Would you ever send your quilt out to be quilted?

**Sara Noel** · 02-12-2004, 11:57 AM

I've heard a lot of people send out their quilt tops to be quilted. It seems pretty costly imo, but can see where it might be something people are interested in. I can't imagine wrestling a full size quilt on a little machine, but then again I haven't even stitched a square. rofl

**Heather** · 02-12-2004, 12:17 PM

If I had a quilt that I didn't feel comfortable quilting or didn't want to mess it up big time....rofl...I'd send it out. The Amish ladies around here offer this service very reasonable.

**Darlene** · 02-12-2004, 12:21 PM

How do they quilt it on a sewing machine??? Must be magic.

**homesteadmamma** · 02-12-2004, 01:05 PM

No I wouldn't. I want the quilt to be done completely by me.

I used my sewing machine all the time to quilt my quilts and still do with the smaller type quilts. If its a queen size quilt, I now hand quilt all of them. I found I loved the hand quilting part. I find it just so relaxing.

I would really love to have a quilting machine, but the cost is crazy. Hopefully in the future, they will come down in price.

Otherwise, I'll stick with my own sewing machine and hand quilt.

**milach** · 02-13-2004, 09:21 AM

No I wouldn't. Since I'm learning, what would I learn by having someone else do it for me? I'm doing mine by machine, and it's going OK for me.

**SewCrafty** · 02-13-2004, 11:52 AM

I probably would. I have tried quilting by machine and it was not fun at all.

I do not like hand quilting so all of mine will be tied most likely.

**Katybird** · 02-13-2004, 01:59 PM

I don't think I would think of it as "mine" if someone else quilted it for me. I have used my sewing machine for quilting but I prefer to hand quilt, it is so relaxing and fulfilling.