I think pricing is very different depending on why you're doing it. You said you've been "asked to make quilts ". By whom? A local gallery ? A neighbor? Aunt Mary? If they are for a store, charge out the wazoo! If you do well, you make a lot of money, and you won't be cranking out quilts at sweat shop rates. Your neighbor ? Maybe she just wants something inexpensive and having you make a quilt seems like a good option, or to save her running around finding an appropriate wedding gift. Maybe she wouldn't mind paying what your time is worth. You have to use your judgement here. Do you feel like doing it for free, or for just a little? Then go ahead. But be aware, that she might tell everyone how inexpensive you are and you'll end up in the same sweatshop scenario . ( I have made things for people, for free or a little money and said "Don't you DARE tell anyone where you got this" haha!) Aunt Mary? I wouldn't charge a relative, except for supplies, but I would put my own timetable I it, and I generally tell them it takes months. Usually that takes care of it. When you make a business selling things too inexpensively, you don't just ultimately hurt yourself, but the rest of the people who are trying to make a decent wage. How many times to we hear: " My long armer will do a king size for $30. " So the long armers out there charging a reasonable rate are hurt because someone's willing to do it so cheap. Same thing with making a quilt.
Last edited by quiltmom04; 10-04-2013 at 06:43 AM.