Cacklinghen

I have been ask to make a queen size quilt to be used as a bedspread for a man. He has given me his colors to use. He wants it machine sewn and hand quilted around the blocks. What pricing would you ask? Do you have a formula to sort of use or what?

nycquilter

I don't have a good formula. But remember, charge for the fabric then figure your prices. Fabric can be expensive and it is the customer's expense.

snipforfun

I have never made a hand quilted quilt but have sold machine quilted ones. i triple the price of all fabric at current prices, no matter when I bought it. Then I add in actual cost for batting and what I paid a longarmer and throw in a few $ for thead and then any cost of embellishments if used.

Cattyqwltr

Don't forget that your time involved in making this is worth something as well. Especially if he is asking for a combination of machine stitching and hand quilting. Good luck with it.

Scissor Queen

I wouldn't even consider it for less than about $1000.00 for a hand quilted quilt.

Buckeye Rose

Handquilting is very time consuming, and therefore very expensive....I agree with scissor queen and wouldn't do one for less than $1000

mpspeedy

It seems like we get this question and have lots of answers at least twice a month. I was a handquilter for hire until the longarmers put me out of business. I used to charge $.10 a square inch to handquilt plus the cost of the materials I supplied like the batting and backing. I also charged $15 for marking the quilting lines and another $15 or more for the binding. The only tops I have made for a customer were T shirt quilts. Those were machine assembled and each shirt had to be prepareded with fusiable stabilizer. They ended up costing the customer between $400 and $500 dollars because of the prep and aggrevation envolved. On the handquilting I charged more when the quilting was closer or more difficult. I am a fast handquilter. I was able to quilt a doublebed size quilt, including the binding, that was later raffled off by our Linus Chapter in about 6 weeks. That was working on it maybe 5-6 hours a day while watching TV or listening to talk radio. If it had been a wholecloth I could have shaved a week or so off of that time.

BRenea

I don't have a hard-and-fast formula either. I usually charge at least double what the fabrics cost (at current quilt shop prices) plus batting, thread, etc. I also factor in marking the quilt, the difficulty of the piecing/applique/quilting and whether I had to design the quilt myself (I do a lot of custom work) or had a established pattern to go by. I machine piece and applique, and quilt on a hand-guided machine quilting frame, so I also charge a little to load the quilt into the frame. I usually ask for 50% of the estimated cost of the quilt up front, so I'm not personally out that money during the time it takes to make the quilt. The best advice I can give you is to not cheat yourself, your time and talent is too valuable!