ptquilts

I have sold a lot of quilts but it was easier to sell them 30 years ago before A- The Chinese started making them; and B- everyone got a quilting machine!!

Rachelcb80

I think making a living quilting is about as easy to do as making a living playing sports. Out of all the kids that go into sports thinking they're going to make it their career, a very, very small percentage actually do.

Now making a few quilts to sell, and making a living quilting are two different things. Lots of people sell their quilts and do so in a variety of ways. Craft fairs, word of mouth, shows and online (etsy, ebay) are all good ways. It's fun to make the quilt and fun to sell it and receive some extra cash to go back into your hobby. But you are a long shot away from making a living through it.

mpspeedy

I have sold a few. For a while I was making some nice spending money doing handquilting for other people. The long armers put me out of business. Most recently I made two t-shirt quilts. It was supposed to be one but they gave me over 50 t-shirts, sweatshirts and even wrestling shorts to incorporate in the quilt. I ended up making two as one would have been enormous and too heavy to even lift. The recipent had graduated from Harvard where he had gone on a wrestling scholarship. The shirts etc. covered his whole wrestling career from middle school through college. I basically charged $10 a square foot plus materials. The look on his mother's face when I handed her the bill was priceless but she wrote out the check and her husband asked me if he could give my name to others. I haven't gotten any more commissions.
I don't really consider T-shirt quilts quilting.

ptquilts

"I have sold a few. For a while I was making some nice spending money doing handquilting for other people. The long armers put me out of business. "

Ditto - I feel your pain.