I have a question for anyone who has made that quilt top... I am a novice when it comes to HST.

What size fabric squares do you start with for each HST unit when you're wanting a finished size of 6.5 inches?? I guess you make the triangles and then square them up??

Sorry to "crash" the topic of expenses/ contractors, but I just LOVE that pattern and want to make something like that soon. Well, after the few quilts that are in progress/ planning get finished! :)

Hello everyone, called my lawyer this morning and I will not pay anything more than what the original estimate was for. I must get all invoices from contractor and take them to my lawyer next week for him to decide what will be done. I already paid for the extra siding, he did not measure right in the first place. I should not have had to pay anything for that because he screwed up and not my fault. That amount should be put to the original cost of labor. Will return the pillow and tell him I will not make a custom quilt as that is not why I do quilts. And he will not get a free one of any size or colors.
Jan

It was good that you went to visit your lawyer.

Hope things work out fairly for you.

Good for you calling your lawyer. You should not half to pay extra if you already had a contract with him. If he messed up on the job, he is the one that has to eat it not you. Also, glad to hear you will not be making that quilt for him. He is not a good person to have to deal with by what he has already pulled on you.

I would think you might end up having to pay extra for the additional materials, but he made the bid with the labor included for the job. The fact that he misjudged is unfortunate for him but should not have to be your problem to my way of thinking. You accepted the bid as he presented it originally, not as two and a half times more.

I agree that you should not have to pay for his error. We had a similar issue when we lived in our condo. Since we lived near water, the front doors would warp and the association would have the doors replaced. When it came to our door, the door guy was an idiot and cut it too short by several inches. When we complained, he tried to cover it with the sweep, but it was still too short and then he said he would have to charge us for a new door. We went to the HOA board and they had him replace it with a new door - no extra charge.

As far as the quilt goes, if he had been honest up front, I would have suggested bartering the cost of goods and labor for the quilt against his costs and labor, but not with this behavior. Good luck.

The siding will be delivered in the morning and will have him put it in the garage. Tell him what my lawyer wants to see, give me all the papers and go from there. I have been told it was not my fault he did not measure correctly and that it is his duty to buy what he needs to finish the job. So the money I paid for the extra siding should be put to the final payment of labor. But if he does not finish the job, he does not deserve the full amount for labor.
That is why I want all the invoices etc for the lawyer to decipher what is going to happen.
I HATE doing this but he is running a business and must follow the rules of good business.
Jan

I first of all would not make him a quilt second I give you credit for calling your lawyer. Now you have leverage!! Good thinking. If you like the quilt make it for you

I have just make this blocks. Really love the block make it with grays and black . white. Did you put a boarder around the blocks.When I put them all on the bed I just do not like how it look but love the block.

I have made this quilt and started with 10" squares, then trimmed down the finished block to 9".....but....you can start with whatever size of squares you want....it is all dependent on what size of finished quilt top you want to end up with.