Originally Posted by
Scissor Queen
The problem is you can buy "hand quilted" quilts in lots and lots of stores for less than a hundred bucks. And yes, they are actually hand quilted.
Yes they are hand quilted, and I've heard by children in ''sweat factories''. But as my mom used to say, you can get your toes hung in the stitches and can never get free! Some time back (I've 'retired' myself) I was hand quilting and using a formula some Mennonites and Amish use--that was $.0150 (one and half cents?) per linear inch. Example: Standard full size is 72x90 @ .01 1/2 per linear inch = $135. An additional $50 for pattern quilting in sashing or blocks, or as agreed on considering amt of work involved. Of course, this does not include the fabric or the labor making and putting the quilt together. It was just for hand quilting. I managed to do 10 or 11 stitches per inch...so your proficiency is also considered.