if this is something you want to do, selling hand-made quilts, you have to start somewhere. you have to sell that first quilt, right?

i didn't see a size, but that beautiful hand quilting is remarkable. the design is original. i would honestly tell them that if it wins a ribbon, the price will be $950.00. sounds less than $1000.00 right? if not, than $$800.00.

see what the reaction is, i agree that you can always come down, but if she buys it, that's where your reputation comes from. and your price range is established.

try to sound firm when you tell her. if you waver, she'll know you're undecided on price and argue with you.

you can also tell her that she must leave a deposit, but part of the agreement is that you get to show it at the 4-state fair. if it wins that, she got a bargain.

I agree with the others...I wouldn't let it go for less than $950-$1000 myself...I have seen lots of quilts priced way more than that and they are nowhere near as spectacular as yours...and they didn't win any ribbons either.

Now...alll the comments are being said not knowing if you "have to have" the money...I'm assuming you don't, but it would be nice to have it to buy more fabric.

Can you start at $800. and drop down in price if you get no offers?

That quilt is worth more than $1000. You should talk to the person who offered to buy it and ask her what she was thinking. If she's thinking a couple-few hundred, you can politely thank her and tell her that the market for hand-made quilts is usually in excess of $800, and that this particular quilt is a higher end. I saw it and thought it would be worth something like $1800 or so...

Thanks again for all the helpful comments. You have boosted my moral for sure. I will hang on to it for a while anyway and put in the more fairs. I will keep you posted if it wins anymore ribbons and if I do decide to sell it and what it brings.