Originally Posted by Olivia's Gramy
And probably won't. I usually make a quilt for our Church auction every year. One year this lady didn't want to up the bid (less than $100) so she missed the quilt. Later she came up to me to ask if I would make her one. I told her it would start at $200. She walked away in a huff.
Wow. I honestly think quilting is one of the most under-appreciated, under-rewarded arts out there.
My mom is a professional artist and she can paint a mural in a week and make an easy thousand. Her cost is maybe $50.00 for the paint and another $50.00 for the brushes and such. We make a quilt that takes months, costs hundreds in fabric, batting, and thread; takes hundreds of hours, and then we cannot sell it for what we have in it. Incredible.