That is way too high, my la is very reasonable, $70 for a twin. I can pm you info if you like.

That is a terrible rate here in St. Louis. I have a wonderful lady who only charges $40-50 for a simple meander pattern. Next time, ask how much.

Not if you live in my area, outside of Philadelphia. The first large quilt I ever had done was for my GS. I took it to my local quilt shop and ended up paying $280 which included the thread! I now have a lady I use, works out of her house, cash only, and charges $140 for the same size quilt. I guess we all have to learn the hard way. I am blessed to belong to a guild and we have two members that charge very little if it is another member and nothing if it is a give away or raffle quilt.

I would say that this is a HIGH PRICE, did you supply the batting and backing?

Yes for sure, especially if it is a simple quilting pattern. Did you provide the batting or did the quilter ?

I believe it really depends on what part of the country you are in. I pay .013 per sq. inch plus thread and batting.

That is way too high. I have only been quilting for about a year now. I have only been charging 50. for full, 60 for queen and 70 for King. If I supply the batting and backing I charge extra for that. I know my prices are lower, but I feel that when I get experienced, I'll charge more. A simple pattern should not cost 200.
Did you shop around for a long arm quilter. And, did you agree to that price before the work was done? Those would be my first questions. Sorry you got bit.

3 years ago I paid $160. It included the batting. It was just plain stippling. So, with inflation - yours might be right.

No wonder so many of you get your work done by a LAQ, the rates are very low compared to rates around here. Here is just one shop (I've never used a LAQ) so don't know these people, but just to give you an example of the rates. http://www.sparrowstudioz.com/longar...-services.html

Am I the only one who finds this ironic? First, we talk (complain, really) about how Muggles (non-quilters) expect us to do all this work to make a quilt, then want to pay a really low price for the product of our work. Then we turn around and do the exact same thing to our fellow quilters and longarmers.