I usually use the embroidery machine and do motifs in the centers of the blocks. If I do kids quilts I usually do SID or a simple straight stitch. I haven't done FMQ. Haven't tried doing a huge quilt yet.

I have taken a few classes in free motion and try to do smaller quilts myself on my Viking Rose. However, larger quilts are unweildy so I send them out to a long arm quilter. I have done some of my quilts in sections and then put them together. There's a good book about machine quilting in sections but I can't remember the name.

Wow...200.00 that is a lot...I paid 40.00 - 50.00 s that most I would ever pay. I went to a quilt shop and she did a wonderful job...only problem is that so many people go there. I have one more for her to do but she is swamped...

I am feeling the same way...I have had several quilted that were gifts to others but I want to start doing them all my self. I have a new machine with a larger throat so I think i will start doing them. Some day...I would love a frame for my machine.

I have the HQ-16 sit down model. Love it. I didn't have to relearn quilting --quilted on regular machine for years and really cannot stand that long to quilt with a framed long arm.

The price often depends on how it's quilted. If it is a custom job, $200 is not unreasonable. If it it quilted robotically, that's way too high. If your quilter uses a pantagraph and an all-over pattern, it should be a lot less.

I use to hand quilt everything and now I do FMQ on my Juki. Leah Day site also helped me learn to quilt in great detail, even my king size quilts.

I hand quilt all my quilts. I love the hand-made look. Have tried FM on my Kenmore for small give-aways, but always go back to hand-quilting on quilts and wall hangings.

I quilt all my own and do it on my regular Bernina machine. A LA would be nice I guess, but i've been able to do whatever I wanted with my machine.

I always have one queen or king on my Grace hand frame in the Den. Sometimes I work on it for up to 9 mos in the evenings. I machine quilt most smaller quilts but have quilted a king on my Husqvarna. Just recently bought a machine quilting frame and machine. With holidays, haven't set it up yet. Can't wait.

I started out hand quilting but it took me a solid year to hand quilt a queen sized quilt! That was when I lived in Maine and done in-between piling wood for the winter, planting the garden, canning the veggies, baling hay...get the idea? Then I made a twin size quilt for my grandson and quilted that on the old Kenmore. It turned out pretty good!Then I discovered a lady that had a long arm and did them for $50-$60 bucks! WOO-HOO! But... now I have about 15 tops waiting to be quilted. Can no longer afford to do anything but quilt them myself!I did some FM quilting on a table topper last month! It came out OK. My excuse is that the house I rent doesn't have a floor big enough to spread a quilt out on it! I made 2 QAUG queen size quilts in Nov. and Dec. but I find them limiting. I am really at a stand still as far as quilting right now!But I'll figure something out soon 'cuz I ain't stopping the sewing!

i hand quilt my quilts. I've only done 2, finishing my 3rd and this week i'll finish the top to my 4th quilt.

I'm learning to FMQ and use regular sewing machines. I use vintage machines and there is a lot of space for the quilt.

I use my Janome 6600 but our local fabric store is offering rental time on a long arm this year so I am going to give it a try

I quilted several smaller quilts on my regular sewing machine. Sent larger ones out to a longarm quilter. BUT, last May I bought my own gently-used Handi-Quilter 16, and I absolutely love getting to do any size....any time I'm ready!!

I have a Statler Stitcher. I have been longarm quilting for about ten years now. But when I first starting machine quilting it was on a Viking, then I moved up to Janome because of the 9" base. After about four years of that I decided it was time to step up to the longarm machine. My first purchase was the Handi Quilter, then I jumped up to the Gammill Classic, now I own a Statler Stitcher.

practice! practice! PRACTICE!

I would love a longarm but can't justify the expense, nor do I have enuf room to set it up and be comfortable with the space I have left for sewing. I do free motion quilting on all so far except for a queen size for my bed which I took to the longarm quilter.

I quilt a lot of my quilts on my home machine....but they have to be on the small side. Anything big it goes to my aunt to quilt on her long arm.

Up until this last April I quilted all of my quilts, toppers, and wallhangings on my Kenmore. Some of the bigger ones I took to my mother she has a Gammill. In April we purchased a APQS Longarm and since have done my own. Quite often I still do smaller ones on Kenmore especially where I want lots of Stitch in the Ditch. (I guess out of habit)

I wonder if a longarm could be used without that huge frame. Just set it on a table as you would a regular machine and use it that way. It certainly would be easy with such a large throat space! It would be good for those of us who don't have the room for that big frame! :-)

I have a Pfaff Grand Quilter and Inspira frame which is a whole lot like the Mega Quilter. There is a good sized learning curve to use this machine. I suggest you join the Yahoo group for Pfaff Grand Quilters. The moderator, Chris, is the most knowledgable person on these machines. There is tons of information and troubleshooting tips. Don't give up. I found that prewound NEB bobbins, and using poly embroidery thread gives me great results.

I have a Tin lizzy Long arm, I quilt with Love it!! Practice, Practice!! Do for myself and quilt for others!

I have a home stretched mid arm machine. I guess it's almost a long arm. It has taken many years to be able to quilt with it, but I do love it. It does take practice, practice and more practice. If you do have a set up - I would say load some practice fabric on and go to town, Yes, you will have trouble with many things - but breathe deep and take a break, then quilt some more.
If you already have that set up, just use it. It will be worth it once you get past the trouble.

I just started quilting this fall and have made only 4 quilts. I quilted them all on my sewing machine. I did spend a month practicing free motion quilting before I attempted it on a quilt. I wouldn't enter one of my quilts in a quilt show; but I get better with each quilt and I really enjoy doing the free motion quilting on my sewing machine.

I quilt all my own. I'll be starting a queen sized as soon as I decide what color thread to use for the quilting.

I quilt almost everything now that we have a long arm.

For the small wallhangings, runners and such, I just SID, outline and simple things like that on one of my regular machines. I have a mid-arm, a Brother 1500 that sits on a New Joy. They cost a lot less, but there are downfalls. With a set-up like I have, you start out with a 5" quilting area. You have to keep in mind that, as you quilt, you lose more and more area, the queen size I just did went down to almost a 3" area, so you have to plan designs well. I am still trying to figure out how to have a large enough area so that I can "blend" the quilting, making it not look like it was done in rows. They say this is a sign that I am ready to upgrade to a LA!!! I can quilt up to a 105" quilt on it.
I am also wanting to learn more about FMQ on a domestic machine for my smaller pieces so I don't have to just SID and outline. Will be checking out the website mentioned before.

i hand quilt

Me too. I have a Pfaff with a 10 in. throat so that helps. I did an oversize King on it. I Dont do a lot of fancy fmq mostly meanders or swirlls etc.

I use to free motion on my Janome Memory Craft 3000. Then I kept bugging hubby for a machine with a larger bedding, letting him know, someday, if at all possible, I wanted a floor frame. Well, it finally happened over the last year & a half, somewhere in the time range anyway. First we got some unexpected refund money back from getting rid of our credit cards. So, I got a machine. It's a Viking Sapphire 830, then last year, he retired, & with some of his cash out money, he kept asking if I wanted something, so I mentioned a frame. Now, we live in a small house & I wanted a smaller size one. So, I was looking at the Little Gracie II, as I didn't want to spend alot either. It's wood, & looks good, but he did some looking & found their Mini Pinn Frame, same size, same price, but not wood, & he liked the looks of it much better! So, that is set up I have now. We set it up in crib size, due to a small extra bedroom, but, I don't do alot of big bed size quilts anyway, & if I want to, I can do them in sections, then sew them together. Which is what I did before I had a frame. And real small quilts, I still do FM on my Janome. My Viking has a 9in bed, & I got the clear table for it too, with the thought, if I never get to get a frame, I can still have more room to FM on this one! Love both my machines, & it's nice having the two now, & not have to move one back & forth to the frame, when I want to use it! You can shop around, like we did, & not spend alot on a frame setup too......

had a mega quilter several years , sold it replaced it with HQ16 with studio frame , love it and have finished 13 queen and 2 king for this christmas. everyone happy.

I started hand quilting a couple of years ago and to my surprise it is faster than I thought it would be.

I machine quilt mine. I have a bernina 160, and it has a 9" arm. The largest quilts I've made are under a twin size simply because I don't want to wrestle anything larger. I've never sent my quilts to a longarm-er, but am piecing one now that I plan on sending. I free motion, echo, shape quilt, and use my decorative stitches.

I do my small items: minis, place mats, table runners, etc. on my regular sewing machine. All others are quilted on my long arm. :)

I quilt with my regular machine: stitch in the ditch, grids, and some hand quilting.

I have done most of my quilts in what I called the patchwork method (each block is quilted by hand or machine and then bocks are connected front and back) -- the smaller quilts I have handquilted using a hoop or machine quilted them -- my next is to do queen or king using the hoops to handquilt -- I don't think I have the dexterity to use a LA or even a regular machine to do my big quilts

I do all mine by hand quilting in a large quilt frame that stands on the floor. I hand quilt smaller detailed areas with a hoop. I FMQ with a regular machine only on very small projects. I just love the look of hand quilting and am such a traditionalist when it comes to quilts.

I hand quilt all our quilts and some day I want to learn how to do machine quilting on my brother machine. If I could do that I would finish more quilts

I quilt all of my own quilts be it on the machine or frame.
Actually I prefer doing it on the machine including up to oversized kings....takes a bit of doing but is well worth it to me.