Directory · 2026
Mail-In Longarm Quilting Services
81verified US studios that accept quilt tops by mail — because the right longarm quilter for your quilt doesn't have to live in your town.
Mail-in longarm quilting works exactly the way it sounds: you book with a studio, ship them your finished quilt top and backing, they quilt it on their longarm, and it comes back to your door finished. The quilting is priced the same as local service — see current longarm prices— plus $18–$25 to ship a queen-size top and a similar return charge, which several studios below bundle into their rates. For quilters without a longarmer nearby (or with a waitlisted one), mail-in is how most of the country actually gets quilts finished.
How It Works, Step by Step
Book before you box
Nearly every studio wants contact — a form, a scheduled slot, sometimes a deposit — before your quilt ships. A top that arrives unannounced sits in a pile. Booking first also locks in the current rate and turnaround.
Prep the top and backing
Press seams flat, trim stray threads (dark threads shadow through light fabric forever once they're quilted in), and make sure the backing is at least 4 inches larger than the top on every side. Don't baste or pin anything — the layers load separately.
Pack it like it's irreplaceable
Because it is. Fold the top and backing into a plastic bag (protects against a wet porch), then a sturdy box. Include your name, contact info, and the studio's intake form. No loose pins, and skip the fabric softener — many longarmers are scent-sensitive.
Ship with tracking and insurance
USPS Priority Mail with tracking is the standard, about $18–$25 for a medium box. Insure it for the value of your materials, photograph the top before it goes in the box, and send the studio your tracking number.
The studio confirms, quilts, and invoices
Expect a received-it note, then 2–6 weeks in the queue depending on the season. Most studios invoice when the quilting is done and ship after payment.
It comes back finished
Return shipping is $15–$30 unless the studio bundles it in (several below do). Open it, admire it, and leave the review — mail-in studios live on word of mouth from quilters they've never met.
Full prep details (pressing, thread trimming, backing size) are in the quilt preparation guide.
Studios That Accept Mail-In Quilts
Every listing below is a real, independently verified longarm business whose published services include mail-in work. They're grouped by home state, but that's just where the machine lives — all of them work with quilters nationwide. Studios marked all-inclusive bundle extras like batting, thread, or return shipping into their rates.
Alaska
Doodle Quilting Studio
Anchorage, Alaska
Established in 2016, a standalone studio running five named Bernina longarm machines with three staff quilters.
Arizona
True Threads Quilting
Phoenix, Arizona
Erynn Truex, an INNOVA Certified Educator, does both edge-to-edge pantograph and custom computerized quilting; also works as an industry pattern tester and technical editor.
Arkansas
Copper Spool Quilting
Bella Vista, Arkansas
Northwest Arkansas studio run by owner Donya, who works directly with clients — in person or by mail — to choose a custom quilting design and thread combination.
Happy Quilts
Mountain Home, Arkansas
Family-run mail-in longarm business operated by Jeff and Diann, quilting customers' tops since 2003.
California
Sierra Quilt Company
Pollock Pines, California
A Gammill Statler Ascend–equipped operation in the Sierra foothills finishing 300+ customer quilts a year.
Colorado
Sunstone Quilting
Wellington, Colorado
Natalia Majors has run this Fort Collins-area home studio since 2009, quoting a 14-day-or-fewer turnaround.
Connecticut
Curly Willow Quilt Studio, LLC
Milford, Connecticut
Home-studio longarm business with published per-square-inch pricing and a specialty converting old T-shirts into quilts.
Quilting By The Sea, LLC
Stonington, Connecticut
One-person home studio run by Jane Connelly on a Gammill Statler, launched in 2020 to finish other quilters' pieced tops; has since added machine embroidery and small custom-sewn goods.
Florida
Annie's Longarm Quilting
Orlando, Florida
Run by Michelle Weber on an HQ Infinity 26" machine, having passed 1,000 quilts finished ranging from edge-to-edge to full custom and memory quilts.
Bold Notion Quilting
Brooksville, Florida
Lauren runs three APQS 26" machines north of Tampa, pairing a send-in service (with a login-based online submission flow) with hourly rental for quilters who certify on her equipment.
Quilt Love Longarm
Tampa, Florida
Tampa Bay studio quilting on Innova machines that also rents longarm machine time to quilters who want to finish their own tops.
Georgia
Down South Quilting
Canton, Georgia
Pam Hayes runs three Handi Quilter machines with Pro-Stitcher software, built specifically around finishing others' tops rather than making quilts.
Woven Key Quilt Co
Savannah, Georgia
Katie Lane quilts customer tops from her Midtown Savannah home studio; the business pivoted from an earlier Etsy fabric shop to focus on longarm quilting starting in 2023.
Idaho
Timber Ridge Quilting
Hayden, Idaho
Laurie Troemel runs a computerized HQ Amara operation with tiered per-square-inch pricing near Coeur d'Alene.
Illinois
Dearly Quilted
Gurnee, Illinois
Ligia Colello launched this studio in March 2025 and took it full-time in 2026, adding a Gurnee storefront — one of the newest dedicated longarm businesses in the Chicago area.
MB Services
Round Lake, Illinois
A Lake County home-based longarm operation run by a quilter with 25+ years' experience, on a Gammill with Statler Stitcher, with tiered pricing and free estimates.
Quilts by Kristy
Normal, Illinois
Solo operation built around a self-serve porch-box drop-off system on a Gammill Statler Stitcher, rather than in-person meetings.
Indiana
Longarm Louise
Indianapolis, Indiana
Melissa Snyder runs this Indianapolis studio with 620+ pantograph designs and simple per-square-inch pricing.
Tammie Earnest Quilting Studio
Greencastle, Indiana
An active social presence backs this mail-in oriented Greencastle longarm business focused on pantograph designs.
Louisiana
Lola Pink Quilt Co.
Lafayette, Louisiana
Formerly a general fabric and Bernina dealership since 2009, the owners downsized in 2024 to focus specifically on longarm finishing on a Bernina Q24.
Pat's Longarm Quilting Services
DeRidder, Louisiana
Operating from a home studio since 2013 with a particular focus on memory and T-shirt quilts, serving both local and out-of-state customers.
Maine
Coastal Maine Quilts
Wells, Maine
Appointment-only, two-location operation (Wells and Vinalhaven) run by Elizabeth Pelletier, focused solely on finishing customers' tops with no retail side.
LaPrino Longarm Quilting Services
Windham, Maine
Gail LaPrino opened this solo studio in Buxton in 2024 and relocated to Windham in 2025, serving southern Maine locals alongside mailed-in tops.
Massachusetts
Lara Pollack Quilting✓ Owner-verified
Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville quilting studio run by Lara Pollack, finishing tops with hand-guided pantograph and free-hand edge-to-edge quilting on an Innova M20.
Hoop & Bee
Easthampton, Massachusetts
Studio finishing tops on a Bernina Q24 and Handi Quilter Amara, also offering rental time for quilters who want to stitch their own.
Michigan
AAQuilting
Berrien Springs, Michigan
Runs a Gammill Supreme Statler Stitcher, with a standing free-return-shipping offer for new customers.
Minnesota
Hidden Treasure Crafts and Quilting
North-Central Minnesota, Minnesota
Runs two computerized Innova machines; the owner spent six years managing a shop's longarm department before going independent.
Modern Textiles
Alexandria, Minnesota
Katie Hanson pairs a robotic edge-to-edge service quoting under-two-week turnarounds with her own pattern and kit line — about six years into quilting professionally.
TekStil Crave
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Minneapolis studio offering digital edge-to-edge quilting with current per-square-inch pricing.
Mississippi
Hilltop Quilt Company✓ Owner-verified
Thaxton, Mississippi
One-person studio in Thaxton that has been longarm quilting since 2014, working exclusively in digital edge-to-edge designs — one flat rate of 3 cents per square inch for every pantograph in the library, thread included, and photos of the finished quilt sent to every customer.
Missouri
Quilting By David
St. Joseph, Missouri
A family operation quilting customer tops since 2009 — over 15,000 finished — with an online order form, published prep pages, and flexible ship-back options.
Sōzō Quilts
Kansas City, Missouri
Lisa Yamanaka offers a detailed current rate sheet and typical 2-4 week turnaround for both hand-guided and computerized work.
Trace Creek Quilting
St. Louis, Missouri
Offers a round-the-clock self-serve drop box for local customers alongside standard mail-in service; custom work is referred out to specialists.
Montana
Montana Quilt Loft
Bozeman, Montana
Owned by Lori McKinley and Amber Lindberg, offering a sit-down design consultation for customers dropping off pieced tops.
Nebraska
Quilting by Julie
La Vista, Nebraska
A La Vista-area longarm service offering mail-in finishing with return shipping included.
Nevada
Brenda's Longarm Quilting
Las Vegas, Nevada
Home-based operation using an Innova M-24/Mach 5, listed on the Desert Quilters of Nevada guild's longarm roster.
Orchid Owl Quilts
North Las Vegas, Nevada
A 10-years-running operation also functioning as an INNOVA dealer/classroom alongside its quilting-for-hire line.
Sew Yeah Quilting
Las Vegas, Nevada
A brothers-run shop with a large YouTube and TikTok following, selling quilting as simple flat-rate packages by quilt size rather than per-square-inch math.
New Jersey
Sea Glass Quilting
Freehold, New Jersey
Solo home-studio computerized longarm business run by Sherre MacClellan since 2013, pricing per square inch.
New Mexico
Ideal Stitches Longarm Quilting Services
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Debbie Thornton has run this business since 2009 on an ABM Innova with Auto Pilot Robotics.
Juniper Quilts
Taos, New Mexico
Debbie Schulze has quilted for hire since 2012, running an all-freehand/ruler-work Innova operation with no computerized pantograph work.
New York
Grandma Eddie's Machine Quilting
Floral Park, New York
Home-studio business on a Gammill Classic Plus, quilting by mail-in appointment since 2007.
Hidden Woodland Quilting
Rensselaer County, New York
Run by Holly, serving the Albany/Columbia/Saratoga county area since 2015.
Quilting By Mail
Penfield, New York
Built entirely around mailed-in tops since 2006, with pattern, thread, and batting choices all made at online checkout rather than by phone or email.
Stitched by Spencer
Clifton Park, New York
Finishes tops on an APQS Millennium with QuiltPath — one of the most actively maintained sites found in this research.
North Carolina
A Piece of Quiet Quilts
Durham, North Carolina
Run by Meghan Morris on an APQS Lucey with IntelliQuilter, taking both mailed-in and local tops with a typical 2-3 week turnaround.
Lovebug Longarming
Raleigh, North Carolina
Owner Carrie Hauser has won show ribbons including Best of Show for her own quilting, alongside taking in customer tops.
Quilting Cats Studio
Raleigh & Wendell, North Carolina
Pairs an online longarm price estimator with memory- and T-shirt-quilt finishing; carries current Longarm League trade-group membership.
Ohio
LexQuilter Longarm Quilting
Mansfield, Ohio
Amy Armstrong has longarmed since 2006 and run this dedicated studio since 2019.
The T Shirt Quilt Company
Springboro, Ohio
Runs a computerized Gammill Statler and takes in any pieced quilt top by mail, not just T-shirt quilts, despite the name.
Oklahoma
Irene's Machine Quilting
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Founded in 2003, still running on a Gammill Statler Stitcher with a nature-themed pattern library.
Meise's Pieces
Oklahoma City area, Oklahoma
Pairs standard mail-in edge-to-edge service with custom finishing and its own original pattern line.
Oregon
Gingy Makes Quilts
Salem, Oregon
A Salem-based mail-in longarm service with a large edge-to-edge pantograph library plus a higher custom tier for ruler and free-motion work.
Rose City Originals
Portland, Oregon
Runs a Grace Co. 21x Elite with Quilters Creative Touch automation, offering a flat-rate edge-to-edge package bundling batting, thread, and return shipping.
So Sunny Quilts
Portland, Oregon
Emily Hoppe built the business explicitly around "Portland and Mail Orders" — quilts are booked through an online form against a browsable edge-to-edge design library.
Pennsylvania
Guided Star Quilting
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Starla Landis quilts on a Bernina Q24 with Qmatic system, with flat-rate return shipping for mailed-in tops.
Longarm Charm Quilting Service LLC
Effort, Pennsylvania
Sharon Gower runs two Handi Quilter machines in the Pocono Mountains, finishing roughly 400 quilts a year from a 3,000+ pantograph library.
Maynard Longarm Quilting
Denver, Pennsylvania
Husband-and-wife studio (Leo and Carol Maynard) on a single Bernina Q24, with a portfolio citing 400+ finished projects.
South Carolina
Americana Longarm Quilting, LLC
Chester, South Carolina
Runs almost entirely by mail, quoting jobs from a library of over a thousand edge-to-edge patterns.
South Dakota
Cherry Apple Quilting
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Tina Chelgren has completed 4,500+ tops over 11+ years on an ABM Innova Mach 3 AutoPilot.
Tennessee
Cross & Crown Longarm Quilting
Jackson, Tennessee
Jessica Carter sells quilting the way a shop sells products — purchase the service tier online, ship the top, and get tracking back — with a budget meander tier priced below almost any studio surveyed.
Siler House Quilting & LongArm Services
Hendersonville, Tennessee
Run by Vivian Lee Hughes near Nashville, taking tops by mail from across the country with a specialty in memory and T-shirt quilts.
Smoky Mountain Quilt Studio
Knoxville, Tennessee
Debbie's Knoxville-area studio has quilted for over 30 years on a Gammill machine, working strictly by appointment.
Texas
Double E Quilting
Old Town Spring, Texas
A family-run studio serving greater Houston/Gulf Coast since 2015, combining pay-per-service quilting with open APQS rental time.
I See Stars Quilting
Houston, Texas
Christen books quilts into specific week slots through an online order-and-deposit flow on an APQS with stitch regulator, with a paid fast-track lane for deadline quilts.
Sugarbird Stitching
San Antonio, Texas
Patty runs a deliberately simple service menu focused narrowly on digital edge-to-edge finishing with design-selection help.
Thread to Thread Quilting
Flower Mound, Texas
A DFW-metro operation on a Bernina Q24, focused exclusively on edge-to-edge finishing with flat-rate pricing.
Utah
Colorway Collective
Kaysville, Utah
A mail-in-focused business covering return shipping nationwide, with a physical Kaysville storefront for local intake.
On Pins & Needles Quilting Co.
West Bountiful, Utah
A productized mail-in operation — comprehensive online order form, batting and return shipping bundled in, and a paid priority lane ahead of the standard 4-6 week queue.
Sew Em Quilting
Fielding, Utah
Emily Denkers operates both a Babylock Crown Jewel 3/Pro-Stitcher and an Innova M28/Autopilot from a home studio.
Wild Phil Quilting
Herriman, Utah
A home-studio operator with an active social following, running scheduled local drop-off partnerships alongside mail-in service.
Vermont
Hummingbird Hill Quilting
Wilmington, Vermont
Run by Tessa Atwood since 2001 on Gammill equipment.
Virginia
Custom Long Arm Quilting by Sandra
Bassett, Virginia
Sandra Shell finishes quilts from a smoke-free, pet-free home studio in southside Virginia on a Bernina Q20.
Meadowbrook Quilting
Manassas, Virginia
Owner Diane Hannon, an APQS-certified quilter, runs this home-based service on a 12-foot APQS Lucey frame.
Your Longarm Quilter, LLC
Sterling, Virginia
Runs on a Gammill Statler Ascend, serving Northern Virginia walk-ins and remote mail-in customers alike.
Washington
C Squared Quilting
Brush Prairie, Washington
Owner Corrie has quilted professionally since 2019 and belongs to Longarm League and Clark County Quilters.
Jenn B Quilts
University Place, Washington
Jennifer Smith runs one of the more growth-minded solo studios surveyed — first-quilt discount, a referral program, and designer collaborations — with demand deep enough for a multi-week queue.
Quiltography Studios
Bellingham/Ferndale, Washington
Award-winning quilt artist Jo Baner started this business in 2005, focused on custom rather than computerized allover work.
West Virginia
Highview Quilts
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
A quilter of 40+ years and professional longarmer for 15+ also teaches free-motion technique classes alongside taking in customer tops.
Snowbird Quilts
Seneca Rocks, West Virginia
Teresa Yonce quilts from a farm property near Seneca Rocks using three Gammill machines, promising a two-week-or-less turnaround.
Wyoming
Longarm of The West Custom Quilting, LLC
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Marcia Stewart's home studio also handles antique-quilt finishing and embroidered labels, pricing edge-to-edge by the square inch.
For Longarm Quilters
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is it safe to mail a quilt top to a longarm quilter?+
Thousands of tops cross the country every month, and established mail-in studios have receiving quilts down to a routine. Protect yourself the same way they do: photograph the top before packing, use tracking, insure the package for the value of your materials, and confirm the studio's intake process before anything ships.
How much does mail-in longarm quilting cost including shipping?+
The quilting itself runs the same as local service — roughly $0.015–$0.035 per square inch for edge-to-edge. Add about $18–$25 to ship a boxed queen top via USPS Priority and $15–$30 for return shipping unless it's bundled. All-in, a mailed queen typically lands between $250 and $300. Some studios include return shipping or ship both ways free, which can make mail-in cheaper than driving.
How long does mail-in quilting take?+
Two to six weeks in the studio queue is typical, plus a few days of transit each way. Fall is the crunch: holiday quilts stack up from October on, so a top you want back by Christmas should ship by early fall. Several studios sell a paid priority tier if you're up against a date.
Do I ship my own batting with the quilt top?+
Usually not — batting is bulky to ship and almost every studio sells it off wide rolls, sized exactly to your quilt. If you want to use your own, ask first: most accept new packaged batting and decline anything repurposed.
Do I need to contact the studio before mailing my quilt?+
Yes, always. Most mail-in studios require a booking form or scheduled intake before your quilt ships, and some (like slot-scheduled studios) assign you a specific week. Shipping unannounced risks your quilt sitting unlogged — and you'll miss the prep instructions that studios send with their intake confirmation.