About 10 years ago when longarm quilters were not as popular as they are now (at least not in my area) I worked for a store that had one. They only thing I could think about was getting a quilting machine. As time has passed and I am now 10 years older I have decided that for the cost of a longarm I can hire a quilter to quilt a lot of quilts. I wouldn't enjoy quilting for others. So I guess I won't be getting a longarm.