Why they don't understand
09-22-2011, 10:05 AM
#51
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Dh's cousin bought one of those type of quilts @ Wal-mart and then tried to get me to repair it after it began to fall apart. I politely declined. I offered to teach her to make a much better quilt, she didn't want to.
09-22-2011, 10:59 AM
#53
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Consider this the products at Walmart are made in China, some college students came up with the idea that if we starting making more products in the USA or your country such as Canada and Australia. This would be a boost to the economy and we need that.
09-22-2011, 11:14 AM
#54
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Originally Posted by cdobbert40
here is a perfect example of why people do not understand how much money, time and love is put into a quilt.
http://youtu.be/pkLBzgAxm_E
http://youtu.be/pkLBzgAxm_E
09-22-2011, 12:13 PM
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Because our garments are all made in sweat shops in Third World nations where the workers are earning a dollar a day, maybe. In case you haven't read the labels in your clothing lately. Plus, the price of fuel is pushing the price of cotton and everything else through the roof. Guess what, not only do they not grow much cotton in the USA, none of it is processed here. We are beholden to the cost of importing all these goods and the good ole American Greenback being worth less and less every day!
09-22-2011, 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by pamt
Because our garments are all made in sweat shops in Third World nations where the workers are earning a dollar a day, maybe. In case you haven't read the labels in your clothing lately. Plus, the price of fuel is pushing the price of cotton and everything else through the roof. Guess what, not only do they not grow much cotton in the USA, none of it is processed here. We are beholden to the cost of importing all these goods and the good ole American Greenback being worth less and less every day!
09-22-2011, 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
Anyone that says a quality made quilt cost is expensive I say yes it would seem expensive if you don't know about quilts or the making of one and then I tune them out.
09-22-2011, 05:30 PM
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You are so right about why people don't understand pricing on handmade quilts. The quilts sold on home shopping networks are most likely made in countries where people are paid very little money for their work. I still don't know how they can sell them at those low prices, although I've looked at ones in Wal-Mart and other retail stores, and the fabric is poor quality and while some are hand quilted, the quilting is not that great. Comparing costs for those quilts and the quilts you and I make would be like comparing apples to oranges, they are not the same at all.
09-22-2011, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by DogHouseMom
I could only watch it, at work, couldn't turn the volume on.
Did they at any time mention WHERE the quilts were made??
Of course, there are a lot of people who won't pay any attention to that.
Did they at any time mention WHERE the quilts were made??
Of course, there are a lot of people who won't pay any attention to that.
09-22-2011, 05:51 PM
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considering the drought in Texas where they have lost 2/3s of thier cotton crop, I don't even want to thing of the price of fabric that is coming. Stocking up now so I can work out of my stash for a while.
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