"I get a lot of dvd's, that way I can refer to them over and over."

"I never did anything like that before but what a great idea. It's also great that you can all work together, there can be a lot of competition. Do you find that all your pricings are competitive?"

"Here is the link for the bags, I embroider my business name on them to make them special. http://virginialongarm.com/?page_id=2782"

"I always give my first time customers a bag that has my business name embroidered on it. Either a hanging bag or a tote. I get them through Virginia Longarm. About half of my customers remember to bring the bag back with there next quilt, so I send…"

"It would be a dream come true if I could go. Who knows, maybe next year!"

"I always match my bobbin thread to my top thread. There is just no way to not get either the top thread to show to the back or the bobbin thread to show on top. So I try and get my customers to hink about that when they pick out their backing…"

"I charge by the sq in. I start at 1.5 and it goes up from there. I think the hourly rate might freak them out too much. New quilters Get price shocked as it is."

"Beautiful!"

"Penny I know how you feel. I got swamped this December with customer quilts, and still have a couple yet to do. Am looking forward to when I can quilt a few of my own! Happy Quilting!"

"Nancy, I prefer to load horizontal, I don't like the bulk that occurs when I have to load vertical I find it distorts to much. As far as getting the seam to be in the middle of the quilt, unless there is a specific reason it needs to be…"

"Erika, if you can't get a referral locally I am available to do your quilt."

"Erika, Sue is correct, that is how I get a lot of my referrals."

"Hi Erika, most longarmers charge by the square inch, I start at 1.5 cents a square inch and it goes up from there. I do have openings and have done other quilts for customers that were long distance. If you go on Facebook you can look up…"

"Debbie, my first thought is to do an edge to edge design. If you wanted you could do something different in the border but with that fabric the quilting is only going to show io good in the open spaces. I have a quilt with the same fabric for a…"

"I buy wholesale from quilters dream. Love their batting. But most of my customers provide their own."

"Mine goes in spurts, but just when I think I can get one of my own quilted...I get a call from another customer, but I'm grateful for the work too. Would love to get my machine paid off and then add a computer system to it."