bearisgray

What is minimum wage now? $8.00/hour?

I could not put one together in less than two hours..

Say it took a yard of fabric for all three of them (I'm guesstimating - but so many of these things take a LOT more fabric that one would guess - think Barbie doll clothes!) at $12.00/yard (she said LQS fabrics) - plus trims, thread, batting, and equipment.

Many home-crafted items are money losers if one actually adds up what goes into them.

mpspeedy2

They are really cute. Have you tried making them from felt, just for show. That might bring the price down and require a whole lot less labor. They are to cute to actually use.

FroggyinTexas

They are as cute as can be, but I would never buy them at any price for use as a pot holder becauuse I wouldn't want to mess them up. I understand your dilemma, but don't believe they will sell for $25. froggyintexas

gale

She isn't asking $25. She is asking about $15.

I used to make rag dolls and other country-ish stuff to sell in a booth at the local craft show. If I had added up my actual hours and figured them at minimum wage there was no way I could price the items competitively. Unfortunately, when it comes to these kind of things, our time is not worth minimum wage. When I did it I would add up the materials cost (not counting the pattern, or taking a fraction of the pattern-maybe 10%) and either take 1.5x or 2x that and charge about that amount.