Sandie777 Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 Greetings, I am doing research since I am recently retired from my day job and now am looking for that job that I always wanted. Researching long arm quilting as a small businss, something to bring in the fun money. I am looking at writing a business plan. I am curious as to the average time it takes to quilt a queen size quilt on the APQS machines with a simple feather pattern for someone who has done at least 50 quilts. Can you share what your average time is on the millennium with the CompuQuilter? Thanks Sandie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 This must be a tough one to answer since no one has responded. Are you talking about an all over feather, such as Nichole Webb\'s feathers? I think all quilters have their own pace, it is just hard to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsbishwit Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 If the machine is computerized (compuquilter attatched to it) then you also have to add in the time it takes to input all info into the program. Also you need to consider whether or not the quilt will be custom (individual designs and border detail) can take twice as long to do than just an ETE design also known as a pantogragh design, which takes less time. Then any interuptions that may interfere with your quilting time, such as phone calls, customer appointments, thread breakage, tension issues, etc... You should be able to do 1 queen size quilt (ETE design) in a day if everything goes the way that it should without a compuquilter...this is including time for breaks/rest periods and a little less time with the compuquilter. However, let me make this very clear....most who just start out in this business rarely get 5 queen size quilts every week or even every month for that matter when starting out. I have been in business for 3 years now and have realized that you can\'t base your business plan on how many queen size quilts you may or not be able to do in a day or week because this is not a good gauge since it will very month to month. Also another bit of advice I can give you is that if you need to take out a loan for this venture in order to purchase this machine and are depending on customer quilts to make the monthly payments on it you may be setting yourself up for some major stress and aggravation. Too many have tried it this way only to have to sell their machines after a year or so because they were unable to generate enough business to make their monthly payments. Good luck, and make sure you read all of the past posts on this subject...it may help you decide if you really want to start with such a large debt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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