If you would like to have McManus Quilting do your machine quilting, please read the Price section.  There is formula for finding your own price estimate.  Prices are also listed for batting and backing.

Please print the customer acknowledgment page, sign, and leave with your quilt.  Thank you!  You will only need one signed acknowledgment on file, however you will be responsible for knowing any updates to the customer agreement (such as price changes, etc.)

 

 

Here are some Machine Pattern Designs.  There are many more beside these.

Click to enlarge, the name of the designs are written next to the image.

Please check out photos pages to get additional ideas

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BINDING - the necessary evil  

(just kidding)

Binding - During the past few years I have had an increase in requests for binding.  I will be happy to make your binding and sew it on for you at an additional cost.  I can then have you hand sew it yourself or I will do the hand work.  Binding is not difficult but very time consuming.  Sewing it on and having you turn it and hand sew would run about $25-$40 for an average quilt.  My turning it and hand sewing it down would be an additional charge and can run from $45 for a small lap or around $90 -$100 more for a queen.  I tell people to expect the binding to run close to the cost of the quilting.

For those who would like to bind for themselves - here is my usual way of doing the binding:

To make your binding strips, use 2 1/2 inch strips, sew together on the bias.  Fold in half and press.  You will need one more strip (about 30-40inches) more than the length and width measurements.

Sew on, starting on a side about mid way.  Leave a "tail" of at least 10 inches.  Sew using 1/4 inch seam allowance.

At corners, stop 3/8 inch from edge of quilt, remove quilt from machine.  Fold binding back at edge of quilt side, press with finger to make a crease.

 

Lift this crease to the side you just showed (below)

Fold down, start sewing again.  Repeat through all sides.

When you get near the place you started, stop about 15" from the start point.  Remove the quilt from the machine.  overlap the binding start "tail" and the end "tail".  Trim so they over lap only by the 2 1/2".  open the binding and sew together just how you originally made the binding strips.  This should lay flat on your quilt side - if not, adjust now.  If it's a perfect fit, finishing sewing down.

Trim Quilt backing and batting even with edge of front & binding.  You are now ready to turn over and hand sew the binding down.

***I know this is very confusing and you are better off learning to bind in a class.  This is meant more to refresh your memory than to give a new quilter clear directions.  Binding is one of those parts of quilting that can easily slip your mind and seem confusing but this is the finishing touch to your quilt - so make it look good!

Handy tools for binding - Long size 9 needles, good thread, thread wax, clip on scissors (so they don't get lost in the piles of quilt), leather thimble, Ott Light (or similar), binding clips. 

Remember to take frequent breaks - this can be hard on the shoulders and eyes!