Don't you hate it when...
#3
Perhaps you need to do the math first, when you quote for the work? Either that, or your estimation of the time you will take is off. I'm sorry you will get such a small amount, next time, think of a figure, then double it!
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That stinks. It's so hard to know how long a quilt will take. A parent of a student begged me to make a quilt for her daughter--a ragged flannel. I didn't want to because I have all my own stuff I want to work on, but this mom was sure her daughter wouldn't survive school ending without something from me. :roll:
So--they bought the fabric and I told them $15 an hour, but it wouldn't go over $300. It came to less, but not by too much. She paid the $300 anyway. And--yes, I'm glad I did it in the long run. :D
I price quilts after I make them (if no one in the family takes a liking to it. :wink: )--but will never do a quilt on request for money again. Too hard--too time consuming.
People just don't know what they're really worth and how much time goes into one.
So--they bought the fabric and I told them $15 an hour, but it wouldn't go over $300. It came to less, but not by too much. She paid the $300 anyway. And--yes, I'm glad I did it in the long run. :D
I price quilts after I make them (if no one in the family takes a liking to it. :wink: )--but will never do a quilt on request for money again. Too hard--too time consuming.
People just don't know what they're really worth and how much time goes into one.
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