How much would you charge for an applique quilt like this in queen size?
03-08-2011, 04:20 PM
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Somewhere on the web is an actual formula for determining the cost for making a quilt. I can't put my hands on my copy but try Google or about.com. I think that's how I found it. I think you'll be surprised to find that you may be undervaluing your work.
03-08-2011, 04:40 PM
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Eddie, It's absolutely gorgeous. DO NOT sell yourself short! Are you kidding.....$3.84/hour, ha....not even minimum wage. If I were to do something like that, labor intensive, I'd be pricing it at least $1200-1400, probably more. But then again, I live in California so we pay more for everything it seems. I can go to Macys and easily spend in excessive of $1000 for bed covers.
Originally Posted by Eddie
By my calculations, the fabrics will be about $210. I figure it will take about 30 minutes per leaf, and there will be about 80 leaves on the quilt, and about say 10 on each pillow, so about 100 leaves - so that's 50 hours. Plus the time to make the top itself and then about 30 hours of quilting. So if we say 80 hours, the price that I was thinking of asking comes out to only about $3.84 per hour in labor - I just don't want to sell myself short.
03-08-2011, 04:42 PM
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After a LOT of thinking, playing with numbers in my spreadsheet, etc., I e-mailed her a proposal this morning which was $650.74, and included the cost of materials at $246.68, so my labor would have been $404.06. She decided she didn't want to spend that much for a quilt for a guest bedroom, so now we are looking at a much simpler pattern (no applique) and I sent her an estimate for that one and she agreed with it. So we're going to look at fabrics together on Friday. In a way, I'm relieved because I really wasn't looking forward to doing all of that applique again!
03-08-2011, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by ritamaew
cost of materials times 4.
just my thoughts
Rita
at leasat $1200
just my thoughts
Rita
at leasat $1200
03-08-2011, 04:45 PM
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Eddie, that's a fabulous piece of art. Try buying an original painting that size for $1,200 - and that's kind of what you are creating.
Can't imagine what you would pay for something like that down here, but I can assure you it would be lots.
I don't think it has much to do with fridges and sinks; the fact is you are selling an heirloom. It's worth every cent of what you eventually get for it.
Can't imagine what you would pay for something like that down here, but I can assure you it would be lots.
I don't think it has much to do with fridges and sinks; the fact is you are selling an heirloom. It's worth every cent of what you eventually get for it.
03-08-2011, 04:47 PM
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I agree!! I almost want to suggest to you Eddie, that you are an artist that quilts.
Originally Posted by okiepastor
After seeing some quilt sales in Amish country, etc. I think $1200 would be BOTTOM dollar--and more likely $2000 would be a fair price for such beautiful work.
03-08-2011, 04:50 PM
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Well, I guess it is all working out for you, but you ARE selling yourself way too short!
Originally Posted by Eddie
After a LOT of thinking, playing with numbers in my spreadsheet, etc., I e-mailed her a proposal this morning which was $650.74, and included the cost of materials at $246.68, so my labor would have been $404.06. She decided she didn't want to spend that much for a quilt for a guest bedroom, so now we are looking at a much simpler pattern (no applique) and I sent her an estimate for that one and she agreed with it. So we're going to look at fabrics together on Friday. In a way, I'm relieved because I really wasn't looking forward to doing all of that applique again!
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