Had someone want me to give an estimate on a quilt
12-14-2010, 09:30 AM
#21
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I never even bother with doing any math or designing for other people. I look them square in the eye and tell them "twelve hundred minimum." Then I go back to working on what I was working on and they go to Walmart and buy some cheap piece of crap. It keeps me happy and really that's all that matters.
12-14-2010, 09:37 AM
#22
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They buy cheap mass produced items of little quality. They do not take into consideration the cost of good quality fabrics that will last for years or the high quality workmanship of the artist. With this dude's attitude, he could no longer afford anything that I made because it would suddenly become one of those priceless items you see in musems. Just tell him that you get what you pay for and let the cheapscape go.
12-14-2010, 09:43 AM
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I worked for a while in the summer at a store in Talkeetna, Alaska. People wanted to pay the same for a hand done quilt as for one of those made in Indonesia. I told them to buy the one from Indonesia and wash it, then come and see the locally done quilts. They would find the prices more than reasonable. The old addage stands firm. "You get what you pay for" (I miss you, mom) toni
12-14-2010, 09:47 AM
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I was asked to make a queen size quilt that would need almost 8000 small pieces. I told them you buy all the materials, and I will make and hand quilt it for $1500. It should be done in about a month. Some people value our work.
12-14-2010, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
There are some of the best comments here I've ever heard! Wonderful sentiments, valuing your own work.
Remember to print this out and keep it at hand for future 'questioners". (And as it is, it's behind the times fabric price-wise!)
What It Really Costs To Make a Quilt
QUEEN SIZED, MACHINE PIECED, HAND QUILTED
MATERIALS:
Fabric 12-16 yards @ $9per yd. $108 - $144
Batting $25 - $40
Thread $8 - $16
Total $ invested $141 - $200
LABOR HOURS:
Piecing 20 to 60 hours
“Setting” (designing your quilt) 10 to 20 hours
Quilting 100 to 750 hours
Total hours invested 130 to 810 hours
TOTAL COST
Paying $1 per hour (Would you do this type of work for $1 an hour?!)
Materials $141 - $200
Labor $130 - $810
Total $271 - $1070
Paying minimum wage $7.25 (by law in 6/2009)
Materials $141 - $200
Labor (130-810hrs) $942.50 - $5872.25
Total $1083.50 - $6072.25
Paying skilled labor wage $20 per hour (Don't you consider yourself trained and skilled in this craft?)
Materials $141 - $200
Labor (130-810hrs) $2600 - $16,200
Total $2741 - $16,400
(Found on the Internet 1995; unknown author)
Jan in VA
Remember to print this out and keep it at hand for future 'questioners". (And as it is, it's behind the times fabric price-wise!)
What It Really Costs To Make a Quilt
QUEEN SIZED, MACHINE PIECED, HAND QUILTED
MATERIALS:
Fabric 12-16 yards @ $9per yd. $108 - $144
Batting $25 - $40
Thread $8 - $16
Total $ invested $141 - $200
LABOR HOURS:
Piecing 20 to 60 hours
“Setting” (designing your quilt) 10 to 20 hours
Quilting 100 to 750 hours
Total hours invested 130 to 810 hours
TOTAL COST
Paying $1 per hour (Would you do this type of work for $1 an hour?!)
Materials $141 - $200
Labor $130 - $810
Total $271 - $1070
Paying minimum wage $7.25 (by law in 6/2009)
Materials $141 - $200
Labor (130-810hrs) $942.50 - $5872.25
Total $1083.50 - $6072.25
Paying skilled labor wage $20 per hour (Don't you consider yourself trained and skilled in this craft?)
Materials $141 - $200
Labor (130-810hrs) $2600 - $16,200
Total $2741 - $16,400
(Found on the Internet 1995; unknown author)
Jan in VA
12-14-2010, 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Kat Sews
I was asked to make a queen size quilt that would need almost 8000 small pieces. I told them you buy all the materials, and I will make and hand quilt it for $1500. It should be done in about a month. Some people value our work.
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