Originally Posted by
MissSandra
I charged 200 for my labor to a freind on a 117- 117 quilt, and then the cost of fabric and laq then i gave him the bill and he said he only wanted to pay 400 i said by the time I was done with it all 400 just covered the quilt costs and not me, I actually had to get nasty to get any money from him this was a gift to his wife. it really put a damper on our friendship because he avoided payment for close to a year. unitl i had to get ugly.
A friend would never put a person, especially a friend on the spot like that. What should've been done is negotiate the price first and locked in, so there are no surprises on either end for both parties. I came to this site to see how much a quilt on average would cost, but then what is average? Quilts are composed of many variables that a non-quilter like me wouldn't know about. So really my query for the answer goes unanswered. If you don't give a qote up front don't be surprised that you won't get what you had in mind and you really can't be mad at the person on the other end simply because they do not know the full aspect of quilt making. You put the other person in a very awkward position by not telling them the cost up front. Stores don't do it and niether should anyone who wants to sell anything.