Originally Posted by
Alberta_Irish
I started renting at a long arm studio and fell in love with long arm quilting. I'm just hoping I can afford my own some day. But I think if you have a place that rents near you, that would be the way to start. You learn to get comfortable with the machine and find out if you really would like to quilt that way. I know I would because I've experienced it first hand.
This is the approach I am going to try. Luckily in my area there are two sources for classes and renting time on machines. I believe it will be most cost effective for me at this point.