Originally Posted by
Mimiqwerty
Perhaps people think a woman quilter is just "sewing" but a male quilter is an "artist." Any male quilters out there who'd like to respond?
I have done a few quilts for people, and fist I get the question of "Really? You quilt?". Then when I give the quote of $200 for a twin, and $400 for a queen, a lot of people are shocked and end up not commissioning me. I've also had sexism work against me. A lot of people think that I don't know what I'm doing because I am a male quilter/seamster. I've also had the problem of people wanting me to hand quilt a queen size quilt for only $30. As I tell them, I would charge that for a SMALL wall hanging (under 18"x18"), and I know my prices are very low compared to a lot of you others.
I still think the funniest thing I've heard is a relative asked me to make a double wedding ring quilt in 2 weeks, for $50. I just laughed and said it can't be done.
I even told my sister off when she took me along with her to take some items to her seamstress, and proceeded to tell the seamstress, "Oh, it's not that hard. It will only take you 5 minutes." I then had to let her know, if it really wasn't all that hard, why did she take it to the seamstress?