I did several on my regular sewing machine but it was straight line quilting with my walking foor. It did hold the quilt together and I am still using some of them and gave away others. But it was hard to do to manage the bigger quilts. So, I bought a midarm (Viking megaquilter) on a rather flimsy 10 foot aluminum frame. That was better but had serious space limitations by the time I got to the end of the quilt and the frame was sagging at the end. I did about 20 quilts on it and I had paid about 3 grand for the set-up. As the Megaquilter was a good straight stitch machine out of the frame, I kept the machine and trashed the frame. I think I just about broke even on that deal as I did get 20 quilts done on her and I had decided I just did not like getting on the floor to baste the quilts together and then to push them around on my sit down. So when I retired I got an APQS Lucey for about 11,000. So far, I have done 50 quilts on her in about 10 years. Now I have had some serious medical issues during that time that kept me away from quilting but, I have gotten all those quilts done. So I have spent about 220 per quilt so far with my investment in my machine. But I really think I have gotten my money out of the investment as quilting is what i do for fun. I choose to buy a longarm instead of going on a cruise or going to Europe or building a garage. Quilting is what I do for fun, I do not go out to eat often even before the pandemic, I have had friends come for a quilting week several times, I showed some friends how to use my longarm. I don't gamble, I don't drink, I don't smoke. I don't buy designer clothes. Yeah, quilting is an expensive hobby but I have gifted quilts to my whole family that I have made start to finish. Now, I am not a skilled long armer and have sent a few very special ones out for custom quilting that I can not do. Do I regret my decision to get the longarm. Nope, no way, It was a good one for me. However, if you are thinking of doing it, try it before you do as many shops let you rent time on one. My little midarm one let me know, I could longarm and liked it enough to spend the bigger bucks on my bigger 26 inch Lucey on a 12 foot frame.