Help.... How much????
02-20-2011, 10:15 AM
#11
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: lovely Elmhurst, IL
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Please do agree ahead of time on a price and have her pay 1/2 of it as a deposit with the rest due at completion. It will help to have her not change her mind somewhere along the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ask me how I know.......(sigh)
02-20-2011, 12:39 PM
#16
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Location: North Central Arkansas
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I'm not sure on the pricing but, because it is personalized with their name, I would ask for full payment up front. It's not like anyone else could use it when you finish it. She obviously knows the quality of your work having seen your sister's so should be willing to pay in full before you start the project.
02-20-2011, 12:50 PM
#17
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Originally Posted by PWinston
I'm not sure on the pricing but, because it is personalized with their name, I would ask for full payment up front. It's not like anyone else could use it when you finish it. She obviously knows the quality of your work having seen your sister's so should be willing to pay in full before you start the project.
02-20-2011, 01:11 PM
#18
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Ramona, California
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Good to know-my oldest girlfriend wants me to make her a quilt for the guest bedroom in her new house in Fla. I know she doesn't have a clue what really goes into them, let along the cost of just the fabric. She says she'll gladly pay me whatever it costs. We will be visiting she and her DH this summer and I said we would go shopping together for the fabric after she picks out a pattern she wants and I would price it, depending on the complexity of the pattern. I also will be hand-quilting it. I think if she pays for the materials up-front, she will get a feel for why they cost so much. I will get her to buy backing, batting, and thread at the same time.
02-20-2011, 04:20 PM
#20
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: in retirement
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Originally Posted by donnajean
Figure the cost of materials & multiply that by 3. Make sure to get a deposit before starting the project.
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I like to have the person I'm making the quilt for purchase the materials. That way, they get a better understanding of the costs involved.
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I like to have the person I'm making the quilt for purchase the materials. That way, they get a better understanding of the costs involved.
Ditto
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