Originally Posted by Jan in VA
Originally Posted by np3
The quilting hours must be for hand piecing! Or for some really detailed work on the machine stitching. I would really be on the low end of that category. But I do think that my queen size quilts have at least $800-$1000 of materials and labor in them.
I agree. Just as I was sending this I realized how many hours were in that section. If one was machine quilting, it would probably be much less. But, it seems lately that my own quilts that have sparked an interest in purchase have been hand-quilted...and I KNOW those have 100s of hours in them. Regardless, it's obvious we undervalue ourselves.
Jan in VA
I went to some Amish country this summer and I realy wanted to buy one of their handmade quilts. Most of them are machine pieced and then hand quilted. Some of them were not very evenly stitched and they were priced $450 and up. The nice ones were over $1000. So, I appreciated them but I didn't buy any.