I am curious, do you quilt yr own or send it out? Why
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I do all of my own quilting, nothing fancy tho because I only have a machine with a 6 inch throat. I would like to have the charity quilt I'm working on( that will be auctioned off) done by an LA but I can't afford it.
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I have quilted my own quilts so far...but the largest I've made is about 60x70. I am currently working on a queen and a full size quilts and don't really want to quilt them on my home machine, as I struggled with the bulk of last one. This being said, I am also having trouble getting used to the idea of someone else quilting for me, I want my quilts to be all mine...I have the option of renting a long arm, so will be looking into that option. Although I have to say, almost anyone would do a better job quilting than me, but hey, I want my signature on my quilts,lol. Plus, ask my hubby, I have hard time sharing credit :oops: U :lol: :mrgreen:
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I do both. For a long time I didn't have any way to machine quilt larger quilts so I sent the larger quilts to longarm quilters. Now I can quilt some larger quilts myself but if I want really special quilting I send them to a longarm quilter. By doing some myself I can save up the money to pay for custom quilting.
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I quilt my own on a Gammill Classic. I have been doing customer quilts since 1993. I also want to thank the people on this board for the quilts I have done for them. I do meandering,pantographs and some free motion. Check wih me for my current quilting special.
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Originally Posted by candi
I have quilted my own quilts so far...but the largest I've made is about 60x70. I am currently working on a queen and a full size quilts and don't really want to quilt them on my home machine, as I struggled with the bulk of last one. This being said, I am also having trouble getting used to the idea of someone else quilting for me, I want my quilts to be all mine...I have the option of renting a long arm, so will be looking into that option. Although I have to say, almost anyone would do a better job quilting than me, but hey, I want my signature on my quilts,lol. Plus, ask my hubby, I have hard time sharing credit :oops: U :lol: :mrgreen:
Locally, they've started giving ribbons for both now but it's TEAMWORK regardless of whether the piecer gives credit or not.
Having said that, I wonder how many quilters allow themselves to take full credit for a longarm artists' work away from a quilt show--especially when giving a quilt as a gift.
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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.
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Have you posted pictures of any of your charity quilts? I would love to see them!
I have sent some of mine out in the past - I wish I could find somebody locally though - because of the cost of shipping X 2
I have sent some of mine out in the past - I wish I could find somebody locally though - because of the cost of shipping X 2
Originally Posted by cjomomma
I do all of my own quilting, nothing fancy tho because I only have a machine with a 6 inch throat. I would like to have the charity quilt I'm working on( that will be auctioned off) done by an LA but I can't afford it.
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