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    jcrow54's Avatar jcrow54 is offline Member
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    Default How many people use a long armer?

    I use a long armer all the time, unless it's a table runner or a small wall quilt. Does anyone else use a long armer instead of quilting their own quilts?
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    Default Re: How many people use a long armer?

    I use my regular machine to quilt everything . I have a Pfaff with a 10 inch opening. just finished a full/queen quilt for my bed and had no real difficulty except for the weight of it.

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    Default Re: How many people use a long armer?

    I use a mid-arm on a grace frame. After I get better with it then I want to purchase a machine that is larger.
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    Default Re: How many people use a long armer?

    I used one twice and I was really happy with her. But it was 2 cents a square inch. The design we planed out (real open and wispy) must of taken her less than 20 min. So for a baby quilts it was $30 and $35. Kind of pricey for such a simple design. I'm taking a FMQ class at the end of feb so I'm hoping to do it myself.



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    I have one I would like to send to a long arm. I just can't bring myself to do it. To me it wouldn't be MY quilt anymore with someone else working on it. Once I get over that hump I may do it. Lol. Although my sons have informed me NOWAY. They want quilts made by me only. I can see their point. I was told once that machine quilted quilts do not go up in value but I'm still doing them on my machine. The last quilt I hand quilted has sat in my living room for four years now half done.
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    I have always done my own quilting on my Janome but found a large quilt to be a struggle, so I recently bought a Handiquilter Sweet 16 sitdown longarm. I love it. I enjoy the process of picking out the pattern and fabric all the way through finishing it myself. But, sending them out is perfectly fine too.

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    I have a friend that does long arm quilting and he is fairely reasonable. I also have a local quilt shop that has done some of mine for me, but I haven't used her since she has gone up to 0.02 cents a square inch. It's not because I don't like her work it's because I haven't had anything for her to do. I am going to start doing small things on my own.

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    I am new to quilting and have only done STD myself. I have purchased a pounce pad and stencil for a quilt I am making right now. I will do all of them myself on my machine except the queen I want to make for my bed. I will then rent the long arm at the LQS and get the free lesson and do that myself. I feel it is cheating because I don't own the machine but since I will be doing it myself I suppose it is still mine.
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    Default Re: How many people use a long armer?

    Quote Originally Posted by Lisapc View Post
    I am new to quilting and have only done STD myself. I have purchased a pounce pad and stencil for a quilt I am making right now. I will do all of them myself on my machine except the queen I want to make for my bed. I will then rent the long arm at the LQS and get the free lesson and do that myself. I feel it is cheating because I don't own the machine but since I will be doing it myself I suppose it is still mine.
    That's not cheating! I didn't even know you could rent them to take home. The long armer I took mine to goes to someones house to rent. What a racket. lol



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    I SITD my first pieced quilt. The second one I took to a long armer and she did a pantograph on it. I don't think it's cheating at all and I still feel I made the quilt. Some people's talents run deeper than mine and I really don't mind showcasing their talent on something I made. I found a different LAQ to do my latest quilt. She does it all free hand and is cheaper but she's super busy and I won't get my quilt back until the end of March. But for the work she does, I'm willing to wait.

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