Originally Posted by LeslieFrost
After seeing and hearing quilters complain about binding, I'm thinking of offering a binding service locally. But, how to figure out the charge?
Per running foot of bound quilt seems like a good place to start. What would you think of 15 cents per running foot? That would be $30 for a 50" by 50" baby quilt. Hmm, seems like too much. Maybe a dime per running foot, which would be $20 for that dimension baby quilt.
Is there any other quilt binding service that anyone knows of?
Thanks for helping me think!
A few longarm quilters offer the service, but it's usually about $80 to $100.
Figure out how much time it takes you to cut the binding, sew the strips together, sew the binding on, and then handsew or machine stitch the binding to the back of the quilt. Then figure out how much you want for an hour's work.
If you're doing this to earn money, you should charge accordingly. It takes me about four or five hours to make the binding, sew it on the quilt and hand-sew the binding to the back on a small quilt. A little more depending on the size of the quilt. I'd ask about $10 to $15 an hour for my time. Also, if you make the specialty binding (corded - faux corded, etc.) you should charge more.