The Diary of a
21st Century Quilt

"The Quilt"



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Quilting Services -- Pricing

Basic - Large meandering or looping, which can include flowers, leaves, hearts, or stars.  All over, edge to edge or large patterns.

          .015 cents (a penny and a 1/2) per square inch
          Width x Length x .015 = $$
          Example:  60 x 40 quilt
          40 x 60 = 24 x .015 = $36.00 quilting charge

Basic Plus ~ Combinations of 2 patterns or more.  Intricate pantographs or blocks.  Call or E-mail Val using the Contact Val Page for pricing.

Specialty ~ you select a variety of treatments.  Specialty includes tight stippling, separage borders and sashing.  Call or E-mail Val using the Contact Val Page for pricing.


When preparing your quilt for stitching:

  • Iron both quilt top and backing
  • DO NOT pin or baste batting and backing to quilt top
  • Backing and batting must be 6" larger than quilt top, both length and width
  • Identify the "Top" of your quilt

The long arm quilting machine is used to stitch the three layers (top, back and batting) for a quilt together.

Each year more women discover the physical demands of using their home machines to stitch the layers comprising a quilt.
  

The use of a long arm quilting maching makes sewing the layers together much easier, thanks to the roller system that holds all three layers together.

I am able to stitch perfect designs using my computerized Gammill/Statler.  Gammill is the name of the long arm, Statler is the name of the computer system.  The two together are named "ELVIS"!

Let My Long Arm "ELVIS" Quilt Your Quilts!!

What does ELVIS and the STATLER have in common?

  • ELVIS says, your quilt will be "Returned To Sender" in just a few days.
  • "You Can't Help Fallin' in Love" with my ELVIS quilting machine.
  • "Got A Lot Of Liven' To Do" so let ELVIS quilt that quilt for you!!
  • I can even put a "Hound Dog" on your quilt.
  • Elvis gets "All Shook Up" quilting for you!!