Help WAshing a New Baby Quilt

My co-worker wants to make a queen-sized quilt for her son and future daughter-in-law. I was willing to help her. Then I explained what it may cost for her to have it long-armed quilted. This gal has decided she will make one all on her own, by hand.

ah, well.

G> Howdy!

Watch an old (late '80s) movie called, "The Chocolate War". It shows up on cable from time to time, or you can likely find it at a library or decent movie rental. You'll never be cranky about it again. ;-)

Doc

Fair for the work performed, or for the aggravation of having to deal with Bridezillas and their mothers?

I can think of a whole lot of reasons a skilled person might charge a hefty fee - too many for this thread! 8^D

Doc

Hi Ginger,

Just curious... is she also aware of the option of buying/renting time on a long-arm machine and doing that herself?

Howdy!

Why would she have to have it long-arm quilted?

Hooray for hand quilting! ;-D

R/Sandy

Speed?

You're not going to tell me you can handquilt a queen sized quilt as quickly as a long arm machine can, are you?

marcella

Howdy!

Of course not; the subject was the woman wanting to make a quilt, told what long-arm quilting would cost, and deciding to do it herself; my point is that quilts don't have to be long-arm quilted.

Speed? That's one thing I don't associate w/ quilting, in my quilting world. ;->

R/S

Howdy!

Why would she have to have it long-arm quilted?

Hooray for hand quilting! ;-D

R/Sandy

Howdy!

hmmm... so you didn't win the prize (4th place) but you took what you wanted anyway? I don't think the school mis-handled the raffle; looks like the prize-giving was mis-handled.

R/Sandy

Often times it is slow but steady wins the race. Just keeping working on a project helps. I seem to get distracted easily from hand quilting work. A big part of that is the inability to sit for long. If I keep plugging away between my machine work though sooner or later I can finish a quilt. Taria

Well, she has a busy schedule, but wanted to have it finished by the wedding on 6 June 2010.

She doesn't quilt. She made a quilt about 30 years ago, it was tied. She likes to use a blanket as the backing. That's just the way she wants to do things.

G> Howdy!

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