Volunteer to longarm

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Volunteer as a longarmer
We adore our volunteer machine quilters!

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We believe our QOVF model of making  Quilts of Valor is a win-win for the topper, longarmer and recipients. Many of our toppers are relatively new to the world of machine quilting.  They think they can do as well on their domestic machines, most can only stitch-in-the-ditch or do a large meander.  We try to discourage them.  Our longarmers take a nice top and transform it into a Cinderella-at-the-ball quilt.  As far as the longarmer goes, the advantage of volunteering is that you can quilt tops from all over the nation.  That is, you get great exposure and potentially new customers.

 

You are expected to: This is what that means.
Volunteer to machine quilt
  • Join the list of volunteer longamers
  • Sign up to quilt a particular number per month or to let the coordinator know when you are available
  • 30 days to quilt the lap-sized top once you receive it.
  • You provide quality batting and thread

Read and respond to emails
  • Within a day, you should reply to emails from your partner and/or longarm coordinator
Keep coordinator up-to-date with
  • Current email address
  • Current telephone number
  • Emergency contact information
  • Your availability to quilt or number of quilts you will do each month
  • Any problems that prevent you from fulfilling your obligation
  • Any problems with the quilt
Honor the 30 days turn around
  • Quilt is to be completed within 30 days of receipt
  • Notify topper and coordinator if something prevents completion within the 30 day time frame
Communicate with topper
  • Your requirements
  • What you are willing to do regarding binding, label and shipping
  • Receipt or sending of quilt
  • Where and when, if you ship to destination
Quality quilting
  • Quilt in a pattern appropriate to quilt top (overall okay)
  • Good stitch quality(balanced tension, uniform stitch length 8- 12 spi)
  • Provide quality low loft batting (undetectable piecing if needed)