Should I quit or just give away.
#32
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
Posts: 9,475
I make a lot of quilts but never sell any. I just make for family. I donate fabrics to a friend and once in awhile our little sewing group gets together and we make bibs for folks in nursing homes. It is a fulfilling feeling.
#33
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,426
Do you make quilts to sell quilts? If so then that is a business and you need to use business tactics to sell. A yard sale approach won't work very long as you are experiencing that now. Donating and giving a quilt is a wonderful thing I wish everyone could hear Jenny Doan's talk on this subject. Tears flow!
#34
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Rocky Mountains
Posts: 1,866
First, most of my quilts go to charity. I have made quilts for family, friends, and myself. I have made a few quilts on special request that I was paid for. I did not start quilting to make money but because of an interest in doing so.
Second, If you can sell quilts and make money, more power to you. I say do what makes you happy.
Second, If you can sell quilts and make money, more power to you. I say do what makes you happy.
#35
I have given quilts I made to friends and family, I made some children quilts to the children's hospital. I have given baby quilts as a baby shower gift. I don't make that many but do love the hobby. I think I only sold one throw size quilt.
#36
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 9,735
I only make a few quilts a year. I keep some and give some as gifts. I use a quilt on my bed and have several in the den upstairs. I love quilts! I love making them and I love the way they feel when I'm snuggling under them with the dogs.
#37
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: lexington ky
Posts: 1,418
Wow you all are really generous. I only make a few a year and I keep most of them. I don't have a large family but everyone has a quilt I made. I only make ones that I like. I think if I had to make one to order I wouldn't enjoy it.
#38
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: SW Iowa
Posts: 1,139
Growing up, getting the presents was the important thing. As an adult the getting became less important and now the giving is more fun and fulfilling than the getting. So I would probably gift them to a hospital or organization that needs that needs quilts to the hurt and/or needy. I would feel more blessed than the recipient. Go with your heart.
#40
Very well said and I agree completely. I make mostly comfort quilts which I donate in my community. I gives me a purpose and brings joy for many, including myself.
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