I am curious, do you quilt yr own or send it out? Why
01-17-2011, 10:02 PM
#41
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Originally Posted by Flying_V_Goddess
I haven't. Kind of need to actually make the quilts I have ideas for before I can think of asking a long arm quilter (I'm getting there though!) But honestly...I'm not sure how willing I'd be to bring one in. I still consider myself inexperianced and I would wonder if the LA quilter would find my quilting skills laughable.
01-17-2011, 10:45 PM
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LAQ's are so expensive in my state and a good LAQ is so hard to find or so overbooked for months in advance so I tend to hand quilt most of mine.
I do some machine quilting, mostly on the charity quilts and smaller quilts. I did have a small quilting frame that I could use my sewing machine with but it was too restricting for me so I sold it after having it 6 months. I
I have tried but haven't yet mastered free motion quilting so all my quilting is STD or straight line which I prefer to do anyway.
I do some machine quilting, mostly on the charity quilts and smaller quilts. I did have a small quilting frame that I could use my sewing machine with but it was too restricting for me so I sold it after having it 6 months. I
I have tried but haven't yet mastered free motion quilting so all my quilting is STD or straight line which I prefer to do anyway.
01-17-2011, 11:01 PM
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I have always hand quilted my own but hand quilting takes so long. I recently purchased a Brother Quattro for embroidery and machine quilting so I am learning to machine quilt. Small throws and wall hanging is the largest I have had the courage to do so far. I like to finish my own projects for better or worse so I will probably go to my LQS and rent time of their long arm when I get my current project ready to quilt.
01-17-2011, 11:13 PM
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Do my own, mostly meander, just my prefrence, figured if I went ahead and bought would cover the cost of sending them out in the long run, more tops than time then. Not a LA tho. can't even imaging a LS with all the bells and whistles. Would probibly be cool, but more than I need :)
01-18-2011, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Tink74
I send mine out. I found the price better than buying the equipment myself & having the room for it. I don't let them do any computer quided though.
01-18-2011, 12:55 AM
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Small projects I do myself but anything large I send to a friend who started her LA business 6/7yrs ago. She does a fantastic job and makes the difference to my quilts being just OK to looking perfect!!!(With a wow factor!!)She always attaches the binding to the front and I just hand finish! The quilt is always square and my mitre corners perfect!! Couldn't do that in the limmited space I have!!! Works for me!!!
01-18-2011, 12:55 AM
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Small projects I do myself but anything large I send to a friend who started her LA business 6/7yrs ago. She does a fantastic job and makes the difference to my quilts being just OK to looking perfect!!!(With a wow factor!!)She always attaches the binding to the front and I just hand finish! The quilt is always square and my mitre corners perfect!! Couldn't do that in the limmited space I have!!! Works for me!!! Oooops! posted twice! Sorry :roll:
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