Originally Posted by
carrieg
She was a wonderful speaker. She was either Mennonite or Amish from Indiana. Said so many only think of getting their antique quilts appraised, but the ones we make today are also very valuable. Not just the fabric, but our time. She says we as quilters do not place enough value on our time. She rattled off the per-hour rate for piecing, applique, binding, etc., and it was enlightening.
Yes, women (and many men) tend to
undervalue themselves in so many ways. Appraisals done by a professional seems like one of the only way of not only waking up the person to his value in monetary terms, but conferring some real dignity and status to the most important thing of real value in a person's life-his/her time. As time is something that is not renewable.