In my area of Florida these prices are very low. Custom work on a queen quilt (long arm) will start at $300 witout the batting and thread charge.

I just priced out longarm quilting from a local fabric shop and she wanted $200 plus $30 for thread for a quilt 90x112. Needless to say I am quilting it myself.

Run, don't walk...I have no idea, how she can do it so cheaply!!!

You're kidding, right??
Seriously. I live in NW OH, and I have an excellent resource who does my LAQ, but the least amount I have ever paid was $129, and the most expensive was over $200. She does excellent work, and has a quick turnaround time, so I pay what she says I owe. If I ever win the lottery, I'm gonna build myself a new garage just for my quilting stuff, including a long arm machine, or maybe two, so someone else can use it too :).

You're kidding, right??
Seriously. I live in NW OH, and I have an excellent resource who does my LAQ, but the least amount I have ever paid was $129, and the most expensive was over $200. She does excellent work, and has a quick turnaround time, so I pay what she says I owe. If I ever win the lottery, I'm gonna build myself a new garage just for my quilting stuff, including a long arm machine, or maybe two, so someone else can use it too :).

I would have to say these are the most reasonable prices I have ever seen for LA quilting.

oops, forgot I already hit the send button. Sorry.

Actually when I did seminars for Pfaff SMC I went to a shop in PA that installed GAS motors on the machines for their Menonite customers so they could have power without electricity. Of course, only certain models were adaptable but I was very surprised! Perhaps they've figured out how to put gas powered motors on long arms?

Don't walk! RUN to them and get it quilted. Very reasonable prices. I just finished a 95 x 95 quilt for a lady and only charged her -------$60.00-----she thought I had left off a 1, she though it was $160, because most of the longarmers around here charge an arm & a leg, well over two hundred. Most of them use computerized long arms, so they want to pay for their machines in one swell swoop! I do all mine free hand, and feel I should charge a fair price. I wouldn't want to be hosed myself.

I paid nearly 400.00 for my last custom quilt, so you can bet that's a good price. If they're any good!
I do my own except for show quilts.

That is very low.
I start at 3 cents a square inch however this includes the batting,thread and the quilting, this is for simple pantos or edge to edge, and shipping back to the cust.
If I provide the backing it's 4 cents a square inch.
Custom starts at 5 cents and up.
Heirloom and trapunto is 10 cents.
I only use Warm and Natural, Quilters Dream or Pellon batting.

I agree.

FABULOUS prices.
Do you know if they would take tops by mail?
I would love to send a couple of my tops to them.

I surely would send my quilts out to someone like this for that price. I wonder if that is handquilting ar machine? I have always wanted to have a hand quilted quilt...making the top myself but having someone do the quilting. Would love to know more about this and if they take shippe3d in tops.

I charge by the sq. inch, 1 to 3 cents depending on the complexity. I think you're getting a good deal.
Mary

I live in North Alabama and I already posted the prices for a quality LAQ in our area. I own a home in Florida that is 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 1 car garage on a very small lot and taxes are $2700 a year and has an appraised value of $159,000. In Alabama, our taxes on 11 acres on a State highway with a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 story home were around $375 a year. I think sometimes it is relative to where you live and what prices the area can handle. This is just my opinion.

I charge .01 psi using my thread at no additional charge. I used to charge for the thread, but got advice from some one on the board about the pricing. It's not something I want to do full time. I don't like the messy quilts I sometimes get. I didn't think I was picky until I saw some things turned out by others. One quilt I had to return bc all four sides were a different size.

Seems to me their prices are very fair! I would take advantage of that. Have you seen some of the their work and how it looks? I know the Menonites put out some beautiful quilts!

I got a quote for a LQS on a Twin quilt for $100 for a stipple and I would have to bind it myself. I wish the Menonites lived by me.

15.00 dollars an hour once threaded !!

Boy I wish those prices were available around here, they are aprox twice what you quoted.

warm quilt hugs, sue in CA

WOW! You're not going to find better prices. Next question would be quality. BTW, are those prices for FM quilting, pantograph, custom work?

Wow. I dont start that high . wow. most I Have gotten was 175 and that was for wool batting and metalic threads ect specific customer request. and All freehand work.

Thanks. I really like her too.hoping to go up there next week to take her my latest quilt tops.

Those prices are really good. Around here we average 1 1/2 cents a square inch So a forty by forty inch crib quilt runs more than they are charging and some add the cost of thread to that.

I have allways been told that 1-1/2 cents per square inch was the norm

That is really low. I have heard of people paying over 200.00 for a double quilt and higher for kings.

I would definately want to see some of their work. It could be that the stitching is large. The prices are definately not much per hour.
Long arm prices too high?? I do mid arm quilting some a few customers, and when you figure expenses, the time involved, you aren't working for very much an hour. Figure out how long it takes to piece a quilt and then decide how much you are making an hour. If your work away from home, you will see what I am talking about. It's always been that way with handwork and a lot of other things women do, most people don't want to pay for what it's worth. I'm not wanting to start a big discussion but just stating my opinion.

Here in Montana, prices range from 1.5 to 2 cents per sq inch so these prices seem reasonable.

I pay $40 for crib, $80 lap, and $120 for a queen which includes the batting. No binding, and I trim it up myself.

Sounds right to me. I see quilts advertised at about double that.

We have parity with your dollar at the moment. Our prices on average are:
Twin: $100 - $150
Double: $150 - $250
Queen: $250 - $350
King: $350 - $500
I think I would send mine to the Mennonite people if I didn't do my own.

Wow Go for it!

here in n.e.mississippi we have ammish, and mennonite, and you are getting one heck of a deal. i personally charge at min. .05 psi for quilting as well as charging for the batting, the thread used, the fabric...heck, i even charge for the sewing needles used per quilt.....of course, i do discount some from the total cost. if i were you,i would not complain at all...just take as many tops as you can...and consider those prices as manna from heaven. they must have a real quilting factory going to offer those prices!

You're making me drool. Up here it's not unusual to pay $200 to get a queen sized quilt longarm quilted.!!!
Canadian dollars of course, but right now it's almost on par with US.

with our economy tanking by the day-it is getting harder and harder to make money with quilting..you should see the looks i get when i explain my costs..many people here are so used to buying cheap goods from china that they are truly astonished when they find out the real costs of making american goods with american cotton etc...and i don't use a longarm. i use a midarm without the frame. i have a sign posted that says i will negotiate prices or make trades. when the financial world crashes to the bottom i guess i could charge 10lbs sugar and 10lbs flour for a full size quilt.

Please send me their contact information! I'm in Mississippi and wouldn't hesitate to ship tops to them at those prices.

DANG! I wish I lived near a Mennonite quilting shop! I'd be a good, regular customer.

I pay $45 here to get a queen quilted. I live in a small town too.

no way thats a good price . i had a full done and it was 125.00