finding a long-arm quilter
 

Is there a way to search the Quilt Board to find a long-arm quilter in my area? I have a couple of king size quilts that I would like to have someone quilt for me.
Sandy

TIA

Under Members Only Thrift Shop and Yard Sale is this sticky thread https://www.quiltingboard.com/member...s-t169702.html they are listed by state/country

I found the lady who does my longarm quilting by asking at my local quilt shop. I also belong to a local guild and they have a list of members who do longarm work. You might try one of those methods. -Bonnie

LQS usually are associated with local la quilters

I​t is also OK to post in the In Search Of forum asking for a LA quilter in your area.

Are you part of a guild? These quilters would be a good source of reliable long-arm quilters. That is where I found mine. I see you are from Northern Indiana, I just bet there are many, many long-arm quilters in your area. Ask at quilt shops too. They may not be comfortable recommending a specific quilter, but they may have business cards from long arm quilters that you can look at and consider.

Ask lots of questions before leaving your precious top with any one to work on. Turn around time, what they supply, their requirements from you and references, do they do custom quilting and more.

Oh, I just thought of another place. Small local quilt shows. Often they will list the maker of the quilt and if it was quilted by someone else. When you see a name repeated, and you like their work, seek them out. The show organizers will have the contact information for both the quilter and the quilt maker.

Go to a local quilt show and see who is listed as the quilter. That way you can see their work.

If you're near Michigan City, I recommend Quilter's Apothecary. Jamie Walen. I've taken classes from him & his work is just awesome. His edge to edge is reasonable too.

I found my LA quilter by asking at the LQS and saw some of her work and liked it.

No matter where you go to find a LAQ make sure you see work that she/he has done and talk to quilters who have used them. I had a bad experience with a LAQ that was recommended by a quilt shop. The work was awful and I took it home and ripped it all out. Paid for quilting my quilt twice because I assumed the shop person knew the quilter was good. It was my 1st finished quilt so not a good experience for sure.

That sounds familiar! I was told that the owner of a quilt shop did things with her freehand quilting. the employees just gushed. I was horrified with what I received!! I don't have the fortitude to rip it all out (queen) but now I have to take care of the bare spots and a 2.5" border all around with nothing in it! Painful lesson.

The very first quilt I pieced was for my nephew's first baby. I took the quilt to a popular LQS in my area that several people in my guild used for LA work. The store owner does the quilting himself on two machines setup right in the store. I guess I should have suspected something when I went to pick the quilt up, because while the saleswomen checked me out, the guy who does the actual quilting kept looking over at us. The next day when I pulled the quilt out of the packaging to start on the binding, I was shocked to see the back had been sewn on lopsided (like at a 33-degree angle). One corner was slightly short of the top, while the other corner had inches of extra fabric. I drove back to the store (a 1 hour drive each way) to tell the LA guy how unhappy I was with his work. His response was that I didn't Tell him to sew the backing on straight. Wow - I didn't specify that the backing should be sewn with the fabric right side out either! Luckily, I've sewed for many years so I was able to salvage the quilt. Needless to say I haven't been back to that shop for fabric and I'm not shy about sharing my experience with that shop with other quilters. -Bonnie

Wow Bonnie that was really stupid on his part. Did he not realize it was gonna cost him in the long run ? For sure would be last time I was in his store.

If you can't find someone in your area, there are longarmers all over the US. Here are two links: Judi Madsen, Greenfairy Quilts does wonderful work https://www.judimadsen.com/collectio...ting-services; as does Natalie at Piece and Quilt http://www.pieceandquilt.com/2006/08...ia-bonner.html.