Gift Shop bought 2 of my quilts
02-04-2014, 04:34 AM
#73
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Jozefow, Poland
Posts: 4,474
Thank you everyone for the kind and wonderful comments. Some of you have asked were they are going. My family is from Luxembourg, and my cousin has 2 gift shops. The price I'm receiving is well worth my time and I'm earning a profit. The best part I'm getting paid in advance. THe shipping is not a issue I have another family member who is letting me us his conpanies UPS world shipping no cost to me. I have sold 2 other quilts in Luxembourg last year to friends of of family and the Europeans do not blink at the cost I have charged. It's all Gods plan I'm just finally listening.
I'm so happy for you! Really. And both of those quilts are just beautiful! I asked because we know some other people whose last name is kolt and they are Polish.
02-04-2014, 10:58 AM
#77
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Timmins, Ont. Canada
Posts: 4,683
I can see why he wants to put them in his gift shops. They are beautiful. Don't take on so much that you lose the enjoyment of creating such lovely quilts. Best of luck to you & I hope you make lots of $$$.
02-04-2014, 11:14 AM
#78
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Northeasten PA
Posts: 1,512
Beautiful quilts!! It is great that you have an outlet to sell them. I had a craft shop a few years back and realized it is hard to get a good price for handmade items at times. Please be sure to price them to appreciate all your hard work.
I have a little story that happened about 25 years ago. I was redecorating my living room and came across a handmade cross stitch piece in a hoop with a ruffle. The ruffle was the exact fabric I was using in my room. I had to have it. It was $28.00, that which I thought was absolutely crazy! After all it was an 8 inch piece of fabric in a hoop. But I bought it because I had the perfect place for it and it could not be a better match, all the while resenting paying that $28.00. 4 years later, I learned to cross stitch and it was not until then that I appreciated the work that went into that little hoop in my living room. It should have been twice if not more the price than I paid for it. The work that went into it was time consuming. Story told, please get the price it is worth for all the materials used and most of all your precious time. Someone not familiar with the process doesn't realize its worth
Sorry for the long post, but it is a story I have told everyone for years. Good luck on your new venture!
I have a little story that happened about 25 years ago. I was redecorating my living room and came across a handmade cross stitch piece in a hoop with a ruffle. The ruffle was the exact fabric I was using in my room. I had to have it. It was $28.00, that which I thought was absolutely crazy! After all it was an 8 inch piece of fabric in a hoop. But I bought it because I had the perfect place for it and it could not be a better match, all the while resenting paying that $28.00. 4 years later, I learned to cross stitch and it was not until then that I appreciated the work that went into that little hoop in my living room. It should have been twice if not more the price than I paid for it. The work that went into it was time consuming. Story told, please get the price it is worth for all the materials used and most of all your precious time. Someone not familiar with the process doesn't realize its worth
Sorry for the long post, but it is a story I have told everyone for years. Good luck on your new venture!
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