As a quilter since the late 1970's, I hand quilted many quilts. Took about a year for each bed sized quilt! While I loved the process of hand-quilting, it frustrated me that I couldn't get more quilts completed.
In 2001, I took my first longarm quilting class. My first experience on the longarm, I custom quilted this applique quilt. That meant I mostly did 'squiggles' and quilted around the applique pieces. After that first experience I was hooked.!
