LONGARM QUILTING

Longarm Quilting Services

A Fast, Convenient Way to Finish Your Beautiful Quilts!

Meg’s Quilted Memories offers professional longarm quilting services for those who need a fast, convenient way to finish your beautiful quilts!


All our longarm quilting is performed on either a Handi Quilter Amara machine or an APQS Millennium, enabling us to stitch quilts of all sizes. We also provide quilt finishing services. 

What is Longarm Quilting?

A longarm quilting machine in action.

Longarm quilting machines enable our professional quilters to load your back, batting, and your quilt top into a frame and stitch all three layers together at once. 

We sew edge to edge, left to right, creating a pattern selected by the customer. We have a computerized machine that will work great when you have design with crisp points and tight swirls. And we have a hand guided machine for those patterns that are more airy and open. Each machine is manned with a quilter who’s been in the profession 5+ years. We have many years of experience under our belts!

The appeal of longarm quilting is that it helps you finish quilts faster. For those who love to sew the quilt tops together, long arm quilting allows you to have your quilts finished so that you can move on and work on your next quilt top! 

We'll Help You Select Your Stitch Pattern!

Longarm stitch pattern example

We’ll involve you in the creative process from picking out the design to choosing the thread.

Reasons to Have Your Quilt Top Longarm Quilted

  1. Efficiency!
    If you have a large quilt, quilting it on your home machine may take longer than you anticipate. Hand quilting can take anywhere from 3 – 12 months to complete.  We can quilt a king size in about 3-4 hours – depending on the style and we can turn your quilt around within 2 weeks of it arriving with us. Longer timelines usually happen during the run up Christmas. September to November are very busy months.

  2. Create any size quilt that you want.
    With long arm quilting, we can accommodate a quilt from crib size to king size.   You don’t have to crawl on the floor to tape your backing and baste/pin your quilt top.     


PLACE ORDER

Our Longarm Quilting Process 

When you order from Meg’s Quilted Memories for longarm quilting services, we will work through the following steps:

  1. Fill out an order form:
    You can         find it here and ship it with your quilt top or bring it with you if you’re going to drop off your quilt top.

  2. Backing and top selection:
    You can either bring in your own backing with your top, or you can pick from our selection of backings. We can also order anything that you may need. An additional cost will be incurred for special orders.

  3. Measurement verification:
    We will ensure that the measurements on the order form are correct. 

  4. Quilt tag?
    We can work with you on a quilt tag for the back of your quilt. These are customed embroidered and can have a few words or sayings as well as a graphic. This is an additional cost.

  5. Thread and pattern selection:
    Choose from our selection of threads. If there is a color you don’t find here, we can always order a color in. We have a limited selection of variegated threads. We only use Superior Thread quilting cones. But if there is something special, we can order threads for you.  Any special order may delay the due date, but we will communicate that with you.

  6. We’ll work with you to select a pattern you’ll like:
    You can choose from a large selection of patterns. Things to consider: Do I want heavy quilting or something lighter and airy? 

  7. Longarm quilt stitching:
    We’ll put your quilt on the schedule and work on it in the order received. Any order that requires a rush may incur a fee.

  8. Quilt finishing services:
    We can either finish the quilt off with machine binding or just trim it out and leave the binding up to you. 

  9. The quilt is done!
    We’ll call you when it’s ready for pick up if you’re local or pack it up for shipping if you’re not local.


PLACE ORDER

How to Prepare Your Quilt for Machine Quilting

✓ Follow this checklist when preparing your quilt top for quilting:


  1. Check all seams – repair any open seams.

  2. Press quilt top, first from the back to flatten all the seams. Then press from the front. If you want to use a product like Best Press, you can. It gives the quilt a nice crisp finish.

  3. Trim all loose threads.

  4. Stay stitch around the quilt where there are any seams. This prevents the seams from pulling apart while your quilt is being quilted.

  5. Fold your quilt and quilt backing or hang on a hanger until you’re ready to have it quilted.

  6. Ensure your backing is 8” wider and 10” longer than your quilt top.

  7. The batting should also be 8” wider and 10” longer than your quilt top.

  8. Pin a note to the top of your quilt and the top of the backing so we know the proper way to load it.

  9. Call me with any questions that were not covered here. My number is 810-250-1825.


Longarm Quilting FAQ's

  • How Much Does Professional Longarm Quilting Cost?

    All quilts are billed by the width and the length.  This is your total square inches.  To keep it easy for math, we’ll use the following quilt size of 100” X 100” for the example below.


    The pricing below assumes an edge to edge all over pattern.  If you’re looking for more intense quilting with feathers and ruler work, please let us know so we can work on pricing.

    • If we’re doing a hand guided quilting, the cost is $.015 - $.041 per square inch.
    • If we’re doing computerized quilting, the cost is $.016 - $.041 per square inch.

    Using the dimensions listed above:

    • For hand guided quilting:  100 X 100 = 10,000 X $.015 = $150.00*
    • For computerized quilting:  100 X 100 = 10,000 X $.016 = $160.00*

    *smaller quilts will cost less; however, our minimum is $40.  Scenario assumes a minimal quilting pattern and will change if a more dense quilting pattern is chosen.

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  • Can I Use My Own Batting?

    Definitely! Send it along or bring it with you.  We will not be able to use high loft polyester batting.  It doesn’t work well with the machines.  We suggest a low loft cotton or cotton/poly blend or wool.

  • What are your quilt finishing services?

    Quilting finishing is the binding that is attached to the raw edge.  We can trim the quilt top out once quilted and leave it for you to bind or we can bind it for you.  If you want us to do the binding, you can do one of two things:


    1. Bring in or ship the binding that you’d like to use with your quilt top.  This is necessary if you want the binding to be a different color or a special print.
    2. We can make the binding with what is left over from the backing material and attach the binding for you.  This is all machine done.   If you’d like your binding hand sewn, please let us know so we can quote a price for you. 

    Machine binding services are billed by the total perimeter inches X $.175/per inch.   If your quilt is 100” X 100”, the formula works out to 100 + 100 + 100 + 100 = 400 X $.175 = $70

  • What is the turnaround time for long arming?

    We can quilt your quilt top within a week or two of it arriving here or you are dropping it off.  Delays in timing may be due to special orders and holiday times.  Usually September – early December are busy months for long arm quilting.

  • Does Meg’s Quilted Memories Do Custom Quilting?

    At our studio, we do not do custom quilting.  However, the quilters who work for me do custom quilting on their own time.  If you’re interested in custom work, like feathers and ruler work, I can put you in touch with one of our quilters to work with you directly.

  • Can the Front and Back Threads Be Different?

    Yes, we can use different thread colors for the top and bottom. It is still $2.00 per bobbin.  Variegated thread is $3.00 per bobbin.

  • Does Meg’s Quilted Memories Quilt T-Shirt Quilts?

    Yes, we do!  That’s another arm of our business.  So, if you’ve made your own t-shirt quilt, we suggest that it is quilted.  It will hold the t-shirt material in place and keep it from sagging over time and use.

  • What is the condition of your studio?

    Our clean longarm quilting studio

    Our studio is a smoke free and pet free environment. 

  • What Type of Backing Can I Use?

    Cotton and flannel are the most popular but minky is slowing taking over because of the feel of the material.  It’s soft and plush.  


    Just a note: with minky, the fibers are long, so as the needle moves up and down in the quilting process, those fibers may pull through to the top.  This is especially worrisome with dark minky colors like black or royal blue on lighter colored tops.  I have a video on minky on my Facebook page:  

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Longarm Quilting Order Form

Please fill out the information below the best you can.

We'll follow up with you to complete the information and to answer any questions you may have.


SCHEDULING

Orders are processed in the order that they are received. We must have your quilt in hand to schedule your order. We do not hold places "in line". Any quilt requiring a "bump up" ahead of other customer quilts to meet your date will incur a 25% additional fee on labor charges including quilting piece work, and binding.


PRICING

We will review your order and supply you with an estimated cost based on your choices. A $30 deposit per quilt is required. You may pay by credit card, check, or PayPal. If you pay by credit card or PayPal then a 3% service charge will be added to your deposit invoice. Pennsylvania 6% sales tax applies if applicable.


Thread cost is $2.00 per bobbin.

Special order thread is $3.00 per bobbin (variegated, so fine, glide, etc.).

Binding cost is $.06/inch for each of the following:

• Cut, piece & press binding: Straight of Grain

• Attach Binding by machine: Straight of Grain 

• Finish Binding by machine: Straight of Grain 


SHIPPING

Upon completion of your quilt, a receipt of the total payment will be emailed to you. We will ship your quilt once final payment is received. We ship to the USA only, including PO Boxes and FPO AP Boxes.


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