The one killer phrase flashed through my mind. "It's only sewing", when I tell them how much I would charge. I had worked off and on for 2 weeks on a crib blanket for an elderly ladies' great grand-son. All the units were paper-pieced, and it was full of trains, trees and circus animals. She loved this quilt, and so did many others. She was so proud to hand me a $50.00 dollar bill for my time. That was so hard not to show the disappointment in my face. I had close to $50.00 in materials! That was the point I said to myself "never, ever again". I wouldn't even attempt to do something like that for less than $200.00 plus materials. I'd much rather spend my time sewing for charity or gifts for friends and family than make a quilt for pay. (Shirley McClain said it best in the movie "Steele Magnolias"; "I ain't as sweet as I used to be."