Ok, not to sound dumb but, how would you get the square inches? Say I will be making a quilt using 12" finished blocks. It will be say 7 across and say 9 down.....how would you figure that? :hunf:

I quite agree. Recently, a distant cousin asked me how much I would charge her to make an oversized queen quilt? I didn't really care if I made it or not, so I told her one that size would be $400.00.... she jumped on the chance to have one of my handcrafted quilts! LOL I designed the pattern, using her color choices and she was thrilled with the finished product.
So if you don't really want to do it, give a higher price, you might just make a little money in the bargain... good luck!

how would you get the square inches?


Not a dumb question! You multiply the width (in inches) by the length (in inches)

so a quilt 50 X 70 would be 3500 sq inches.

if the long armer charges , say 0.015 cents per sq inch for a pantograph you like, you multiply

3500X 0.015=$52.20


(that is how I estimate my quilting cost. I rarely piece for others)

Thank you! That is a lovely quilt by the way. ;-)

I love your colors and the pattern looks so nice. That's a good idea to give a little higher price if your not really interested in making the quilt. People don't understand the hrs and cost of material it's really getting expensive even to make for yourself. Sue

I've sold a few quilts, and honestly I undercharged for one of them. It was a huge king size, 120x120 center with an 8 inch border. I got $1000 for it, but it was hand quilted. Blinking thing took ages to hand quilt.

One of my co-workers saw me piecing my GFG quilt top (actually just one of the flowers) and asked me to make her one like that. I said I would at $1 a hexagon, plus $250. She decided against it.

Well, I sent her a message and told her it would be between $300-500....I guess she isn't interested. That's ok, I really don't have time to do it anyway. Thanks for your advice.

You all were right, tell the people the price and poof they are gone! The lady still hasn't gotten back to me on it. She hasn't said a word. Priceless........ :thumbup:

Probably thought she could get you to make a quilt cheaper than the $40 dollar ones at Walmart. You can't even buy yardage with that!

I laughed at my dad when he let my mom go fabric shopping with me and told her she could spend $5.00. Obviously the last time he stepped foot in a fabric store was 1972.

Funny!!