I agree with this statement from feline fanatic:
3. I hate making the quilt sandwich with a white hot passion. Frame quilting eliminates that step. YAY.
I currently do not have the space or the money to purchase a longarm but I hope one day that will change. I currently rent time on a longarm. I realize I cannot afford to pay enough rental time to get 'very good' at FMQ on the longarm. However, I can quilt a queen size quilt on the long arm in the time it takes me to pin baste the quilt for using my DSM.