hi...i agree w/all that mpspeedy stated. i have done a few commissioned quilts...and done some hand quilting for pay. i researched quilt sites that i found listed in the want ad sections at the back of my quilt mags. also talked to local [in the areas i was living] seamstress re: hourly rate. some quilters charge by the number of yards of thread - quilting and price of fabric involved double/tripled. my prob with that is that i draft my own patterns [mostly] and the more complex/original the design the more i would charge. i have a set rate for all the prep time/tools cost. then start keeping track of time spent...prewashing, ironing, cutting, piecing...etc. my husband scolded me on one quilt that i did elaborate quilting on...we figured it out that i was charging half a cent/hour...not quite giving it away...but ...dunno.