Just a simple question. How much does it cost to have someone quilt your quilt for you? i Ask because I put together a queen quilt, (a boston common) and I was told that it would coust me around $200 to quilt. I thought, gees, I only paid around $30 - $40 for material. I can do baby quilts and lap quilts on my sewing machine. Is that true for most quilters or some? My quilt is 90" x 120".

Depends on what kind of quilting you want done. Each quilter charges differently so check around, but probably not too out of line.

I do not know how much a queen cost. But my quilts are between a twin and a full (will cover my full size bed but not alot of hang over) and it cost me $50 for an over all pattern. I know the woman who does mine does it cheaply and for that I am happy.

Good luck.

IF you do a search on this board, there are lots of posts on this topic. Most long Arm quilters charge by the square inch, so your 90 X120 quilt would be about 10800 square inches. You would expect to pay $.015/sq inch for a very simple meander. More detailed quilting patterns would be much more. There may be additional charges for batting etc. $200 is definately in the ball park.

it depends on the quilter, the size of the quilt, and the type of quilting you want. To me it seems a tad high, but within an acceptable range for a queen size. Most LAQ charge by the square inch, so your quilt would be 10800 square inches. Last I checked, prices were between 1 cent and 3 cents per square inch. Factors at play include:
1. do you supply the thread, is there a separate thread charge, or does the quilting charge absorb the thread cost?
2. how dense is the quilting? (affects the time spent quilting it as well as the amount of thread)
3. what type of quilting are you requesting? Meander, pantograph, or custom? Custom costs the most.

btw, 10800 square inches works out to about $0.0185 per square inch, so not quite 2 cents per square inch.

The lease expensive I've seen is .01/square inch. That is for a simple panograph, nothing fancy. That is if you supply backing and batting. Seems that $200 is in the ball park. The quilting makes the quilt.
Sue

For my most popular overall patterns, I would charge $165 for that size quilt. That does not include batting, backing, thread or tax, so $200 is not out of line.

You can find cheaper prices, but there are a lot of factors that can influence price. Ask to see samples of the work. Are the stitches even and the tension balanced? Does the design complement your quilt top and fabric, or is it just the one design that the quilter is using that week? Do you have a choice of thread color or just basic white? Does the quilter baste the edges of the quilt as they go to be sure everything ends up square and straight, or are they just trying to git'er done?

As they say, you get what you pay for ;-)

The materials for my blue ribbon quilt, (twin size) including batting and backing cost me $250.00. I was broke then, and hand quilted it. Another $10.00 for thread.

I charge .015 per sq in for any e2e design that would be $165. This does not include backing, batting or return shipping.

Semi-custom, a single border w/e2e center is .02 per sq in

Custom varies but the average is usually about .04 per sq in