Originally Posted by
Bobbielinks
I was just on the website of a shop in Greentop, Missouri and about fell out of my chair to see they charged 8.5 cents per square inch for custom quilting.
I wonder what the quilting is like and how many customers they have. I took a class from Carla Barrett, who was a phenomenal quilter and then transitioned into a longarm teacher. Margaret Solomon Gunn was one of her students. Carla said she got to the point where she was so in demand that she raised her prices, then raised them again, because she was so inundated with customers. The demand was there and people were willing to pay the price. She finally would only do quilts for certain people, then eventually I believe she retired from quilting for others altogether. Now she just teaches.
I have a friend who has 2 longarms in her shop in the Portland area. Her rates:
Basic e2e (edge to edge) $.018 per inch
moderate $.025/inch
high $.028/inch
custom starting at $.035/inch
heirloom starting at $.060/inch