I have quit doing quilting for others. I work full time outside the home and if anything comes up it causes problems in giving an accurate estimate of how long something will take. The last quilt I did for a customer was a custom quilt which did win a ribbon but it took me almost 3 months and had lots of microstippling. The problems that came up with quilting it included: 1. the customer just sent material and I had to piece the backing together. 2. I pulled a muscle in my back and couldn't stand at the machine without pain. 3. I had tension problems and I had to take out alot of the stitching and redo it. 4. It had lots of applique to stitch around. 5. My longarm broke and it took me a week to get it running again. 6. I caught a cold and didn't work on the quilt for a week. 7. I had to travel for work and was out of town for 4 days.
When she brought the quilt to me and told me how detailed she wanted it quilted I did explain that I was a slow quilter. I did give her a price discount because I missed the tension issue and quilted around most of the applique before realizing it, and that delayed her getting the quilt.
As to being on the quilter's list since December I think that would mean different things to different people. The lady who wanted a detail custom quilt from me had been telling me for a year that she wanted me to quilt it for her when it was done, but how did that change what happened when I finally received the quilt from her? Plus, was my life supposed to stop and shift to accomodating her timetable because she had told me a year previously?
I hope you get your quilt back quickly and I am sorry you are unhappy but I think you probably had unrealistic expectations.
Last edited by Pagzz; 03-13-2014 at 04:29 AM.