After seeing some quilt sales in Amish country, etc. I think $1200 would be BOTTOM dollar--and more likely $2000 would be a fair price for such beautiful work.

I did not see your post saying 80 hours--on that basis, explain to the customer the costs and time required.

If your labor is worth $10 per hour--which is pretty =reasonable for an artist, she should understand the price then--that is what I have always done....
They can just say NO!
If I were going to do that quilt, it would be at least $2000!

I think this is getting closer. This is applique, after all - and beautifully executed work, at that.

Like someone else has said, someone who commissions a handmade quilt understands what they're buying - they're trying to get away from the generic bedspreads that everyone else has. :)

I did a king-sized pieced quilt; very easy piecing, and machine quilted it- not LA. The customer provided all materials and I charged her $600 for the labor. I still don't think I charged her enough.

And BTW, it's gorgeous!

How can you compare Eddie's quilts to Pottery Barn (mass produced in China)? :shock:

Beautiful quilt!
Your estimate of 80 hours is something to go with...times $10-12 for labor is a minimum of $800-960 just for the labor...add in the materials and you are easily in the $1200.00 price range.
I would explain how much you charge per hour, and your estimate for the hours, and the cost of materials to your customer and see what the response is...years ago I charged $10.00/hr for doing any special orders...so asking $12.00 an hour or even more now isn't out of line.

I wouldnt have a clue what to charge but that is a beautiful quilt...

Eddie...you deserve to be compensated for the value, fabric cost and amount of work you put into the quilt...DON'T sell yourself short. It sounds as if perhaps the friend/customer isn't aware of the value of your artwork. Give her a price and let her know because of the time and materials (yes materials...fabric, thread, batting, backing, quilting etc) cost. The price may seem more than what she is willing to pay but, if she really wants it as an addition to her home, seeing that she recognizes fantastic quality craftsmanship, then you will be glad to complete the project for her. And at that price it would be giving her a "special low rate" because it is such a large labor intensive and time consuming project. And you would only give her that low a rate because she is a friend.

That is stunning...$1200 seems more than reasonable.