About our quilting
Machine quilting is a wonderful, more durable alternative to hand quilting.
Unfortunately, with today’s busy lifestyle, many quilts remain unfinished.
Like you, I love to quilt. Let me help you make that closet treasure turn into
an heirloom by longarm quilting to your style. I take your treasures and treat
then like they were my own with tender, loving care and consideration.
To enhance the handmade look that we all cherish in our quilts you should realize
the machine we use is hand guided and many of the patterns are done free hand.
When you consider this you understand that the end product is not perfect and
there will be small variations of the design.
Longarm Quilting
Services and Prices
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| Basting |
For those who wish to hand quilt.
$.0075/sq. in
Minimum order $35.00 |
| Basic All Over |
Simplest and most economical and popular choice. More
open space within the pattern. Continuous quilting designs that go
from edge to edge. This choice can be a pattern or freehand and will
preserve the original quilt design while adding texture.
$.015/sq in
minimum $45.00
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| Advanced All Over |
More intricate patterns such as flowers, leaves, feathering
or meandering. This is denser quilting. Can be free hand or pattern.
$.020 - .025/sq in
Minimum $50.00
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| Custom |
Designs to enhance your quilts over all appearance, medium
to small stippling, free hand designs, motifs, quilt blocks would be
12 inches or larger and some border designs*.
$.03 and up/sq in
Minimum $75.00 |
| Heirloom |
Fancy small block designs, feather motifs, fans, small
to micro stippling, SID, and some border designs*.
$.04 and up/sq in
Minimum $100.00 |
| Half binding |
You supply the fabric, I make the binding and machine
stitch to quilt, you do the hand stitching…….$.10/inch |
| Full binding |
Machine stitched and turned and hand sewn to quilt
back. Corners are mitered.
$.25/inch
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| Curved binding |
Add an additional $25.00 to above binding options |
| Backing Fabric |
Seam the backing, remove any selvages, and iron.
$15.00 |
| Squaring up the back |
If a quilt backing is received that needs squaring up
you will be charged $15.00. I will be happy to give you information on
how to square up a back if you need it. |
| Sleeve |
Hand stitch a wall hanging sleeve to quilt back.
$.40/inch |
| *Turning borders |
* Some borders, in order to do them well, require the
quilt to be turned, and that requires an additional charge.
$15.00 |
| Thread charges |
100% cotton or polyester thread will be used for a flat
fee of $8.00. Any specialty thread will be an additional charge of $5
-10.00. Will do up to 3 thread changes with no extra charge, after that
$5.00. |
Batting
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| Carry Hobbs 80/20, warm and natural and some polyester. Can usually
get whatever you want, but
contact us for prices and availability. |
Quilt tips and preparation
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- One way to help prevent the probability of wavy (ruffled) borders
and having tucks occur during the quilting is to attach borders in
a proven method.
- Measure the quilt top on both edges and down the center. Take
the total measurement and divide by three. This will be the length
you will cut the borders. Any extra length will be eased in during
the sewing on of the border. Do the same for the width. It works!
- Press quilt top well, making sure all seams are pressed flat.
- Trim and remove all stray threads. They may show later if not removed.
- If there is a top to your quilt, indicate it with a marked piece
of paper attached with a safety pin.
- Please cut the backing fabric and batting (if you are supplying)
at least 3-4 inches larger than your quilt top.
EXAMPLE: if the quilt top is 40x60 the backing/batting must be approximately
48x68.
- When seaming the backing, please remove all selvages from the seams
and edges.
- Make sure the quilt top and backing are square. Will work with
you on how to square up the backing fabric if there are questions.
Contact us.
- Do not baste the top/batting/backing together
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What you should
know
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- The edges will be stitched around unless you tell me differently.
- I do not trim the edges, unless I am doing the binding or specifically
asked.
- If I do trim please advise me if you want the scraps that may
be left over, or I donate them to charities if they are large enough.
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