I got a phone call from a local lady who has purchased
quilts from me in the past. She said she
was hoping I had a finished quilt she could purchase for a nephew’s wedding
next month. I asked her what size and
she said queen or king and I thought of this quilt right away.
I described it to her, told her exactly how it was made
etc and she said “So how much?” Now..
let me first tell you, this lady has bought quilts off my bed, very obviously
used since they were on the bed, and didn’t balk at the price. But this time I told her I wanted $500 for
the quilt and she literally screamed at me, “but it was free to you!”
Let’s see… free to me?
Yes, the triangle squares were all given to me, true, no cost in making
the quilt top, except for my time. It is
a 90 inch square quilt, and it took three yards of backing fabric at $19 a
yard. The quilter did a fabulous job at
putting it all together at the cost of $192.
I will probably spend a billion hours, give or take a few, putting on
the binding, but my time isn’t worth anything..
So the total cost of this quilt out of pocket cash
expenses was $249 plus my worthless time, I don’t think $500 is enough… the
price just went up to $600 and I sure hope she doesn’t change her mind about
not wanting it because it might go up even more if she calls me back.
Dear Marge ,
ReplyDeleteI guess it's true folks come in all shapes and sizes of opinions. I have found that quoting how much a longarm quilter would charge for quilting a quilt gives some credibility to naming a price for a quilt. Sometimes I wish I would keep my mouth shut and not tell everyone around me that I got something for free. It would make me mad that someone used that info to try and get a cheap quilt. I stumbled upon your blog searching for 3-d bow tie how to pages. I would like to teach this class and use your instructions. If I teach it I would make a donation to your page, just let me know how much.
Amanda
http://crookedpinefarm.blogspot.com/