Originally Posted by
Jingle
What is the difference? If your are happy with it that's all that matters.
Before I got my own LA about 12 yrs ago, I quilted by check. I paid up to $325 for a beautiful custom quilt in a style I loved. Would have gladly gone back but she was starting to get too much business, so turn around time was way to long. Notice.....too much business at $325 for a throw size. Yep! You get what you pay for.
I couldn't find anyone else who did such beautiful work locally. Also, I wanted to put my quilts in national competitions and professional quilting is not really desireable. So I got my own machine and put in the practice. Now I'm liking what I do.
Thanks for the added info on the quilt. I still think $200 for your size quilt including the batting is reasonable....if you like it. No way can I quilt a queen size in 1hour. More like 4-6 hrs + load and unload.
Sometimes we're embarrassed to think we were taken advantage of, so we search and barter for the BEST PRICE. This is not always the BEST DEAL.