Business Tips: Longarm Rentals

With a little thought and planning, a longarm rental program can be a beneficial asset not only to a shop owner, but to renting quilters as well.

Quilters that rent time on a longarm quilting machine through a rental program can enjoy benefits like these:

• completing more finished quilts
• professional longarm training with a rental program certification
• ownership of the entire process of completing a quilt from start to finish
• gain experience in longarm quilting
• support and mentoring from the rental shop
• test drive a longarm before purchasing

Fabric shops or longarm professionals with the space, inclination and insurance, can enjoy these benefits of offering a rental program to quilters:

• additional revenue
• extra networking opportunities and word of mouth advertising
• increased traffic through the shop
• longarm machine sales opportunities

In this video, Heidi Kaisand of Hen and Chicks Studio shares the benefits of running a longarm rental program as part of her business.