The Quilter’s Haven

The Quilter’s Haven Longarm Machine Quilting Services as of January 1, 2009.

Preparing your quilt:

Your top should be pressed carefully and clear of all threads. The backing and batting should be at least 8 inches longer and wider than your top to allow proper loading of it onto the machine.  The back should be squared up and pressed. Do not pin or baste your quilt together as each piece gets loaded onto the machine one at a time.   Please note that if your top is not flat or the borders are wavy these will not quilt out and may result in pleats or tucks in your quilt.*Please no sheets or decorator fabrics for the back. There will be a $10.00 charge if I have to square or press your backing, or remove excessive threads from your top.  If I prepare your backing there will be a $20.00 charge

Pricing as follows:

Fee calculation—Quilt length x Quilt width x price = quilting price ONLY.

Example:  Throw size quilt with overall meandering.

60 x60 x.015 = $54.00

Service prices:

Minimum charge for any quilting………………………………………………………………………………………$45.00

Edge to edge free motion quilting …………………………………………………………………………………… $.015/sq. inch

(meandering, loops, and loops with hearts)

Edge to edge Pantographs ………………………………………………………………………………………………. $.0175/sq. inch

Binding Services:

Binding prepared by me will be double fold French style cut 2 ½” wide with your fabrics.

Machine attached hand turned…………………………………………………………………………….. $ .30/liner inch

Machine attached and turned…………………………………………………………………………………$ .25/ lin. Inch

Machine attached not turned………………………………………………………………………………….$ .20/ lin. Inch

 Binding already prepared

Machine attached hand turned…………………………………………………………………………….. $ .20/liner inch

Machine attached and turned…………………………………………………………………………………$ .15/ lin. Inch

Machine attached not turned………………………………………………………………………………….$ .08/ lin. Inch

 

How to Square Up Your Quilt Backing

In order to figure out how much backing fabric to buy, start with the measurements of your quilt top. Take these measurements, and add 8 inches to the length and the width, plus extra to allow for squaring and shrinkage, if you plan to prewash. I usually buy at least an extra quarter of a yard more than I think I need.

Your longarm quilter will probably ask you to square up your backing. The reason she will ask you to do this is so that it gets loaded onto the quilting machine straight. If your backing edges are uneven, then chances are your backing will get loaded crooked, will roll up crooked, and can cause not only your backing ending up crooked, but also tucks or puckers in the back.

1. Make sure all the wrinkles are pressed out of your backing fabric.

2. Lay it out on the floor or a table that is large enough and fold it in half, selvedge edges together. Smooth it out so that the fold is nice and flat and there are no wrinkles. You can also do this with a helper by holding the fabric up by the selvedges and shifting the layers until the fold hangs straight, but this is usually not practical with a large backing. (This can take some time!)

3. Continue to fold your backing in half and smoothing until you get a width that is small enough to fit your largest cutting mat.

4. Place your cutting mat under a non-selvedge end of your folded backing, and using your ruler and rotary cutter make a nice straight cut to even up the edges. Repeat for the other end.

5. To square up the selvedge edges, bring the side edges together that you just trimmed, and follow steps 2 -4 above.

6. After squaring your backing, measure it again to make sure that it is a total of 8 inches larger than the top (or whatever your quilter requires) if you are going to have it longarm quilted.

You can also square your backing by folding it in half as described in Step 2 above, and then folding it in half again by bringing the non-selvedge edges together to form a “square”. Using your mat and rotary cutter, trim the two edges of your backing so that they are nice and square. I find the other method easier if you have a large backing and are squaring without a helper.

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