quilting cat

$15 each at boutique. Seems fair.

quilterj

Love your fabrics. Where did you get the football fabric? Is it cotton?

nativetexan

if you buy fabric, $12.00 to $15.00. most people think of paying only $5.00 for anything!

Dingle

Even Wal-Mart sells the kits for $8.00 each. Depending on the fabric you could be looking at $20.00 a piece.

carolaug

I would say 15.00 is a fair price. I love making those tube pillows!

smockingRN

Hi Cindle...I heard Martha Pullen say that you should get as much as you can for what you make! I love to sell the stuff I make and I like to get 3-4x the cost of materials. so if the fabrics cost $10.00, try to sell the sewn article for $30-$40. I think we tend to undervalue our work.
Karen in La.

carolaug

but if the pillow material costs lets say 7.00 who is going to pay 28.00 t0 36.00 for a pillow case...

smockingRN

Well, The seamstress can always sell for less... that is where the undervaluing of our work starts. We do save money by sewing for ourselves, but ordering a custom-sewn article is no way to save money! If the prospective buyer wants a low price, she should sew the pillowcases herself! It is not our job to make cheap stuff for penny pinchers! ;-)
Karen in La.

carolaug

This penny pincher has no 0 balance on credit cards, paid off morgage and no car loans...I love being thirfty...I can spend more on other quality items (such as LQS material/sewing machine and travel//I buy quality but look for the best deals and don't buy things I do not need (mostly...LOL)...and love having NO debt...; ) My wedding cost $50.00 I did not want my parents to be in debt over a simple cermony...been married for 29 years and saved the money that would have been spent in a day for a house down payment. So many people I know divorce over money issues...that is one fight we have never had. ; ) and yes...I do spend alot on large purchases...but do not spend alot money on the little stuff that adds up such as clothes. (I wait for the sales) : ) Now if I only could teach my grown kids the same...LOL...

smockingRN

Hi Carol! Me, too...No debt here! But I sew to save and make money. I think the seamstress deserves to make some money!
Karen in La.