bearisgray

I think it would be hard to come up with a $ amount.

If I were paying, I would want to see a sample of the person's work - and get a fairly solid idea of what the total might be.

Not all hand quilting is equal - - -

For hand quilting, I think the fairest way of figuring cost would be for the amount of thread (actually) used. Although I'm not sure how one would keep track of that, either.

Maybe load 10 needles with 41 inches of thread - figure 5 inches for 'manuevering' on each thread - and charge for 10 yards of quilting at so much per inch - and have some sort of system to keep track of thread used.

For me, hand quilting will be for labors of love and/or recreation.