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Welcome to Longarm Louise!

I’m Melissa Snyder, and I partner with quilters of all skills and styles to complete their projects using computerized longarm quilting.

My website includes how to prepare your quilt for longarm quilting, pricing for services and batting, numerous choices for E2E designs, and an online request form. Feel free to click around on all the tabs.

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Click here for the online Quilt Request Form.

PRICING

  • Computerized Edge to Edge: $0.03 per Square Inch
  • Prepping your quilt top and/or backing if it is not ready to go: $25 per Hour
  • $50 minimum

No additional cost for Thread.

  • Hobbs 80/20(96″): $12/yd
  • Hobbs Bleached White 80/20 (110″): $15/yd
  • If you are supplying your own batting, please read the batting section of Prep Your Quilt.
  • If you’d like something else, let me know and I can purchase it for you so you do not have to ship it.

  • Approximately $12-$18 per USPS Priority flat rate box which includes $50 insurance and tracking number.
  • Interested in other shipping options? Just let me know.

  • Occasionally I offer sales on specific patterns, or batting, or hold contests.  Please indicate the discount in the notes section of the intake form.  
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  • I accept cash, check, Venmo and Zelle. Please to do not mail cash.
  • Payment needs to be made in full before your quilt is shipped.
  • If a completed quilt is left unpaid for 90 days, it may be sold to settle the account.

PREP

  • Preparing your quilt for longarm quilting is similar to quilting on your domestic machine, but there are a few unique requirements.
  • Read the following steps required to have your longarm quilting completed.
  • By following these guidelines, you will save money and help insure the speedy return of your lovely quilt.

  • Always indicate the top of your quilt with a pinned piece of paper.
  • Press seams neatly.
  • Trim excess threads.
  • Flat tops and straight borders are desired.
  • Do NOT cut border curves or scallops.
  • Attach embellishments AFTER the quilting.

  • Always indicate the top of your quilt with a pinned piece of paper.
  • A pressed backing 8”-10” wider AND 8”-10” longer than the quilt top is required. (That’s 4″-5″ on the top and bottom, and each side for backing tension clamps.)
  • Leave the selvages on the edges, but trim them off when pieced into backing seams. Press open a 1/2” seam allowance on backings.
  • If you are going to “roll” the backing to the front to create a binding, please indicate this in the notes section of the intake form.
  • Precision centering a quilt top to a specific placement on the backing is next to impossible.
  • When choosing a backing fabric, be aware that the same color top thread will be used in the bobbin. I will not use different thread colors for the top and backing.

  • Purchase Hobbs 80/20 from me, or supply your own quality batting.
  • If you’d like a different batting such as cotton, let me know and I can purchase it to reduce your initial shipping costs. Or, have your online retailer ship it directly to me.
  • If supplying your own batting, it should be 8” wider AND 8” longer than the quilt top.
  • I will refuse inferior batting, and substitute 80/20 at $12/yd.

  • After prepping your quilt, complete the intake form online.  Once it is submitted, an email will be sent to you with my shipping address.
  • Place the quilt top, backing, batting (if not purchasing from me), and intake form in a plastic bag to protect it from the damp and damage during shipping.  I will do the same when I return it to you.
  • For security, please do NOT write quilt on the outside of the shipping box.
  • Please send me an email or text when you have mailed the quilt so I can watch for it.
  • Once payment is received, I will text or email you the tracking number when it is on the way back home to you.

  • Complete the online intake form.
  • I will email or text you to set up a drop off time and location. I often pick up and drop off quilts at IMQG.
  • If this is the first time I am quilting for you and you are local, I’d prefer a drop off at my studio. It helps me to get to know you and your quilting style better one on one. Plan on 30 minutes for your initial consultation.

NEW DESIGNS

The design pages have been updated as of September 23, 2026. Below are just a few of the new ones. Head over to the DESIGNS page to view over 620 E2E Pantograph designs.

Acadia Feather E2E Pantograph
Ghost Webs Stella E2E Pantograph
Sawtooth Star Meander E2E Pantograph
Cottage Blooms E2E Pantograph
Pine Forest E2E Pantograph
Basket Weave 2 E2E Pantograph
New Growth Monstera E2E Pantograph
Goat's Beard E2E Pantograph