This technique features designs stitched in blocks, borders and/or sashing, stitching in the ditch, diagonal or grid lines, echo quilting, and/or patterns of varying complexity stitched in specific areas of the quilt. The long-arm machine may be fully hand-guided or a combination of computer and hand-guided. Cost vary with the complexity of the designs, the number of thread changes, and the number of stops/starts in the designs.
Light
Computerized patterns only in borders and blocks; NO stitch in ditch (SID); no thread changes
$0.05 / square inch
Medium
Mostly computerized, SID around blocks and borders; Some hand guided work; 1-2 thread colors
$0.065 / square inch
Dense
Mix of computerized and hand; dense stitching; grids, heavy SID around appliqué, borders or blocks; 1-4 thread colors
$0.07 / square inch