How much would you charge to make this?
06-11-2010, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by hcarpanini
Thanks everyone for your advise. I am going to rethink making this quilt as I don't think I can be paid fairly for my time. For the time I would take on this quilt I could be making one for me! Knowing this customer and the area in which we live, there is no way I could charge $800. for this quilt. She may even struggle with $200. This womans daughter buys these kits for her mom, sight unseen. I may just offer to purchase the kit from her or maybe trade her a longarm quilting job for it. Either way, I will be ahead.
06-11-2010, 03:04 PM
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Very good idea. You will be happier and can get to your own sewing more quickly.
I once had someone offer $400.00 for a quilt that I had made for myself. It happens that I had kept pretty good track of how long it took me to make it. The $400.00 worked out to about 83 cents an hour!
I once had someone offer $400.00 for a quilt that I had made for myself. It happens that I had kept pretty good track of how long it took me to make it. The $400.00 worked out to about 83 cents an hour!
06-11-2010, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Boston1954
Very good idea. You will be happier and can get to your own sewing more quickly.
I once had someone offer $400.00 for a quilt that I had made for myself. It happens that I had kept pretty good track of how long it took me to make it. The $400.00 worked out to about 83 cents an hour!
I once had someone offer $400.00 for a quilt that I had made for myself. It happens that I had kept pretty good track of how long it took me to make it. The $400.00 worked out to about 83 cents an hour!
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You might also tell her your cost would be more than you 'feel' she would want to pay. When she ask, show her a generic worksheet leaving some room for adders. There may be a day in her future she wants to save to have you do the quilt of her dreams./Regards, Dorothy
06-12-2010, 07:58 AM
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I have done quilts chosen by a personal request. First I charge them for any fabric that is used. Then I charge 2.5 cents per square inch for the work. I chose to do only simple patterns and simple quilting. You can charge more if the designs are more complicated and the quilting is more complicated. Most people I know do not have that kind of money.
07-12-2011, 04:31 PM
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I am an applique nut so I know how labor intense it is if you needle turn. I am having the same delima for an elderly gentleman that wants a queen size quilt because he remembers them on his Grandmother's bed. He is a really sweet old guy, and I know he's on a fixed income, so I hope he wants something simple that I can do fairly fast.
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