get it done as she sees fit.
IF I had a specific quilt that I wanted "custom" with very specific do & don't s and wants..heck yea...PUT IT IN WRITING. I would not expect her to remember our verbal conversation five minutes after I left. I know that I would not remember.
Sandy