I agree. I've sold dozens of quilts in the past and the pricing has been below the labor and cost of making the quilt. Even if it's a custom request.

I sold a king size commision quilt to a customer I always figure my labor and then add on the cost of fabric and thread and such... I also made a wall hanging the quilt ened up being close to 900 with about 200 of it being fabric and batting the wall hanging was almost 200 75 being the supplies (which I actully hav lots left over)

I do a lot of commissions, and I charge a fair price: 2-3 times the cost of the supplies to make it. I also do a lot of quilts for the needy and I've done a lot "just for comfort" quilts. I am in the process of making a double wedding ring and it's going to be expensive. The buyer already knows and has agreed to the price...even before I said I'd do it.

I have bartered, sold and done quilts on commission. Where I live, you don't make minimum wage. The highest I got was $1200 plus fabrics (king sized). I have, however, made great friends and a good quilting rep locally this way.

Do you have a picture or name of the beach quilt you and the adult kids made? Sounds interesting... something I might like to do. Better than the picture would be the link to the pattern.
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I replied but it went into a separate post. Do you have the pattern or link to the pattern for these beach/picnic quilts? That sounds like something I might like to do for some of my family. Do you have a picture?

I triple the present day cost of fabric, add in batting, quilting by longarmer, embellishments, etc. I toss in a few $ for thread. I do not consider that perhaps I bought the fabric on sale, but rather how much it would cost me to replace it. Right now that is $10/yard. So I charge $30/yard.

I made a T shirt quilt for a co-worker of my grand daughter. I told her the least it would be is $150. She was so happy with it she paid me $200. For all the work involved, I don't think that was too much.

yes I have sold several..I made one quilt for a captain on a tug boat that I sold for 450.00. Another captain saw it and said he would give me 1500.00 for one.. that's my current project.

Interesting. I crocheted very fancy angels. The crochet thread was not the cheap, thin stuff usually found at Walmart, but a nice quality brand. But I did not sell these angels cheaply, and no one balked at my prices. I never offered to sell one for less either.

I suppose it is different when you get up into something the size of a quilt, but if I am going to spend my time and effort on something someone asked me to make for pay, and I do a quality job,...then I expect them to pay my price.

I think as a whole, we all sell ourselves too cheaply to start with. Handmades are not less valuable. They are MORE valuable. JMO