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Cherry Apple Quilting ~ Tina Chelgren
Quilt Prep and Tidbits
Hi! We are Cherry Apple Quilting located in beautiful
Sioux Falls, South Dakota!
I absolutley love to finish quilts for people and I offer computerized Edge to Edge Quilting in my smoke-free, pet-free studio on my ABM Innova Mach 3 Auto Pilot long arm machines. Quilts are completed on a first in-first out basis with possible exceptions fo
Hi! We are Cherry Apple Quilting located in beautiful
Sioux Falls, South Dakota!
I absolutley love to finish quilts for people and I offer computerized Edge to Edge Quilting in my smoke-free, pet-free studio on my ABM Innova Mach 3 Auto Pilot long arm machines. Quilts are completed on a first in-first out basis with possible exceptions for rush projects. Drop off and Pick Ups are easy at The Dutch Rose Quilt Shop where I am Shop Manager or please feel free to call, email or message me and I will add you to my list and contact you when I get to your name. We can also arrange a time to meet at my home studio! I quilt week nights and on the weekends. My turn around time is approximately 6-8 weeks right now depending on the size of your quilt. I am also happy to do out of state quilting and will mail your quilt back to you, keeping the cost as low as possible for you.
What I need from you:
- Keep your top and your backing separate.
- Allow a total of 8-9" of backing fabric larger than the size of your finished quilt....this equates to 4-5 extra inches on all 4 sides. If you supply your own batting, please allow this much extra as well. For example, if your quilt top is 52" x 60" - your backing should measure 61" x 69" or larger (if you have extra and don't want to trim.) If you are unsure of the size you need, please contact me and I can help you determine what to bring me.
- Cut as much of the loose threads off of the back of your quilt as possible. Dark threads show through light fabrics and threads that are gathered together underneath in a nest don't produce nice stitching on the top of your quilt.
- Check for any pins that may have gotten left in while piecing your top together and remove.
- Press your top and backing and if possible bring on a hanger or folded up in a bag. I do hang the quilts once they are in my studio and I do light pressing before they are loaded in to my frame.
- Please refrain from adding any embellishments such as buttons, beads, ric-rac etc...to your quilt top until after it has been quilted. T-Shirt quilts need to be need to be free of thick jersey type seams, pockets, patches, buttons, etc. Any "3-D type" blocks such as Prairie Points, Flanges or any free floating fabrics need to be tacked/basted down along the edges.
- I am unable to quilt denim jeans quilts.
- I do quilt with Cuddle/Minkee/Fireside for backing
- Any extra prep or considerable ironing will result in an extra fee.
Fees
Cherry Apple Quilting ~ Tina Chelgren
Quilt Prep and Tidbits
I have hundreds of design patterns to choose from and will do my very best to match your quilt with pattern and scale that compliments your quilt. I am happy to show you designs so you can choose as well! If you have a certain theme in mind, I am happy to find just the right pattern for your quilt and can download options if needed! My g
I have hundreds of design patterns to choose from and will do my very best to match your quilt with pattern and scale that compliments your quilt. I am happy to show you designs so you can choose as well! If you have a certain theme in mind, I am happy to find just the right pattern for your quilt and can download options if needed! My goal is to enhance your quilt top with the quilting, not take away from it and I want you to be excited about the result :) I have many thread colors to choose from - I use Innovatech Longarm thread which has been designed for the Innova machines. It is a polyester thread made to have the look and feel of cotton but glide and stitch very well through the machine for a nice finished look.
*Quilting Fee ~ $0.015 Per Square Inch - July 1st 2024 going to $.0.175 PSI
*Minimum Quilting Fee - $40
*Thread charge ~ $2.50 per bobbin
*Batting
I prefer to use my own batting and have the following batts on the roll:
Quilters Dream 100% Cotton, Quilters Dream 80/20 Blend &
Quilters Dream 100% Polyester.
Upon request, I can order Quilters Dream Wool and
70/30 Blend Batting
I charge for batting by the yard in 1/8 yd increments and get as close to what I need for your quilt as possible so that you are not left with a ton of extra batting.
You may bring your own batting IF it is one of the following brands:
Quilter's Dream; Warm & Natural or Pellon's Nature's Touch. From experience, others I have used have spotty or dead spots with little to no batting in places and do not provide nice stitches on the quilts.
For any polyester requests, Quilters Dream Poly is the only polyester batting I use.
Other Services:
Basting service for hand quilting ~ $35 minimum
Quilt back assembly - $10 per seam
Adding Leaders - $5 per leader
RUSH FEE - $50
I have a wonderful lady that will do bindings for you. She will even cut and sew your binding together if you need her to! There are 2 options of binding service, she will sew one side of binding to your quilt by machine and you can hand sew down to the other side or she will attach it by machine and then hand stitch it down for you. Fees are dependent upon size and how much she needs to do, but cost ranges from $35-$80.
VISA, MC, AMEX, DISCOVER,
VENMO, CHECKS & CASH ACCEPTED
Gift Cards Available
Revenue from each quilt I quilt or sell goes toward several charities important to me:
*Feeding South Dakota BackPack program ~ in efforts to help fulfill the goal of providing kids in our community food to eat on the weekends when they may otherwise go without.
*Breast Cancer Research Foundation in hopes of finding a cure for breast cancer and metastatic breast cancer.
*The American Heart Association for cardiac research...cardiovasular disease is the #1 killer of women
*Ahlzheimers Association.... for a world without Ahlzheimers
For more information please visit
https://feedingsouthdakota.org/
"If it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, then do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, then do it cheerfully." ~ Romans 12:8
Cherry Apple Quilting ~ Tina Chelgren
Cherry Apple Quilting ~ Tina Chelgren
Cherry Apple Quilting ~ Tina Chelgren
Hi! I'm Tina and I have been quilting since the mid-1980's ~ I started out hand quilting to finish my quilts and transitioned to machine quilting on my domestic machine in the mid 2000's. My husband Tim and I took a leap of faith in 2014 and purchased our very first longarm quilting machine and haven’t looked back since! Quilting is m
Hi! I'm Tina and I have been quilting since the mid-1980's ~ I started out hand quilting to finish my quilts and transitioned to machine quilting on my domestic machine in the mid 2000's. My husband Tim and I took a leap of faith in 2014 and purchased our very first longarm quilting machine and haven’t looked back since! Quilting is my life passion and I am so thankful for the opportunity to quilt for people! I am also the quilt shop manager for The Dutch Rose Quilt Shop here in Sioux Falls, SD and I LOVE my job there! I quilt our shop samples so if you stop in, you can see many samples of my work there. I provide quilting for our wonderful customers and am thrilled to be doing what I LOVE! I am honored to turn your unfinished quilt tops into quilts that can be used and loved for years to come!
My story begins with my mother, who was an excellent seamstress/crafter/artist turned quilter. Growing up, I watched her always creating…in my eyes, there wasn’t anything she tried that she couldn’t do. She began hand quilting in 1979 when I was in junior high and I was in awe of her planning her quilts out, picking out fabrics and bringing them to life. I was not sure then I would ever have the patience to make a quilt but I sure loved using the ones she made! Fast forward a few years to 1987 when she helped me get started on my own quilting journey. I wanted to make a quilt in my spare time as a new wife and mother and after the first one, I was hooked! Though she is no longer with us today, she is always with me in spirit. Now, countless quilting projects later, it has gone from a hobby, to my passion & business!
Cherry Apple Quilting has a little story behind it’s name. Not long after my husband Tim and I were married, I wanted to make some sort of dessert for guests coming over. Growing up, my mom made THE best pies and that’s what I wanted to make. However, we lived a long way from home….soooo I guess it was time I learned how to bake one myself! My favorite kind of pie was cherry, but my husband’s favorite was apple. Instead of making one or the other, I combined the two and my Cherry-Apple pie was created! To this day, I have not made cherry or apple pie alone again. So for me, Cherry Apple Quilting is the perfect name for our wonderful quilting adventure!
If you've read this far, thank you for your interest in our story! It would be my pleasure to quilt for you!
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