The prep work involved with getting your top ready for custom quilting is the same as if you were having your project edge-to-edge quilted. The top and bottom need to be ironed, which is something we can do for an additional charge if preferred. If you choose to supply your own batting (no Mountain Mist please), it needs to be the same size as your backing with a four-inch overlap on each side. If you’d rather not worry about placing the batting, we can do that step for you as well! The Brooklyn Quilting Cottage offers a variety of additional finishing services to make your quilting process as easy as possible.