Originally Posted by
Onebyone
I don't agree with 'luxury for a lucky few'. I think the majority of quilters have their quilts finished by long arm quilting. In fact all the quilters (126 members) in my guild pay the long armer, have a long arm or a good domestic quilting machine. Maybe one will have a hand quilting project now and then. That's too many members for long arming to be for the lucky few.
I agree with the person you quoted. It is my experience that not as many as may like to can afford to send their quilts out to someone else. There are a majority in our guild of 150 members who quilt their own be it by hand or on their own domestic machines. I wonder what the stats are? Interesting discussion, though.