I sometimes rent time on the long arm at the LQS. I made my own leaders using duck fabric from Hobby Lobby and I absolutely love them. And, I got better fabric and paid a whole lot less for them. In the beginning I did it so I could do my pinning at home and not have to pay for that time at the store. But I found it had another advantage. I did not have to finish the quilting in one session. I could just take the leaders off the machine and put it back on the machine at the next session.