Originally Posted by amandasgramma
Cool -- but I can't figure out why it took so many hours and why it was worth so much! Am I just tired and not seeing something???
As mentioned above, a lot of it is covered in hand embroidery and embellishments. The other thing she said was that it was entirely pieced and quilted by hand. There is no machine anything involved in this quilt. So I can understand the price with the work that was done.
Like she said, the original price was a realistic cost of labor and materials. She had not planned on ever selling it. The lady that bought it has been trying to purchase it for almost 10 years. Her family and her and her husband are huge collectors of artworks. Besides, if the purchaser is willing to pay the price, then it is worth that amount to her. But not to anyone else, but to her and that is all that matters.
Great work by the way. A really beautiful piece. I can really see how she would be able to use it as a teaching tool.