kathy

when I was working and had money I sent my gift quilts to Jackiemo (here on the board) because even a panto would look better than what I could do on my dsm. I simply told her I could only spend $100 on each (full size) and she chose a fitting pattern in that range. I now own a longarm and thread has gone up a lot so I'm sure it would cost more these days.

winia

It depends on the purpose of the quilt and size. If it is an extra special gift, I will send it out. If it is something I would like to do myself, I do it. For instance, I will do lap quilts myself and table runners, table toppers, and small items. I'm trying to hand quilt a few things. It takes longer, but I enjoy hand work. Again, it depends on my mood, size, purpose, and who it is for. I cannot afford to send everything out to have it done by someone else. It is way too much money. I need to be selective.

petpainter

I have only been quilting a couple years, but I also feel that if I don't do the quilting myself, I haven't made the whole thing. I just looked at the quilting part as of the learning experience just as I did the piecing. I love the challenge and creative aspect of choosing the designs and achieving it on my DSM. Most of my friends send theirs out and have no interest in learning FMQing.

mcdaniel023

I do my own. But, if I ever get this DWR done, I may send it out. I would want great quilting and I am just an ok quilter. Since I am practicing FMQ often, I may be an expert by the time it gets done. LOL!

citruscountyquilter

I do all my own quilting on my machine. I have never sent a quilt out and have no intentions to ever do so. It's fine if others do that but I enjoy the whole process and I quilt for enjoyment so do the whole thing.

Karamarie

I do my own FMQ on my domestic machine. My machine is a 6600 Janome Memory Craft with 9" harp so that extra 3" harp space makes a huge difference. I love doing FMQ. The hard part is getting the quilt, batting and backing together and stabilized on large quilts but is very doable. I took a couple classes on craftsy and learned some good tips for basting a quilt together. I spray baste and then press over the quilt and that really holds it all together. Once I have it on my machine I totally enjoy the quilting process. I do meandering with leaves, hearts, or flowers and when doing a child's quilt, I always quilt the child's name someplace in the quilt and they have to find it. I just finished giving my 6 year old Grandson a quilt and he's so proud of showing everyone where his name is. I know not everyone is comfortable with this process but that's why we have wonderful longarmers out there.

DDuMouchel

Due to physical limitations I send out everything. I rarely make anything smaller than a queen size.

Abby'smom

I do my own quilting -- have done handquilting in the past but have discovered machine quilting, mainly outline stitching, inside and outside of shape, with my 1932 Singer 15-91-- most of the members of my quilting bee have LAs and do their own, mainly meandering through the quilts

mic-pa

Most all of mine go to the long armer, I refuse to try and wrestle with a quilt on my DM. Quick and easy and its done.

sewbizgirl

Likewise, I don't like to "share" my quilts with a longarm quilter (nor my $$!) I quilt everything myself, to the best of my ability.