This is why I no longer quilt for others. People seem to think that you twitch your nose and it's quilted. They don't know (or care) that I spent time pressing their quilt top before I loaded it. That it takes money for thread, electricity, the classes that I took (several), let alone the time spent. I had one woman say that since I charged her $75.00 to quilt her full sized quilt that I should have included the batting as "so and so" always did. I politely told her that she would probably be happier letting the other quilter do it the next time. Quilters spend a lot of money on their equipment, classes and notions. I made very little for my time that I invested. It just ended up not being worth the hassle. And I really did love transforming some really poorly made quilts into nice looking quilts. We should charge what plumbers charge!!