purplefiend

I machine quilt on either a Pfaff 1222E for baby quilts and a Viking Sapphire 875 for lap and twin size quilts. If I do a grid it will take me 3-4 days to quilt one. If I do an all over meander it'll take a couple of hours for the baby quilts and several days for bigger quilts. Sometimes its fun to use the decorative stitches for grid quilting and I often use a variegated thread and a 16/100 top stitch needle. I do quilting because its fun, not because it has to be perfect. The vast majority of my quilts are for charity.

quiltsbykandy

When I first started quilting on my Elna Quilter's Pro it would take up to 10 hours. Then I started using the Bailey Home Quilting Machine 17" and it would take approximately 4 to 5 hours. Now that I have an APQS Quilting Machine on a frame, I can quilt a queen size quilt in approximately 1.5 hours including loading the quilt. If anyone is interested in having their quilt tops quilted I would be happy to do so. Since I have been a member of this group for ten years, I will be happy to offer a sizeable discount on my regular rates to quilting board members. Please feel free to contact me anytime through a private message.

KathyKat

I quilt mine on my Viking Sapphire 870 and that size would take me about 7 hrs which I split between 2 days to avoid shoulder and neck fatigue. I meander on he blocks and then usually do some other fmq in each of the borders such as hearts, ferns, bubbles etc. I load several bobbins ahead of time. Have fun!

Beachbaby12

Same here, I quilt for pleasure and it's a hobby - seem to enjoy hand quilting the best so far - it is relaxing and good therapy.

spokanequilter

Amen to that!! Depends on the long armer's schedule.....

But, I do quilt my smaller quilts myself. Mostly SID or straight lines in a grid, etc. I recently took a free motion quilting class and I have had some success with simple loops or meandering and I'm practicing. A few months ago, I bought a small Grace frame to use with my Janome Horizon 7700. I've been playing around with that as well. I would love to be able to quilt all my quilts myself - but we'll see. Huge learning curve for me.

nstitches4u

I can identify with that! We are kindred spirits, Lynn. lol

Jingle

I have been machine quilting for about 10 years. on the weekends I can quilt a double to queen on Sat., if I just quilt and don't do housework or laundry also, about 6-8 hours with breaks. I have made a queen size start to finish in a few days, as I am aging, I try to make them faster. I want to use up most of my huge fabric stash before I check out.

emlee51

I'm just learning FMQ on my Bernina...I've done quit a bit of SID, but I'm not a person who sits for long, and tend to get up, start some other project, and it is a couple of days before I return to the machine. Of course, if I want to sew something else, I have to finish the project! I'm on my own time here, so no hurry.

homebody323

Quilt size 60x72.
If you have a Long Arm?
I believe you are looking for specifics so here goes.
I have a longarm and lots of experience - 1 hr for prep (measuring and loading on machine)
2 hrs for simple meandering - medium size
4 hrs for different meandering types - with flowers, leaves, names etc.
8 hrs for custom each block different, echoing - borders etc.

If i'm hand quilting a piece, prep + 30-60min per 12" block. Depends on design
I don't have any of the other quilting equipment and I don't do edge to edge.
Hope I answered your questions. If your questions are to help you decide which machine to go with - longarm quilting is not something you can do for a regular work day. Even when I first began, my body just couldn't take long periods of time. I also find that an audio book, tv program or something to distract my mind helps me stay at it longer.
Happy stitching.

ontheriver

I use mega quilter on a hand made frame. Takes me about 3 days for a queen or king. A few hours for lap or baby. I work a while and take a break then quilt some more.