Originally Posted by ptquilts
PS - DH makes quilts with very small pieces. Only sold a couple. We were at a craft fair once and he had one , did not put a price on it. If any one was interested, he said, make an offer.(just to see what people would say.)
One lady offered $20. He said, you should know there are about 400 hours of work in this quilt. She thought about that a second, then said, How about $25?
Amazing!
You have to be blind not to see the hours of work going into a quilt. (Maybe not if you don't know how to sew.)
In favor of the Chinese "crap" quilts I like to say this:
I bought a quilt at Walmart. It was made in China. It was all in natural/very soft yellow/gold hues. The quilt was beautiful.
I only paid about US$ 80.00 for it.
Now after three washes (by hand) part of the quilt starts unraveling. I wished somebody had paid that Chinese artist some decent wages. I wished I could tell this artist "I am sorry Western companies take advantage of your need to eat. I am sorry nobody tells you how beautiful your design really is."
Adding a decent wage for the Chinese quilter to the price of the quilt would not have kept me from buying that quilt.
I will repair it so that I can appreciate it a little longer.