I just basted a quilt this week on my long arm. I loaded the quilt on the machine and then using odds and ends of bobbins and thread, I set the machine to the largest stitch (about 1 inch in length) and just stitched straight across the quilt about every 3 to 4 inches. It turned out beautifully and my customer was happy with it and promised to bring more for me to do. It's a great way to use partially filled bobbins and those spools of thread that don't have much thread on them. It's all going to be taken out when the quilt is done anyway. I just stitched in one direction across the quilt. It only took a couple hours to baste a king size quilt. As for charging, I charged by the hour for it because I didn't think it was fair to charge the regular rate for long arm quilting because I really wasn't quilting it.
Last edited by maryb119; 02-09-2014 at 08:47 AM.