there are a lot of replies here and I just couldn't read them all. (still on page 1)
I'm trying to sort out my answer, bc I am an emotional quilter.
I have all kinds of fabric from the chain stores and quilt stores too.
I give thought to who it is for, the amount of care it will receive and if animals are
likely to sleep on it, etc.
I am currently making one of dgd's a quillow, bc it's a Christmas lap and she can "put it
up", aka, fold it into the pillow, so her dogs won't be bedding down on it during the year.
It has lqs panel and both pricey fabrics and "inexpensive" (if there is a such thing now).
I won't put all, really expensive fabrics into a project that I KNOW will not be taken care
of.
So, basically my answer is: the adult quilts probably have a bit more money in them than
the kid quilts. All piecing, quilting etc. gets the same attention, although I do use less
complicated designs for the kids.
I've bought a lot of fabrics over the years to have ppl tell me they are no longer into "those"
colors, ~sigh~
I guess I just can't crank out quilts fast enough to keep up and ppl don't realize how much
money you have spent on them.