question about sending a quilt out for quilting
#32
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Salem, NY
Posts: 203
I send the top and back separate, sometimes I send batting if I have it- if not she has it. The backing needs to be bigger on all sides 4-6 inches. I have a pretty easy going longarmer.....and reasonable. I wish I had the skill to do them myself, but I am not going to crunch a king sized quilt into my itty bitty head in my sewing machine. My longarmer charges per inch and also for thread which is separate. If I want a special pattern sometimes some of them increase the cost as well. She will also trim when she is done and put on binding for additional $$.
#34
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,005
My long armer likes four inches longer and four inches wider for the backing. I bring my own batting as I change the batting according to the climate where I'm sending the quilt. My new favorite is Hobbs wool and cotton. It quilts up beautiful.
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