All the advise posted here is good advice. I sometimes get the urge to buy a quilting machine but as deemail has stated you can have a lot of quilts quilted for the cost of a longarm quilter. 200 is fair or a big lower than the prices where I live. Some of the people I know charge more than that for custom design quilting. I have bound quilts for people and would never bind one for less than $30 for a queen. It takes me 3 - 4 hours of hand sewing to put a binding on and if I charge $30 that is not even $10 and hour. My bindings looks good and are worth at least $10 an hour. I have never heard anyone say quilting was a cheap hobby. I think the satisfaction received when the quilt is completed is worth the price.