lovingmama

No doubt, that this is a long term commitment. No doubt it'll be time consuming and tiring. No matter how much you enjoy doing it, this needs to be a good pay out.

No friend, family or whatever discount. Your work, time and effort are worth more than anyone will pay for, nor understand or appreciate.

When I make quilts I have a set prize, custom made quilts, restorations or alterations, will be done only if I get some money in advance.

You order, I'll get $ 200 USD upfront regardless. Should they be hesitant, well it's not worth my time. After finishing the quilt, there will be a full prize, shouldn't they want to pay, the quilt is mine and I keep the $ 200 of course.

Don't waste my time, don't cheat me of my work and quality. I know my work and the value of it, just because someone else thinks differently it doesn't make it so.

Depending on the time you spend working on it, I wouldn't go less than $ 2000.

Tell the customer upfront, so there won't be any unpleasantries.

ManiacQuilter2

I have a GFG but I haven't been in the mood to hand quilt it. Know you will do an excellent job!!

ckcowl

The lady I know who hand quilts charges by the inch and by the amount of thread, I've never really understood how she figures it out but she has a formula that works for her. She did a quilt for me once, it was about 75" X 80" I think ( it was years ago) it was a fairly simple quilting design, not dense... And it cost me $385. That was about 17 years ago, I would expect prices to have gone up quite a bit since then

mpspeedy2

I charge by the square inch. I also charge at my cost for the backing and batting if I supply them. My minimum charge is .06 per square inch. At that rate I would charge $414.72 for the quilt that you have pictured. I would charge additional for finishing the binding etc. At least an additional $20. It looks like it is going to be bound by bringing the back to the front. I would charge them a little less to do that. If you have to bind around each motif at the edge separately charge them more. It would probably take me at least a month and a little more to quilt that. It seems like you are working at about my speed. Have fun.

lfstamper

Amazing work. Thanks for sharing. You are brave to do this by hand!

marilyn43

This is beautiful. Lots and lots of work. You did a nice job.

Jeanne S

You do beautiful work, don't sell yourself short! They don't print enough money for me do do it by hand!!!

ube quilting

Hi Don, Wish I could be more help $ wise but I have no clue as to that. I just want to say the quilt is terrific and you are lucky to be able to hug it for a while.
peace

Boston1954

I once sat down and figured out how much I would have to charge (minimum) if I had a business and just needed to break even. I figured in (roughly) all that I could, electric, thread, batting, fabric for front and back, even gasoline if I had to go to the store, plus the time it would take me to hand quilt it. I came up with 20 cents a square inch, and a 70 x 96 quilt would be $1344.00. However, it is very difficult to actually get a price like that. A lot of people do not think a person's time is worth it.

Just try to be fair to yourself.

quilter711

Don you are doing a wonderful job enhancing this quilt with your talents. This is a big undertaking. I don't think most people understand the time and talent needed for quilting. No idea for cost but it must be worth at least one thousand dollars.