tapper

I am not a professional quilter and although I do my best, I am far, far away from perfect.
I quilt on a small domestic machine and do straight line quilting...enough to keep the layers together.
I am always afraid that I am charging too much.
I keep asking myself...what if it bleeds?...I don't pre-wash ...or... what if the batting bunches after washing?or.... am I charging too much? or... what if they think it isn't good enough? I am such a wimp and know that I may be talked into charging less.
Want to have a price per square inch as a guideline.......thinking 3 cents/per square inch. I don't want to overprice but don't want to undervalue my work.
Help me , please!!


Here is the quilt I want to sell.
It is approx. 70"x 80".
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GammaLou

I think $168 would be pretty darn cheap for that quilt. Does that cover your fabric and supplies? Don't sell yourself short. You will never get reimbursed for your time! Send washing instructions with quilt letting them know to use a color catcher. Then if it bleeds, it's on them.

mckwilter

I agree with GammaLou about the washing instructions. You might even "gift" them with a color catcher. In order to charge fairly, you need to figure out how much you spent on fabric, batting and thread, then add whatever it will take to replace these in your stash. After you have figured the cost of supplies, add the 3 cents per square inch for the quilting.

bearisgray

if you have any scraps, wash them and see what happens.

I would be very unhappy if the colors ran on a quilt I purchased. also, not impressed with the maker for not checking out the fabtics before cutting/ assembling them.

nativetexan

two or three color catchers for that red. Actually if I were you, I'd wash it myself first. color catchers with it on delicate. Normally i soak my quilts and rinse twice. but with red the color catchers are a must. then perhaps you can charge more with confidence.

Nammie to 7

Three cents per inch for quilting in my area gets you custom quilting. I agree, figure your costs, fabric, batting, thread, needles, number of hours then put a price on it.

tapper

So do you think $168 is too much to ask for this quilt?

charlottequilts

It's a very pretty quilt, and the price sounds low to me. But the biggest issue right now is possible color bleeding. Do you have scraps to test it out, as Bearisgray is suggesting?

Also, I'm thinking that fancier quilting would be a distraction from those beautiful fabrics. It's probably just me, but sometimes fancy quilting seems to fight against a quilt.

Hugs,
Charlotte

Kassaundra

I figure you have about $80 - 115 in just the materials.
(approx. 8 yards both sides of fabric at $5 - 8 per yard)
batting at ($20- 30)
$5 for thread (may be a little low on that)

So you are allowing $88 to 68 for your labor. Only you can answer if you are comfortable w/ those wages for your time and skill level.

jcrow

Go to etsy and type in 'quilts' and see what they are charging for the same size and type quilt and charge that amount. There are so many quilts on etsy for sell. It's etsy.com.