Is the general public really that ignorant?
09-02-2013, 11:35 AM
#121
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Ohio
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I live near Amish country and let me tell you, it's $900.00 for twin!! I'm charging $200.00 for my Twin s I do not think you are out of line. And I'm NEW at quilting! My biggest cost is the lady who does my LA quilting!
09-03-2013, 08:59 AM
#123
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Iowa
Posts: 816
You can hardly blame the non quilting public when you have major quilting organizations like the "AMERICAN" Quilters Society selling Egyptian wall hangings (at the most 50x50) at their most recent show in Grand Rapids MI for $500 and up! The bindings were so poorly applied they rippled like a flag in the breeze. What really makes me upset is that if I submitted a piece of work as poorly constructed as these pieces, I would not even be allowed to hang my work in their precious show. So to me its no wonder that I can not even sell a hand appliqued, hand quilted, queen sized Baltimore Bride quilt for $800 and you can not sell a twin size for $150.
I'm confused- how is AQS undervaluing your work by selling wall hangings for high prices?
09-04-2013, 07:03 AM
#124
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: GREAT STATE OF TEXAS
Posts: 1,415
That is exactly WHY I stopped making quilts for consignment and orders years ago ... those who don't quilt or sew have NO idea what it costs - and the time it takes - to make a quality quilt (and they were all HAND-quilted then). I was making virtually nothing for all the work involved.
This guy may have been bluffing too - but there will always be people who are ok with buying quick, cheap quilts made with discount fabrics ... WE know that you get what you pay for !
Most of the public still equates "handmade" quilts with the crappy imports they see in stores ...
This guy may have been bluffing too - but there will always be people who are ok with buying quick, cheap quilts made with discount fabrics ... WE know that you get what you pay for !
Most of the public still equates "handmade" quilts with the crappy imports they see in stores ...
Last edited by TexasGurl; 09-04-2013 at 07:17 AM.
09-04-2013, 08:54 AM
#125
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Muscatine, Iowa
Posts: 781
I had a lady ask me if I could/would make a quilt for her grdaughter. She furnish'd 4 different fabric's. I told her she would need a background fabric, to go with the 4 fabrics. Anyhow, I told her a cost would be roughly-$125.00. Give or take a few dollars. After showing her a few patterns, and us discussing a few thing's. She said to me, I think $125.00 is to much. I thought to myself, I'm glad she decided not to go thru with makeing a quilt. I have more time to make a quilt for me, and family. People must think doing anything is free.
09-04-2013, 12:10 PM
#126
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Posts: 538
I'm going to go out on a limb and offer up the usual and customary response for "home-made" whether it's baked goods, clothing, or whatever other "home-made" item: "I can make it for less than that."
Given this mentality, they (general public) probably ASSUME that quilts also fall into this category- that the prices they see in stores equates to MORE than what it can be made for- not realizing that in recent decades, global marketing has flipped the tables and nullified the entire statement.
And on an unrelated reasoning, historically, quilting was done in the home with material that was recycled from whatever means...perhaps (more often than not) there was no cost for the materials. And since women did this at home (ie: not "work-for-pay"), there was no out-of-pocket cost for quilts. So this may also explain that since there was no "cash" outlay for quilts, people have never actually "valued" them in any sense.
And then there's my "Anne of Green Gables" reasoning. Remember the scene where Matthew wanted to buy Anne the blue dress with the puff sleeves? It was a "store bought" dress. "Store bought" was special, NOT the home-made item.
Given this mentality, they (general public) probably ASSUME that quilts also fall into this category- that the prices they see in stores equates to MORE than what it can be made for- not realizing that in recent decades, global marketing has flipped the tables and nullified the entire statement.
And on an unrelated reasoning, historically, quilting was done in the home with material that was recycled from whatever means...perhaps (more often than not) there was no cost for the materials. And since women did this at home (ie: not "work-for-pay"), there was no out-of-pocket cost for quilts. So this may also explain that since there was no "cash" outlay for quilts, people have never actually "valued" them in any sense.
And then there's my "Anne of Green Gables" reasoning. Remember the scene where Matthew wanted to buy Anne the blue dress with the puff sleeves? It was a "store bought" dress. "Store bought" was special, NOT the home-made item.
09-07-2013, 07:47 PM
#127
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: victoria, Australia
Posts: 23
My 7 year old has been diagnosed as autistic. We are rearranging bedrooms.
the FIRST thing she moved was her quilt "it's from when I was a baby, and its soft"
She's had the choice of all my newer quilts, but they are "too loud"
THIS is how I find the value of my quilts
I also quilt for people, but work the pirce out before I accept items
the FIRST thing she moved was her quilt "it's from when I was a baby, and its soft"
She's had the choice of all my newer quilts, but they are "too loud"
THIS is how I find the value of my quilts
I also quilt for people, but work the pirce out before I accept items
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