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Posted by Susan Laity Price on August 27, 2006, 12:33 pm
I never sell my quilts. I give them as gifts to very special people
and donate them to charity auctions. Few people understand the cost of
supplies let alone the time involved in making a quilt. If someone
insists on knowing a price I always tell them that I never sell
anything for less than $1000. That usually stops the conversation.
Sometimes people will ask why they can purchase a "handmade" quilt at
the store for $50. I tell them to wash that $50 quilt ten times and
they will know the answer.
Susan
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:32:59 -0400, julia sidebottom
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> Funny how some things come up when you are least expecting it. I just
>got a call from my sister. Someone she knows saw one of the quilts I
>made for her daughter a few Christmas' ago. She asked my sister to give
>me a call to find out how much I would charge her to make one for her
>like it. I do believe she was shocked to find out that it would be a
>minimum of $350.00. The quilt has 48 blocks as as I said before I
>charge $5.00 a block for the quilting plus all the materials. Her
>friend will call me back and let me know. My sister did tell her friend
> that I charge fairly for my work and at least she knows how and what
>is involved in the quilts I make as gifts. I think her friend figured
>about $50.00 tops and that wouldn't even cover the materials in the
>quilt. BTW this is a twin size quilt.
> This just reminded me of the thread we were discussing the other day.
>julia
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>got a call from my sister. Someone she knows saw one of the quilts I
>made for her daughter a few Christmas' ago. She asked my sister to give
>me a call to find out how much I would charge her to make one for her
>like it. I do believe she was shocked to find out that it would be a
>minimum of $350.00. The quilt has 48 blocks as as I said before I
>charge $5.00 a block for the quilting plus all the materials. Her
>friend will call me back and let me know. My sister did tell her friend
> that I charge fairly for my work and at least she knows how and what
>is involved in the quilts I make as gifts. I think her friend figured
>about $50.00 tops and that wouldn't even cover the materials in the
>quilt. BTW this is a twin size quilt.
> This just reminded me of the thread we were discussing the other day.
>julia