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Dunster: That is the best answer yet to those who think quilts should only be sold for ultra high dollars. Thanks
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Fabric and cotton prices have been increasing dramatically these years as well as the labor fee. Not sure why they can sell in such cheap price.
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Originally Posted by dunster
(Post 6519967)
I have a different take on it. If you're not making quilts as a business, you are probably doing it because you enjoy the process. Once a quilt is finished, the money for fabric has been spent and the time you spent making it is gone, never to be recovered. It would be nice to be able to sell the quilt for what you have invested, but it's rarely possible to do so. After all, if everyone could get paid a reasonable wage for indulging in their hobby, how many people would have outside jobs? When a quilt is finished, you may decide that you would rather have a little money (to pay rent, buy food, pay for insurance, help out a relative, donate to charity, buy more fabric... whatever) than keep the quilt. You're not really selling your quilt-making services, as you would be doing if you were making a quilt on consignment. Instead you're exchanging an already-made quilt for some money. It may not be a good deal from a business sense - but you still may feel that you're better off with the money than with the quilt. I don't think it cheapens your labor, which you actually spent doing something you loved. And I don't fault people who don't see the value we do in quilts. It's our hobby and obsession, not theirs.
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I am one who makes quilts out of fabric that I got for free or very cheap. For years I had a big inventory of new and antique quilts that I sold at "high" prices. Now I am looking at downsizing from a house to an apt and want to get rid of things, so I am marking them down until they sell. Sorry if I am stepping on someone's toes but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Anyone who feels they are underpriced, feel free to buy them and mark them up for resale!! LOL!!
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Originally Posted by dunster
(Post 6519967)
I have a different take on it. If you're not making quilts as a business, you are probably doing it because you enjoy the process. Once a quilt is finished, the money for fabric has been spent and the time you spent making it is gone, never to be recovered. It would be nice to be able to sell the quilt for what you have invested, but it's rarely possible to do so. After all, if everyone could get paid a reasonable wage for indulging in their hobby, how many people would have outside jobs? When a quilt is finished, you may decide that you would rather have a little money (to pay rent, buy food, pay for insurance, help out a relative, donate to charity, buy more fabric... whatever) than keep the quilt. You're not really selling your quilt-making services, as you would be doing if you were making a quilt on consignment. Instead you're exchanging an already-made quilt for some money. It may not be a good deal from a business sense - but you still may feel that you're better off with the money than with the quilt. I don't think it cheapens your labor, which you actually spent doing something you loved. And I don't fault people who don't see the value we do in quilts. It's our hobby and obsession, not theirs.
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when i first started 'crafting' [knitting, crocheting, quilting] many many years ago, i remember reading that it was difficult to sell what you make. most crafters only make about fifty cents an hour for their work was the advice that i read. inflation on that amount has not kept up with the rate of inflation on everything else. just as big box stores sell their wares for less than 'boutiques', so it goes with quilting. it's just the way it is.
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Originally Posted by dunster
(Post 6519967)
I have a different take on it. If you're not making quilts as a business, you are probably doing it because you enjoy the process. Once a quilt is finished, the money for fabric has been spent and the time you spent making it is gone, never to be recovered. It would be nice to be able to sell the quilt for what you have invested, but it's rarely possible to do so. After all, if everyone could get paid a reasonable wage for indulging in their hobby, how many people would have outside jobs? When a quilt is finished, you may decide that you would rather have a little money (to pay rent, buy food, pay for insurance, help out a relative, donate to charity, buy more fabric... whatever) than keep the quilt. You're not really selling your quilt-making services, as you would be doing if you were making a quilt on consignment. Instead you're exchanging an already-made quilt for some money. It may not be a good deal from a business sense - but you still may feel that you're better off with the money than with the quilt. I don't think it cheapens your labor, which you actually spent doing something you loved. And I don't fault people who don't see the value we do in quilts. It's our hobby and obsession, not theirs.
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i see your point dunster, and in the end i agree.
it's a much wider cultural distortion involving the combination of readily available materials, class and labour ethics. it still gets right up my nose off though, and even if they don't need/want the money they could charge more, creating a more fair market for hand made goods. globally having the privilege to quilt makes us bourgeois, so first world problems right? aileen |
Originally Posted by dunster
(Post 6519967)
I have a different take on it. If you're not making quilts as a business, you are probably doing it because you enjoy the process. Once a quilt is finished, the money for fabric has been spent and the time you spent making it is gone, never to be recovered. It would be nice to be able to sell the quilt for what you have invested, but it's rarely possible to do so. After all, if everyone could get paid a reasonable wage for indulging in their hobby, how many people would have outside jobs? When a quilt is finished, you may decide that you would rather have a little money (to pay rent, buy food, pay for insurance, help out a relative, donate to charity, buy more fabric... whatever) than keep the quilt. You're not really selling your quilt-making services, as you would be doing if you were making a quilt on consignment. Instead you're exchanging an already-made quilt for some money. It may not be a good deal from a business sense - but you still may feel that you're better off with the money than with the quilt. I don't think it cheapens your labor, which you actually spent doing something you loved. And I don't fault people who don't see the value we do in quilts. It's our hobby and obsession, not theirs.
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I bought a "handmade" quilt off of eBay - once. When I got it, you could see where the person cut off the tags that come on bedspreads and quilts. Learned my lesson - never again.
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