grannypat7925

I would tell him...........'good luck if you can find someone dumb enuf to do it for that'!!!

vickig626

I know when I made my son's quilt (my avatar), I kept track of just the materials used and that was almost $400. That didn't include the tutoring I needed to make the flying geese circles and learning paper-piecing, etc. etc. etc.

Since this IS a "one-of-a-kind", I've seriously considered having it appraised and getting it insured. My quilt instructor said it's probably worth around $2500.

When my son comes home for a visit, he brings it with him so he knows where it is....makes me feel so good to know how much he loves his quilt.

Dianne1

If your customer is starting out with attitude $200 is to much DO NOT DO IT FOR HIM. Nothing will go right in this transaction, it is starting out bad and will only go downhill.

Sierra

Too many people on QF have mentioned that quilting for $$ and doing someone else's pattern or idea takes the "fun" out of quilting. Twice I've had people ask me for a quit. My neice or said "anything to do with water" (she white water rafts, among other things) and I couldn't come up with any idea at all! I finally asked her to go to a quilt shop and buy 5 yards of fabric she really liked. I thought this might give me an idea for a design (I could use it on the back,if not the front), and also give her an idea of the cost. Now this is a neice I love dearly. She sent me some slightly varigated fabric (from JoAnn's I'm sure) and it looked so plain that I suddenly felt free to do whatever I wanted. I did a bardello (I didn't know it was called that and I may be misspelling it) and on the back I stitched a panel of circular waterfall design. She told me she was thrilled.

Her daughter came up to me and said "I love hummingbirds and lime green." I was free to do what ever, within those perimeters. Her quilt is my avatar.

The point of all this is, it can be deadening to make a quilt that isn't "yours". I'd be so careful before doing so. Either sew for those you love, for charity (a chance to do that new pattern or just to go wild for a bit), or, if you need money, then for what it really costs + labor.

joyce888

You know that's what just frys my a##. I'd tell him to go to Walmart, Kmart, or Sears and purchase on of their fine crafted quilts. He will get exactly what he pays for. Better yet tell him after he's purchased his family heirloom to bring it in and you'll compare to one of yours; show him what he get for his money. (Boy do I feel better! :shock: )

dunster

I agree that making a quilt with someone else's parameter can be no fun at all.

Had to laugh about the "bardello" comment. What you meant was "bargello", but what flashed into my mind was "bordello" (spelled differently), a house of ill repute.

cookie101221

:thumbup:

Sierra

Dunster wrote:
Had to laugh about the "bardello" comment. What you meant was "bargello", but what flashed into my mind was "bordello" (spelled differently), a house of ill repute.

Ooophs, is my freudian slip showing?????

Nettie Phillips

I don't know where it is but $200 is cheap. They should look at
the prices the Amish charge.