In WI, attaching your pre-made (made by you and ready to attach) and prepared binding by machine will run $.04 to $.06 per perimeter inch (perimeter - or inches around your quilt). Attaching it to the quilt is one step. Then folding over and sewing it down is another step - same ballpark price per perim inch. Hand binding (sewing down the folded finished edge AFTER you have paid to attach the binding to the quilt, runs $.15 to $.20 per perimeter inch. If the binding is done as part of finishing a quilt already on the longarm may cost less, but the hand work will be the same, I would imagine. I just hand sewed down a twin size quilt binding (no attach time, I used an oversize back turned to the front). It took about 6 hours total. It is labor intensive. That is why it costs more...but done well, it will last forever.

In a heartbeat I would pay someone to bind my quilts.
NainciefromWyoming

Honey, don't you and your sister get along? Has she some unresolved issues stemming from your childhoods?

Where is "here???" I'm sure your local binders will be inundated with work shortly! LOL

Lordy sakes! I should go into this business. That is one part I do not mind doing. I am doing Grandson's binding today as well as putting a hanging sleeve just incase he doesn't want to put it on his bed. Ya, it does take time to make the binding and get it on the quilt and then hand sew it to the back. But not hard to do, just time consuming. Jan

Me, too

Tanks for the discussion, very interesting

What is an LAQ?

Thanks for the specific info!

I have two small quilts that will be ready for binding in a few days. I'm going to try to record the time I spend creating the binding, sewing to the front and then hand sewing to the back. Then, knowing the inches done, I'll have a better idea of how the cost vs time works out.