How do you know how much to charge someone to make a quilt?
#71
Originally Posted by travelingquilter
I INQUIRED AT A LOCAL QUILT SHOP. they said measure the square inches in your quilt size....times.016 per inch and that is what they charge. they only do the all over patterns they have-- nothing personal or intricate!
#72
Originally Posted by Murphy
$300-500 is not unusual and not unreasonable.
So if you don't really want to do it, give a higher price, you might just make a little money in the bargain... good luck!
#73
how would you get the square inches?
Not a dumb question! You multiply the width (in inches) by the length (in inches)
so a quilt 50 X 70 would be 3500 sq inches.
if the long armer charges , say 0.015 cents per sq inch for a pantograph you like, you multiply
3500X 0.015=$52.20
(that is how I estimate my quilting cost. I rarely piece for others)
Not a dumb question! You multiply the width (in inches) by the length (in inches)
so a quilt 50 X 70 would be 3500 sq inches.
if the long armer charges , say 0.015 cents per sq inch for a pantograph you like, you multiply
3500X 0.015=$52.20
(that is how I estimate my quilting cost. I rarely piece for others)
#75
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Location: Port Charlotte, Fl
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I love your colors and the pattern looks so nice. That's a good idea to give a little higher price if your not really interested in making the quilt. People don't understand the hrs and cost of material it's really getting expensive even to make for yourself. Sue
#76
I've sold a few quilts, and honestly I undercharged for one of them. It was a huge king size, 120x120 center with an 8 inch border. I got $1000 for it, but it was hand quilted. Blinking thing took ages to hand quilt.
One of my co-workers saw me piecing my GFG quilt top (actually just one of the flowers) and asked me to make her one like that. I said I would at $1 a hexagon, plus $250. She decided against it.
One of my co-workers saw me piecing my GFG quilt top (actually just one of the flowers) and asked me to make her one like that. I said I would at $1 a hexagon, plus $250. She decided against it.
#79
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
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Probably thought she could get you to make a quilt cheaper than the $40 dollar ones at Walmart. You can't even buy yardage with that!
I laughed at my dad when he let my mom go fabric shopping with me and told her she could spend $5.00. Obviously the last time he stepped foot in a fabric store was 1972.
I laughed at my dad when he let my mom go fabric shopping with me and told her she could spend $5.00. Obviously the last time he stepped foot in a fabric store was 1972.
#80
Originally Posted by Peckish
Probably thought she could get you to make a quilt cheaper than the $40 dollar ones at Walmart. You can't even buy yardage with that!
I laughed at my dad when he let my mom go fabric shopping with me and told her she could spend $5.00. Obviously the last time he stepped foot in a fabric store was 1972.
I laughed at my dad when he let my mom go fabric shopping with me and told her she could spend $5.00. Obviously the last time he stepped foot in a fabric store was 1972.
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