How do I find a longarm quilter local?
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How do I find a longarm quilter local?
So I thought about it the other day and I know some of you send off your quilts to the long arm quilter. But I would like to know is how to go about trying to find someone local or with in 2 hours like around Oklahoma City area. I thought maybe I could put an ad in the paper saying that I'm looking for a long arm quilter. My questions is "Is this something that would be a good idea? Do any of you live around that area of someone that I could send it too?
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Here is a link to board members who do long arm quilting. Check out their posts to see if you like what they do.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...s-t169702.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...s-t169702.html
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I think the best would be to go to a local quilt store and ask for a recommendation. Usually either they do longarm quilting of have names of people that do. I look online and 5 quilt store names came up. Also a quilt guild might give you a name of a local quilter...
Good luck.
Good luck.
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Usually I look for LAQ locally thru a LQS or a guild. Ask your friends for referrals. You want to make sure that you can trust this person and they will listen to how you want your quilt quilted.
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Get referrals, for sure, and also make sure to see some of the quilter's work before you commit, so you know you'll like the result. You can see their work online if they have a website, also at local quilt shows where they quilt for other local people. They probably also keep some samples of quilting they've done at their home or studio to show prospective customers, or at least you can see their works-in-progress.
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So I thought about it the other day and I know some of you send off your quilts to the long arm quilter. But I would like to know is how to go about trying to find someone local or with in 2 hours like around Oklahoma City area. I thought maybe I could put an ad in the paper saying that I'm looking for a long arm quilter. My questions is "Is this something that would be a good idea? Do any of you live around that area of someone that I could send it too?
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