Also called: Longarm Quilter, Quilt Artist
Makes quilts and stitches quilt tops for customers using big longarm sewing machines.
A longarm quilter loads a customer's quilt top onto a 12-foot frame and guides the machine in swirling patterns, finishing a quilt in a day. Some design patterns and teach classes.
Approximate; home-based businesses.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. No degree; you teach yourself or take quilting and longarm machine classes, then buy or rent a machine to take customer work.
Ways in: Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Textile Arts.
Growing slowly (about 0% over 10 years). Similar to craft artists.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Computerized longarms stitch preset patterns automatically; custom quilting and design stay hands-on.
Classes: Sewing or fashion CTE, Geometry, Art.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-1012.
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