Thank you for considering me to quilt your precious quilt. It is my goal to provide you with the best quilting I can to enhance your work of art. Please read over the following guidelines so that the entire process runs smoothly. If you have any questions, please let me know. Contact me via email to schedule quilting time.
Guidelines for Submitting Quilts:
- Drop off & pick up your quilts at: Chestnut Bay Quilting, 262 North Street, Caledonia, NY 14423.
- Please contact me directly before dropping off a quilt at the store so we can schedule a time frame.
- Please be sure both the backing and batting extend at least 3” beyond ALL FOUR edges of the quilt top.
- You can purchase batting and backing fabric through Chestnut Bay Quilting. These items are not included in the price of the quilting.
- Please do not baste or pin your quilt. All three layers (top, batting, and backing) should all be kept separate.
- Please do not attach your binding prior to quilting.
- Please check your quilt top for open seams. The quilting foot can get caught in open seams and rip your quilt.
- Please clip all loose threads.
- Please press your quilt top and back.
- If your backing is pieced, please use a smaller stitch length and press the seams OPEN.
- Please remove selvedges.
- Do not provide bed sheets for backings.
- Keep in mind that your project will be quilted in the condition in which it is received. I cannot quilt out fullness, pleats, or puckers.
- Please be sure your quilt top and backing both have 2 perfectly STRAIGHT and PARALLEL edges.
- Please stay-stitch 1/8” around the perimeter of a quilt WITHOUT BORDERS or WITH PIECED BORDERS so your seams don’t open up during the quilting process.
- Please remove all embellishments and pins from the quilt top.
- If your quilt top and backing are directional, please mark the TOP CENTER of the quilt top and backing so I know how to align them when putting them on the machine. Also make a note of it on the contract.
- If pets are allowed in your sewing area, please make sure the quilt top, backing, and batting are free of all pet hair by using a lint roller prior to delivery.
- If anyone in the house smokes, please deodorize your quilt top, backing, and batting.
- A clean up fee will be charged if quilts need to be deodorized of smoke or have pet hair removed.
- No refunds will be given for quilting services that have been completed.
All-over free-hand quilting designs are $0.03 per square inch. To calculate the number of square inches in your quilt, multiply the width by height. (Example: a 60”x 80” quilt = 4800 square inches x $0.03 = quilting cost of $144.) The minimum price for quilting is $60.00.
Quilting prices include up to 3000 yards of thread. If more than 3000 yards are used, there will be an additional $30 thread charge.
Please use a high-quality batting brand such as Hobbs, The Warm Company, or Quilter’s Dream. Batting that is irregular in thickness will cause irregularity in the finished quilt stitching. You can purchase batting and backing fabric through Chestnut Bay Quilting. These items are not included in the price of the quilting.
FAQ:
- Quilts are completed in the order in which contracts are submitted. If you need a quick turn-around, please let me know and I will do my best to accommodate your deadline. Feel free to contact me ahead of time to get on the schedule if you know that you need to get a gift done by a certain date.
- My quilting designs are all done free-hand and therefore can lead to variations in shape and design as I quilt your desired pattern. Photos of available patterns are below. Quilted samples can be viewed at the store.
- I do not attach bindings.
- Centering side to side is easy, it is not as simple to center top to bottom, so if it’s important to you to have your quilt centered top to bottom as well, please let me know and I will do my best.
- If the quilting pattern chosen has to be marked, I use Frixion iron erasable pens or iron erasable Miracle Chalk for darker fabrics. Sometimes Frixion pens leave ghost image after ironing. They WILL wash out. If the outside temperature dips below 17◦, Frixion pen markings may return after removal. DO NOT PANIC, simply iron them out. After the quilt is washed, they will not return. If you prefer that I do not use a marking pen, please let me know prior to quilting.
- Full payment is due when you pick up your quilt.
- All prices subject to change without notice.
- Contact me via email to schedule quilting time.
