What should I charge?
10-26-2010, 01:30 PM
#71
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I just paid $130 to have a queen-size quilt machine quilted -- It was done in a decorative stitch, with colored thread. I still have to do the binding myself. If you are doing them for $65, please send me your mailing address, and I'll enclose a check.. :)
10-26-2010, 03:46 PM
#73
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20 yrs ago I had several twin sized quilts hand quilted, nothing fancy. They charged me about $85.00 dollars per quilt. I thought that was a bargain. They also did the binding too. Don't sell yourself too cheap.
10-26-2010, 03:49 PM
#74
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Originally Posted by gzbird101
I have been hired to quilt 2 queen tops. Nothing fancy, just basic stitch in the ditch and then bind both. My dilema is that the lady who hired me is the mother in law of my sister in law so there is the family "thing". She doesn't expect me to cut my prices, but I know I will get a lot of repeat business from her and she will refer me to her quilting group so I want to give her a good deal. What would be a good price to charge her? I am thinking around $65 per quilt. Too much or not enough?? What does everyone else think or charge?
10-26-2010, 03:55 PM
#75
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Originally Posted by JT
If you are going to do basic quilting, nothing fancy, go for something like a penny a square inch. The binding extra, so much per running inch. A friend does basic quilting for me for a penny an inch. I feel that is fair, and something I can afford. Good luck!
10-26-2010, 04:42 PM
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A quilt shop where I took lessons for my longarm said that if you do binding for people and charge by the inch it will cost more than the quilting. She said to discourage people from asking you to do binding cause it will take more time than the quilting. She said to charge enough to make it well worth your while.
10-26-2010, 06:10 PM
#80
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I would chg her at least $100. per quilt, that is alot of work! And I would tell her, that was a family price! Also, I would tell her up front if you have trouble with it, or run into problems, it could be more! I did one one time for a lady, and it was a nightmare!Her sewing was awful,squares weren't cut right, seams not the same width, and none of it matched up! When doing the binding,her handy work had folds in it! UGH!!!
You can't fix someones elses boo-boos, not when your finishing it, all the boo-boos come out and rear t
heir ugly heads!Then if that wasn't enough, she expected me to do it for nothing because she knew me! Never again!
You can't fix someones elses boo-boos, not when your finishing it, all the boo-boos come out and rear t
heir ugly heads!Then if that wasn't enough, she expected me to do it for nothing because she knew me! Never again!
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