Originally Posted by faithsmamaw
would it be mean to tell her it will cost more than that If i have to purchase the fabrics?
What's minimum wage in your state?
How much is fabric in your neck of the woods?
$35 is, what, 4.5 hours of work at minimum wage. Do you think your work is worth little? Can you finish the quilt in that time? Because if not, your hourly wage has just decreased.
A lap quilt - 72x72 - has around 8 yards of fabric (front and back and binding) - if it were a whole cloth. Even if you buy FQ's/cut yardage for variety, you still need the 8 yards.
Plus batting.
Plus thread.
See where I'm going here?
And you think you're being mean? :roll:
Unless you want to do it as a present, because that's what it will be.
Let her buy a quilt at Kmart for $35.