[firebrand]

Thanks for this nice thread, Billie. I love quilting but always get too ambitious.

Secret to doing economically viable quilting projects that don't compromise your creativity: You buy plain fabric and have it machine-quilted for a couple of bucks a yard. That way you choose your own fabric design. There are fabrics already quilted but they are invariably not what you would choose. Then you cut the quilted fabric into whatever shapes you want.

Of course you have to find a machine quilter somewhere. The Internet should help with that.

This is if you want to make a little business out of it. The hand-done stuff is always preferable of course.

[Billie]

Hi, firebrand - great to see you today - long time! Glad you like today's thread - Free's the quilter (and the writer! I'm the putter-together'er! LOL), but it surely was fun looking at all these beautiful quilts she included. I've never wanted to do the quilting myself, though I certainly can appreciate the work that goes into them. (didn't know about having fabric itself machine-quilted and then the design chosen after that!)

[Calpernia]

Hmmmm, I need to vote for Firebrand. That is my FR Network.

So if input counts, Firebrand has my quilting vote.