How many of you quilt your own tops?
06-28-2011, 02:49 PM
#162
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I have been quilting for four years and use my domestic machine. I am able to quilt along the ditch to anchor the quilt then I either echo quilt, meander, trace around some of the designs, do circles. I have traced patterns on a few, but that is my least favorite thing to do. I quilt my tops so they are completely mine. They may not have the flourish feathers and swirls of the LA, but they are mine. If I were younger and not retired I would learn how to use one and rent the time, but fabric is expensive and I don't have the funds to purchase one. I do love admiring others quilts at shows that have been beautifully quilted.
06-28-2011, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Murphy1
I have been quilting for four years and use my domestic machine. I am able to quilt along the ditch to anchor the quilt then I either echo quilt, meander, trace around some of the designs, do circles. I have traced patterns on a few, but that is my least favorite thing to do. I quilt my tops so they are completely mine. They may not have the flourish feathers and swirls of the LA, but they are mine. If I were younger and not retired I would learn how to use one and rent the time, but fabric is expensive and I don't have the funds to purchase one. I do love admiring others quilts at shows that have been beautifully quilted.
we do what we can with what we have and can afford. I am a retired widow....I do all my own quilting, good, bad and sometimes ugly, but it is mine, all mine....
06-28-2011, 03:36 PM
#164
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I quilt my own quilts on my domestic sewing machine. I needed to learn to do this as the cost of sending it out to be done would mean I wouldn't be able to afford it and I loved quilting too much to give it up. I do have some quilt tops unfisihed of course and I have one quilt which was for our main bed which was too big for me to manage on my machine but I make mainly single (twin) bed size quilts and I can do those.
06-28-2011, 03:52 PM
#165
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Originally Posted by ckcowl
i quilt my own- and those of others..turn around time depends on the quilter.
there is a list of long-armer's on the board---you can contact one in your area and ask all kinds of questions- including what (her/his) turn around time is- most of the people i know try to stay within a couple weeks- but i also know quilters who are months and years... everyone is different. i don't like having customer quilts sitting around my house- too worried about something happening---so i (try) to get them done when they come in- and out as quick as possible...but that's me---and there have been a few times when i have been over a month getting one done---each quilt is as individual as each of us-
as for pricing- that varies as much as everything else too- some quilters charge by the square inch- some charge by the quilt= some only do panto's- some do only custom quilting---lots of differences-prices=turn arounds- locations- policies.
there is a list of long-armer's on the board---you can contact one in your area and ask all kinds of questions- including what (her/his) turn around time is- most of the people i know try to stay within a couple weeks- but i also know quilters who are months and years... everyone is different. i don't like having customer quilts sitting around my house- too worried about something happening---so i (try) to get them done when they come in- and out as quick as possible...but that's me---and there have been a few times when i have been over a month getting one done---each quilt is as individual as each of us-
as for pricing- that varies as much as everything else too- some quilters charge by the square inch- some charge by the quilt= some only do panto's- some do only custom quilting---lots of differences-prices=turn arounds- locations- policies.
06-28-2011, 04:08 PM
#166
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I quilt what I can on my domestic machine. I also hand quilt special projects. I have yet to send one out, but I'm sure it's in my future. A local LA quilter charges $.01 per inch for an all over design and she guarantees 30 days back to you. Custom quilting is much higher.
06-28-2011, 05:00 PM
#168
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I quilt my little tops, some lap quilts and all my table runners. I have a wonderful person who does my large quilts for me. The tunr-around time is 1 to 2 weeks depending on when I make it back to the big city.
06-28-2011, 05:25 PM
#170
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Originally Posted by Cagey
Originally Posted by ckcowl
i quilt my own- and those of others..turn around time depends on the quilter.
there is a list of long-armer's on the board---you can contact one in your area and ask all kinds of questions- including what (her/his) turn around time is- most of the people i know try to stay within a couple weeks- but i also know quilters who are months and years... everyone is different. i don't like having customer quilts sitting around my house- too worried about something happening---so i (try) to get them done when they come in- and out as quick as possible...but that's me---and there have been a few times when i have been over a month getting one done---each quilt is as individual as each of us-
as for pricing- that varies as much as everything else too- some quilters charge by the square inch- some charge by the quilt= some only do panto's- some do only custom quilting---lots of differences-prices=turn arounds- locations- policies.
there is a list of long-armer's on the board---you can contact one in your area and ask all kinds of questions- including what (her/his) turn around time is- most of the people i know try to stay within a couple weeks- but i also know quilters who are months and years... everyone is different. i don't like having customer quilts sitting around my house- too worried about something happening---so i (try) to get them done when they come in- and out as quick as possible...but that's me---and there have been a few times when i have been over a month getting one done---each quilt is as individual as each of us-
as for pricing- that varies as much as everything else too- some quilters charge by the square inch- some charge by the quilt= some only do panto's- some do only custom quilting---lots of differences-prices=turn arounds- locations- policies.
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