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My longarmer returns the leftovers for all of the materials, etc. that I brought in.

Have always gotten mine back.

I just got a quilt back from a new LA. She did not return my excess backing which was a first for me. I emailed her and told her that I wanted the excess back as I didn't think she should be keeping it. At the cost of fabric and for her to keep probably close to a yard or more of fabric I think was alittle out of line. I will definitely mention it to any new LA'er that I use in the future. I did get it back and used the excess to make a hanging sleeve which was my intent all along.

I'd send her an e-mail saying you'd like your trimmings back if she still has them.
My LAQs do nothing without first asking.
I would not use her again were I you.

She should never keep the extas nor trim unless she has permission. I once took a class with a renowned teacher and we were asked to bring extra strips. She took them all and we never saw them again. Not good. No wonder she has such a wonderful array of fabrics in her published pictures. A sneaky way to expand her fabric collection.

Mine is always returned. She never trims anything from the quilt. I like to use it to warm up before I start a FMQ project.

I always return everything that is left over. I doodle a little on the edges after I change bobbins and they even get my doddling back. I do this because a few years ago a customer told me that her former LAer did not always return everything and she actually saw one of this ladies quilts and recognized some of her fabric. Who knows if that is true but if you give it all back there is no questionl.

When I load a quilt, the top is pinned to the backing and batting about an inch down from the backing edge, so there usually is no trimmings from that side when the sandwich is removed from the machine. However; if I trim the quilt before returning to my customer all trimmings are returned with the quilt. The "yardage" of the trimmings might be a little different from what my customer would expect due to some fabric "shrinkage" as the sandwich is quilted. A densely quilted piece might not have much extra fabric left after quilting. Please do check with you quilter. Ask if there were any trimmings left, that you were thinking about using them, if any, for the binding.

I never trim the quilts unless the customer request me to do it. I give back all the fabric and excess batting. You paid for it and it is yours.

If I don't trim the quilt,the customer get everything in one piece. If she tells me that she is going to use the backing for binding I try really hard to position the top so she will have enough for the binding. I always ask for a min of 6" extra all the way around for the backing,this way I will not be short and the cust will have enough for her binding.

I have enough of my own fabric and batting and I don't need to feed the stash..lol

I'm a longarmer,and I can assure you she did not "K E E P" your extra fabric.She just did'nt get it in the bag when she was finished with your quilt.Just wait a short time and give her a call.I'm sure she will feel bad but definately return it to you.Cut her some slack.