- WHITE FABRIC: Use white thread when sewing quilt top pieces, IF using white or light fabric in your quilt top. This prevents colored thread from showing through on the quilt top.
- IF NO BOARDERS: Sew 1/8” inch around quilt top if you are NOT using boarders. This prevents seams from separating at the ends during the longarm quilting.
- MISSED STITCHES: Double CHECK seams to make sure there are NO missed stitches. Once the quilt is loaded on the machine it’s difficult if not impossible to repair.
- BACKING & BATTING: Cut backing and batting a MINIMUM of 4” INCHES beyond each side of the quilt top. That equals a total of 8” inches LONGER and 8” inches WIDER than the quilt top.
- BACKING: When piecing backing together, use a ½” inch allowance and press open. IRON OUT heavy wrinkles and creases.
- BATTING: When sewing two pieces of batting together to make one large piece, use a ZIGZAG stitch and overlap batting material 1/4 “ inch. If batting is butt together there is a high chance the batting will separate. If using an iron on tape to assemble batting, follow the provided instructions. Usually, batting is butt together when using tape.
- WAVY QUILT/BOARDERS: To minimize a wavy quilt and wavy boarders, square individual pieced blocks before assembling blocks together. If adding boarders to quilt, 1) sewing the two vertical boarders leaving a couple inches at each end; 2) Iron the boarders open; 3) Trim excess material using a quilting square ruler to square up the two boarders. Boarders are to be squared to the quilt. 4) Sew the two horizontal boarders leaving a couple inches at each end. Do not trim excess material until after your quilt has been through the Longarm process.
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What Services Does Lady VanWinkle’s Offer?
PRICE UPDATE!!! See complete Price changes on the Service/Pricing page.
Lady VanWinkle’s LLC offers many services which include but are not limited to Quilting, Binding, Blocking & Trimming and Longarm Basting for hand quilters. So if you just want to focus on your piece work contact Lady VanWinkle’s LLC and we’ll take care of you.
See Below Services and Pricing.
Edge to Edge/Pantograph
- Minimum $60. for quilts
- Low Density Pattern – $0.02 per square inch
- Basic, Larger Patterns, more than 1 inch space between patterns
- Medium Density Pattern – $0.03 per square inch
- Patterns, on average 1 inch space between patterns
- Heavy Density Pattern – $0.04 per square inch
- Patterns that are less than or equal to one inch on average
Thread/ Bobbins
- Thread is included in the pricing
Loading Fee
- 80″ X 80″ volume– $8.00
Batting
Ask about Batting availability at time of purchase – Currently we have:
- 100% cotton (Nature’s Touch; Warm & Plush)
- 80/20 Blend (Warm & Natural)
- 100% Wool (Hobbs Tuscany)
- 50%/50% cotton+wool (Pellon)
Block & Trim Quilt
- Baby – No Charge
- Lap Quilt – 6
- Twin – $8.00
- Full – $10.00
- Queen – $12.00
- King Size – $14.00
Binding
- Cost to prepare binding is included in price below: Cut, sew, iron|Customer provides material.
- Sew binding one side $0.17 per linear inch
- Sew binding both sides using Heirloom stitch $0.20
Basting for Hand Quilter
- Machine basted 1” stitch every 5 to 6 inches to prepare for hand quilting – $0.1 per square inch, minimum $30.
About Lady VanWinkle’s
Are you looking to buy a handcrafted quilt. Check out our Quilts for Sale. If you are looking to customize your own quilt? Click the following links for Longarm Stitching services or contact us.
Do You Need Your Quilt Based Together?
Some Quilters just want to hand Stitch their quilt top, batting and backing together. This hand stitching gives the quilt a nice traditional feel. That’s great! To make your hand stitching project easier, try having you quilt layers based together on a Longarm Quilting Machine. This makes the job much easier. Gone are the days when you had to use your dining room table to baste your layers together.
Click on the link below and see Lady VanWinkle’s Services and Pricing page.
About Lady VanWinkle’s
Are you looking to buy a handcrafted quilt. Check out our Quilts for Sale. If you are looking to customize your own quilt? Click the following links for Longarm Stitching services or contact us.
Why Do I Get Skipped Stitches?
It’s not uncommon to get skipped stitches when sewing, especially after sewing a few large projects. If experience skipped stitches change your needle. Needles wear out due to the constant friction. Some materials such as Batiks are harder on the needle and require a needle change between projects. Good quality needles are important. Schmetz makes a great sewing machine needle. There are also titanium coated needs that last through a few projects. If you are a Longarm Quilter you probably use a 40 wt. thread if so, you want to use a #18 needle; although, I frequently use a #16 in my Bernina Q24 and it seems to work just fine. Unless you are using a titanium needle, I recommend change your needle every time you start a new project. If this doesn’t work, clean out your bobbin case area. It’s surprising how much thread dust builds up inside the machines.
About Lady VanWinkle’s
Are you looking to buy a handcrafted quilt? Check out our Quilts for Sale. If you are looking to customize your own quilt. Click the following links for Longarm Stitching services or contact us.
What Type Of Batting Should I Use?
There are several good brands of batting in the marketplace. I use 100% cotton or an 80/20 cotton blend that has been needle-punched. The benefits of using needle-punched cotton batting is that the batting will not separate or bunch up, even after many washings. When washing use as little agitation as possible or wash in machine with no agitation.
Another batting I like to use is 100% wool. Wool batting produces a light weight quilt with excellent loft retention. I use Hobbs Tuscany Collection which can be hand or machine washed. When washing use as little agitation as possible or wash in machine with no agitation. Too much agitation or steam could cause felting in wet wool. I have have had much success using a front load wash machine.
Quilts with cotton batting are heavier weight and have lower loft; where as, the Wool batting has a lighter weight and a higher loft. The wool gives warmth without the weight. The fiber breaths, allowing excess heat to disperse away from the body.
About Lady VanWinkle’s
Are you looking to buy a handcrafted quilt. Check out our Quilts for Sale. If you are looking to customize your own quilt? Click the following links for Longarm Stitching services or contact us.
Preparing My Quilt For The Longarm Quilter?
You want to make sure all your seams are ironed flat. This is one of the most important step to producing a high quality product. Check for loose hanging threads on the top side of your quilt; we will remove if you miss a few. Trim all long hanging threads at the seams and the backside of your pieced work.
It is not always easy to make a perfectly sqared quilt. One way to check your quilt is to measure across the top, middle and bottom. Take these measurements top to bottom and side to side. Depending on the quilt pattern and borders you may be able to trim the edges to square your quilt. If you are only off by a 1/2″ it’s probably not a big deal. If you are off more than a 1/2″ I will have to alter your quilt to lay flat. Some alterations are extra costs.
Other important step, make sure the batting and backing have at least a 4 inch allowance on all sides. The best way to calculate material needed is to measure the length and width of your quilt and add 8 inches to the length and the width. If your backing is short, leader line can be sewn to your quilt back. Adding leaders is an extra cost.
It’s okay to leave the selvage on your backing outer edges only. Salvage must be removed from all piece work in you quilt top. When salvage is left in the areas that will be longarm stitched stops may occur. Also, the shrink factor in the selvage is different than the material. Remove the selvage!
About Lady VanWinkle’s
Are you looking to buy a handcrafted quilt. Check out our Quilts for Sale. If you are looking to customize your own quilt? Click the following links for Longarm Stitching services or contact us.
Do You Have A Paisley Stitch Design?
Yes we have a Paisley_Swirl design. It is a frequent choice among the quilter right now. Our machine is the Bernina Q24 Qmatic. This machine produces high quality stitches. Are you ready to send your quilt to a Longarm Quilter. Click on the link below.
About Lady VanWinkle’s
Are you looking to buy a handcrafted quilt. Check out our Quilts for Sale. If you are looking to customize your own quilt? Click the following links for Longarm Stitching services or contact us.
What are Lady VanWinkle’s Services & Pricing?
We try to stay competitive with our pricing. We do not charge for the bobbin thread but, we do charge for a loading fee on quilts larger than a twin size due to the amount of time it takes to load the larger quilts. See Pricing below.
Edge to Edge/Pantograph
- Minimum $60. for quilts (May include the trimming).
- Low Density Pattern – $0.020 per square inch
- Basic, Larger Patterns, more than 1 inch space between patterns
- Medium Density Pattern – $0.025 per square inch
- Patterns, on average 1 inch space between patterns
- Heavy Density Pattern – $0.028 per square inch
- Patterns that are less than or equal to one inch on average
Thread/ Bobbins
- Thread is included in the pricing
Loading Fee
- Lap & Twin – $0.00
- Full & Queen Size – $10.00
- King size – $13.00
Batting
Ask about Batting availability at time of purchase – Currently we have:
- 100% cotton (Nature’s Touch; Warm & Plush)
- 80/20 Blend (Warm & Natural)
- 100% Wool (Hobbs Tuscany)
- 50%/50% cotton+wool (Pellon)
Block & Trim Quilt
- Baby Quilt – Included in the $60 minimum fee.
- Lap & Twin – $6.00
- Full Size – $8.00
- Queen Size – $10.00
Binding
- Cost to prepare binding is included in price below: Cut, sew, iron|Customer provides material.
- Sew binding one side $0.15 per linear inch
- Sew binding both sides using Heirloom stitch $0.25
Basting for Hand Quilter
- Machine basted 1” stitch every 5 to 6 inches to prepare for hand quilting – $0.1 per square inch, minimum $25
About Lady VanWinkle’s
Are you looking to buy a handcrafted quilt. Check out our Quilts for Sale. If you are looking to customize your own quilt? Click the following links for Longarm Stitching services or contact us.
Why Should I Use A Longarm Quilter?
A Longarm quilter has a specialised quilting machine that stitches the quilt top, batting and backing together. Longarm stitches add life and value to your quilt. Lady VanWinkle’s has the Bernina Q24 with the Q-Matic computerized patterns. The Bernina Longarm machine produces high quality stitches. If we don’t have the stitch pattern your are looking for we can purchase one online.
Quilting is a passion for many of us. We make quilts for our loved ones and many of our quilts will be passed down for generations to come. This is what makes our quilts priceless.
And don’t forget about you….there is nothing like being wrapped in a cozy quilt reading a good book. If you’re looking to add quality to your quilt, see Lady VanWinkle’s contact page.
About Lady VanWinkle’s
Are you looking to buy a handcrafted quilt. Check out our Quilts for Sale. If you are looking to customize your own quilt? Click the following links for Longarm Stitching services or contact us.
Reduced Pricing For Longarm Services
Edge to Edge/Pantograph
- Minimum $50.00 for quilts (Trimming is included in Small projects)
- Low Density Pattern – $0.020 per square inch
- Basic, Larger Patterns, more than 1 inch space between patterns
- Medium Density Pattern – $0.025 per square inch
- Patterns, on average 1 inch space between patterns
- Heavy Density Pattern – $0.028 per square inch
- Patterns that are less than or equal to one inch on average
Thread/ Bobbins
- Thread is included in the pricing above
Loading Fee
$8.00 for quilts larger than 80″ X 80″
Batting
Ask about Batting availability at time of purchase – Currently we have:
- 100% cotton (Warm & Plush)
- 80/20 Blend (Warm & Natural)
- 100% Cotton (Hobbs Tuscany)
- 100% cotton (Pellon)
Trim Quilt
- Baby Quilt – No Charge
- Lap and Twin- $4.00
- Full Size – $6.00
- Queen Size – $8.00
- King Size – $10.00
Binding
- Cost to prepare binding is included in price below: Cut, sew, iron|Customer provides material.
- Sew binding one side $0.12 per linear inch
- Sew binding both sides using Heirloom stitch $0.18
Basting for Hand Quilter
- Machine basted 1” stitch every 5 to 6 inches to prepare for hand quilting – $0.1 per square inch, minimum $25
About Lady VanWinkle’s
Are you looking to buy a handcrafted quilt. Check out our Quilts for Sale. If you are looking to customize your own quilt? Click the following links for Longarm Stitching services or contact us.