Good morning! Here we are in the middle of many thunderstorms. It rained yesterday, but none today, so far.
It’s been a long summer of large quilts and I’ve decided to limit the size I can accept! I only have a sit down quilting machine and the huge quilts are very heavy to manipulate. For longarm services, I can recommend Kim Hart (whose card I seem to have misplaced) in Otter Creek or Karol Kusmaul in the Inverness area (www.kquilt.com). They are both more expensive than I am, and Joe suggested that I raise my price for large quilts, but I truly don’t think I’m able to do my best quilting when the quilt is so heavy.
Here are the new parameters:
1. Quilts need to be no more than 94” on any side.
2. Backs need to be 6” wider and longer than the top measurement. That gives me 3” on each side to work with. Of course, you will get
your scraps back if they are large than an inch or so!
3. Prices stay the same at $.015/square inch. Tax is still 7%.
4. Batting is still $.0029/square inch. I use and sell Quilter’s Dream 100% cotton Request loft. It’s the thinnest I can find. Their price has gone up in the last year, but I can hold at the old price for now.
5. I’ve also held my thread prices at the old prices, even though Superior has raised their prices rather stunningly. I ordered a supply before the change, so we’ll be fine for a while.
If you want to try your hand at quilting your own quilts, I highly recommend Lori Kennedy’s website.
And here are some links to videos on how to quilt in sections or “quilt as you go”. These methods make it quite possible to quilt your own quilts on your home machine. I could probably be coerced into finishing some of your large quilts in that way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji8BLS2rNHA
I’m so far scheduled to teach Machine Quilt it Yourself on Your Own Machine at the Cedar Key Arts Center the first 2 Mondays in November. We’ll do a little ruler work, but mostly free motion designs.
Enjoy!
Love,
Bunny
