How Much is a Quilt Worth?
#92
$800.00 is a reasonable price for the quilt you will make. Sadly, the quilts that are sold in the US for $100-$200 are often made in third-world countries by (extremely) low-paid laborers, and often under less-than-ideal conditions...
#94
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Originally Posted by AnneC
If you go to http://www.westmichquilter.blogspot.com/ there is a link at the bottom of today's blog that will take you to a blog that shows you how to calculate the cost of a quilt. Very interesting. It has some information you might not think about including.
#95
I am constantly asked to make various items for people, I just have to decline and say I do not make things for money, the point is if you "have" to make things to a certain time frame you tend not to enjoy the making and the stress of it having to be perfect as someone is paying for it , then the whole purpose of craft is lost, so many people have no idea how many hours go into a project. If you offer to make something for someone else then that is entirely different.
I make lots of things and give them away, I enjoy giving.
Regards
Carol
I make lots of things and give them away, I enjoy giving.
Regards
Carol
#96
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Beaverton OR
Posts: 80
Originally Posted by Lneal
A lot of you have mentioned having your quilts appraised. How do you go about having this done, could you offer some more information about it? Who does the appraising and how much does it cost?
My flower garden was hand pieced and estimated to be 80 years old and was just hand quilted ($250). After appraised,
is insurance a good idea
#98
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Originally Upstate NY, now ME
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I've read several responses. $800 is way too cheap in my opinion, especially for hand quilting. I agree that most people don't know all that goes into a quilt for material,supplies and labor.
I'm making a consignment quilt top now for a very large queen and figure the cost of material to be $400 (240 top, 70 back and 65 batting, $25 for thread and disposables). Since the quilt top is larger than my quiting machine is currently set up to handle, I have to pay someone to quilt it, which will be around $300 (custom). So before I even start working on it, the cost is $700.
I had heard the 3X rule before, but hadn't figured it out until now. Actually, that is pretty close to what I'm charging for mine. I'd charge extra since you are hand quilting!
I'm making a consignment quilt top now for a very large queen and figure the cost of material to be $400 (240 top, 70 back and 65 batting, $25 for thread and disposables). Since the quilt top is larger than my quiting machine is currently set up to handle, I have to pay someone to quilt it, which will be around $300 (custom). So before I even start working on it, the cost is $700.
I had heard the 3X rule before, but hadn't figured it out until now. Actually, that is pretty close to what I'm charging for mine. I'd charge extra since you are hand quilting!
#100
I just helped a friend of mine do the Carpender's Star which is very much like the picture you included. May I ask, if you were to seel it what would you have charged? I am thinking about making one and trying my hand at selling it on Etsy.
Thanks, Eleanor
Thanks, Eleanor
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