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For those who love to piece quilt tops but do not have the time to quilt them, Yvonne offers a computerised machine quilting service, which includes edge-to-edge, border and custom quilting. Your pieced top will be professionally quilted with no need for marking or basting. Yvonne has an extensive range of continuous line quilting patterns designed to interlock. They will not look like row upon row of the same pattern but will fill your quilt top from top to bottom and from side to side with a beautiful design. The computer software on the Statler quilting machine offers 1000s of designs to choose from.

Please contact us to arrange an appointment with Yvonne to discuss your requirements and for a quote. Please note that Yvonne is not available during class or workshop times (see Weekly Classes Schedule & One-Day Workshops).

Wadding, Backing & Thread

You are welcome to supply your own wadding and/or backing fabric; alternatively you can purchase these items at Quilters Quest at competitive prices - a discount of 10% will be given to Longarm quilting customers who purchase their wadding and backing from us. Quality wadding and backing fabric improve the look and feel of your finished quilt top. Best results are achieved with any of the compressed waddings, such as 100% cotton by Warm and Natural, 80/20 mix by Hobbs, and 100% polyester by Dream Poly. Backing fabric should be good quality cotton rather than polyester or a mix. Extra wide backing fabrics in a variety of colours and patterns are available at Quilters Quest.

When backing and wadding are supplied by the customer they should be at least 4” bigger on all four sides than the finished quilt top. For example, if your finished quilt top is 60” x 80” then your backing and wadding will need to be 68” x 88”.

A large range of threads are available for you to choose from for your quilting.

Quilt Top Preparation

• If you are supplying your own backing and/or wadding please ensure that they are:
  •    Supplied as separate pieces and not sandwiched together.
  •    At least 4” larger on all four sides than your pieced top. This is to allow the quilting machine to quilt to the edge of your quilt top and for the shrinkage that naturally occurs during quilting.
  •    Pre-washed if you have already prewashed your quilt top fabrics.
• If the edges of your quilt are pieced, please stay-stitch ¼" around the edge as this helps to minimise any stretching or puckering of the finished edges. 
• Trim and secure all loose threads from the back of your quilt top. These may show through the lighter colours of your quilt. 
• Press your pieced top making sure your seam allowances are pressed properly. 
• Press your backing. 
• If your backing needs to be pieced you are encouraged to do so. This will save you money and me time! If you have pieced the backing ensure that you trim off the selvedge edges at the joins, not on the outside edges. Selvedge edges shrink differently to the main body of the fabric. 
• If you wish one of the edges of your quilt to be treated as the top please pin a small piece of paper to it labelled "TOP".

Basting

If you like to hand quilt, but don’t like putting the layers together, then bring your quilt to Quilters Quest where it will be basted with large stitches approximately 4” apart.

Binding

A binding service is also available. Your binding will be attached with a ⅜” seam allowance and mitred corners. You can have it returned to you at that stage for you to complete the hand sewing, or the entire binding process can be completed for you. The price for us to prepare and attach the binding ready for you to finish is 10p per inch; for us to prepare, attach and hand sew the binding the cost is 15p per inch.

Edge to Edge Quilting

A design will be quilted from one edge of the quilt to the other. There is a large range of Simple and Complex designs to choose from to enhance your quilt top.  These will be available to view at a later date.

Custom Quilting

Custom quilting is where a different design is sewn in each block and/or border of the quilt. With many quilt tops such as Sampler Quilts or Celtic Bias quilts it may be more appropriate to have a different quilting design in each of the areas of the quilt. Prices for custom quilting vary depending on how much detail is involved.

• Stippling in a range of sizes

• Patterned meander (e.g. leaves and loops)

• Motifs (e.g. feather wreaths, individual block designs)

• A range of freehand designs (e.g. swirls, feathers, flowers)

• Stitch in the ditch

• Outline or echo

• Continuous curve borders

• Grids

• Block designs

• Border designs

• Sashing designs

Edge to Edge Price List:

Custom Price List*:

An additional charge of £30 applies if the quilt has to be turned to complete border designs.