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    Old 06-23-2011, 12:40 PM
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    DH's aunt recently asked me to quilt some quilt tops that she had finished. I did them all on my Janome 6500 and they were lap and baby sized. She paid me $20 per quilt. I was fine with that but then she said that she's going to start sending me more. What would be some fair prices for different sized quilts?
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    Originally Posted by Ps 150
    DH's aunt recently asked me to quilt some quilt tops that she had finished. I did them all on my Janome 6500 and they were lap and baby sized. She paid me $20 per quilt. I was fine with that but then she said that she's going to start sending me more. What would be some fair prices for different sized quilts?
    That was very reasonable (almost give-away) and what I would call "a relative/very good friend price"

    I think doing things for friends and/or relatives is the hardest - many of them seem to expect to get work for little or nothing - and then when one wants to charge "the going rate" - they get all upset.
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    Originally Posted by Ps 150
    DH's aunt recently asked me to quilt some quilt tops that she had finished. I did them all on my Janome 6500 and they were lap and baby sized. She paid me $20 per quilt. I was fine with that but then she said that she's going to start sending me more. What would be some fair prices for different sized quilts?
    How many hours did you put into each quilt? If you put in more than about 3 hours per quilt your hourly rate is pretty low. Are you happy working for 6.50 an hour or less? Are you happy spending all your time doing somebody else's work for low wages?
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    You can never make money thru relatives...Can only cause hard feelings...I was crocheting baby blankets for my SIL's and only charging 20-25 which included the yarn so I was making like 8-10 for my labor...always got yarn on sale...But couldn't charge them more...they're related....
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    Sorry to say that when she sends you more.... what is she charging for them!

    How many can she use at once?
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    Well, you have already set yourself up as very very inexpensive. I know you want to be fair to her. Does she also want to be fair to you? If so,then she should pay a fair price.

    You could google "upstate NY" and "longarm quilting" and see what quilters in your region are charging. Some longarmers have a calculator on their website so you could just type in the width and length of the quilt and see what their charge would be. Then you need to decide how much you would be willing to charge for your time and talent to do the same stitching.
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    Originally Posted by StitchinJoy
    Well, you have already set yourself up as very very inexpensive. I know you want to be fair to her. Does she also want to be fair to you? If so,then she should pay a fair price.

    You could google "upstate NY" and "longarm quilting" and see what quilters in your region are charging. Some longarmers have a calculator on their website so you could just type in the width and length of the quilt and see what their charge would be. Then you need to decide how much you would be willing to charge for your time and talent to do the same stitching.
    Oh, I don't think I specified. It wasn't a longarm job. It was just some quilting I did on my normal machine, some free motion quilting.
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    I didn't set a price for her to begin with. I didn't think this would be a more than one time arrangement so I just suggested she pay me what she thought it was worth to her--she's always been more than fair. So, that was fine. Just not sure if I have all the time to do my own quilting, teach my two girls and to do all of her quilts for only $20 a pop. They were pretty small ones. I just wasn't sure what to charge for larger ones. I will, however, start insisting that she provide the threads that she wants me to quilt them with. I went through three spools of monofilament.
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    Let her know how much time you put into each.
    That the $20 was a one-time-only, good friend/relative rate.
    Future work would be done at a more realistic rate (time and/or speed).
    You can always ask her how she would handle someone asking her to do similar work.
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    I have to say please don't sell yourself short.
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