What it really costs to make a quilt
09-03-2010, 12:42 PM
#21
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The problem is a lot of people(read: family) want me to make quilts for them to give as gifts. I have already made quilts for everyon for their B'days. My sister wanted me to make 2 quilts for her goddaughters. I said materials would be around 125 to 150 . I was going to charege $1.25 per hour for labor. Well she hit the roof...expected me to do it for free and she thought the materials were too high. She wanted twin sized quilts.
09-03-2010, 12:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
I found this 15 years ago on the internet. It really makes one think about the value of ones work when put in this context. I'm sorry for the format of it, it doesn't translate well when pasted from my documents.
What It Really Costs To Make a Quilt
QUEEN SIZED, MACHINE PIECED, HAND QUILTED
MATERIALS:
Fabric 12-16 yards @ $9per yd. $108 - $144
Batting $25 - $40
Thread $8 - $16
Total $ invested $141 - $200
LABOR HOURS:
Piecing 20 to 60 hours
“Setting” (designing your quilt) 10 to 20 hours
Quilting 100 to 750 hours
Total hours invested 130 to 810 hours
TOTAL COST
Paying $1 per hour (Would you do this type of work for $1 an hour?!)
Materials $141 - $200
Labor $130 - $810
Total $271 - $1070
Paying minimum wage $7.25 (by law in 6/2009)
Materials $141 - $200
Labor (130-810hrs) $942.50 - $5872.25
Total $1083.50 - $6072.25
Paying skilled labor wage $20 per hour (Don't you consider yourself trained and skilled in this craft?)
Materials $141 - $200
Labor (130-810hrs) $2600 - $16,200
Total $2741 - $16,400
(Found on the Internet 1995; unknown author)
Jan in VA
What It Really Costs To Make a Quilt
QUEEN SIZED, MACHINE PIECED, HAND QUILTED
MATERIALS:
Fabric 12-16 yards @ $9per yd. $108 - $144
Batting $25 - $40
Thread $8 - $16
Total $ invested $141 - $200
LABOR HOURS:
Piecing 20 to 60 hours
“Setting” (designing your quilt) 10 to 20 hours
Quilting 100 to 750 hours
Total hours invested 130 to 810 hours
TOTAL COST
Paying $1 per hour (Would you do this type of work for $1 an hour?!)
Materials $141 - $200
Labor $130 - $810
Total $271 - $1070
Paying minimum wage $7.25 (by law in 6/2009)
Materials $141 - $200
Labor (130-810hrs) $942.50 - $5872.25
Total $1083.50 - $6072.25
Paying skilled labor wage $20 per hour (Don't you consider yourself trained and skilled in this craft?)
Materials $141 - $200
Labor (130-810hrs) $2600 - $16,200
Total $2741 - $16,400
(Found on the Internet 1995; unknown author)
Jan in VA
I think that is a pretty good estimate.
09-03-2010, 01:00 PM
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Location: Vermont
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When we used to sell at craft fairs, if someone made rude noises about the price of a bed quilt, we would say,
"you should go to Kmart, I'm sure you will find something you like there."
Well we thought about saying it....
"you should go to Kmart, I'm sure you will find something you like there."
Well we thought about saying it....
09-03-2010, 01:32 PM
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Location: Jefferson City, missouri
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A girl I work with said to me "I should get you to make my sons king size quilt for his bed, I already got the material for it. How much would it cost me?" I said for a king you will need at least 500.00 down and she liked to have a coronary, she said, I guess I'll just have to do it myself. This was about 5 years ago, I asked her a couple of months ago if she had ever gotten to it she said it was to time consuming and she never did get past "cutting out the pieces." hard-e-har-har!!! She actually asked me last week to make her a comforter for her new grandbaby, I had to tell her I don't make comforters, she said "well I thought a comforter would be fairly cheap compared to a quilt"....Some people
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