Originally Posted by
twinkie
The smaller the item is and the lower the price, the better items sell. I have found that I do get inquiries about larger quilts being made when I have small quilts displayed to sell like baby quilts, lap quilts and rag quilts. Good luck to you.
totally agree with this poster--my aunt made a huge profit yearly by selling small items at well attended shows. She did not quilt, but small item paintings(especially Christmas ornaments) and other little craft items. She always said that you need to find something that materials can get be gotten cheaply (and she was so creative on ways to use recyled stuff before anyone coined the term recycled!), love the process so that the labor doesn't seem so laborous, and then sell cheaper. Her theory was that most craft show shoppers come with a limited amount of cash in their pockets that they plan to spend--so those $1-5 items are the real "bread and butter" sale items. Not sure what that means in terms of quilt items! Good luck!