A toe hanger is a quilt that is hand quilted, but the stitches are so long that you can get your toe hung in them.... actually look basted, not quilted.
I belonged to a very small guild (only around 10-12 ladies) and we went on a "field trip" to Branson. We were examining some of the quilts and even though we were speaking softly among ourselves, we were asked to leave when our comments got a touch critical. Like pointing out that the quilts marked "hand made" were in fact stitched on machine.
We were told that people ran the machines by hand not automated and that made them "hand made". Sales clerk should not have been evesdropping, I guess.. there were other quilts there that we had been quite complimentary about..

Loretta I am in Ohio near Plain City where the store was and this was a long time ago. The store closed about 10 years ago. So I know since fabric has gone up so have quilts.

Either way..you were customers and you are entitled to your opinions. :?

Fair market price for my quilts?

Sorry, you can't afford it.

*L*

tim in san jose

Well, handmade doesn't necessarily mean hand-pieced and hand-quilted. It means you made it with your own hands even if you used a sewing machine.

Tippy, I have heard the phrase "toenail catcher" used for those quilts.

i agree, i design and make my fiber art, quilts, and handbags and i consider them handmade by me.

its not like i came up with the designs and then priced it out to factories in india or china and had a factory make them.

I just lerned to quilt about 2 years ago and i was just quilting for myself to help me get through the day since i been sick i am a professional seamstress and had a business for 28 years i just stopped sewing for others in 2005 and i closed my business when i left florida in 2004, anyway a family close friend wants me to make her a queen size quilt with what ever design i want and she will pay me what ever i charge her. now i don't know what to charge her since she is like family what suggestion do you have what should i charge her. I might start next month but now i am recovering from my sickness. I don't have the fabric for her so she is sending me money for the fabric well that means i guess i am going to start then. I am not using what i was belssed with from my angels, That is for my personal use. I know i am blabbing away but what do you suggest for the price?

I usually charge for the materials then take the square inches of the quilt and multiply but .02 for the quilting. I then take that amount and double or triple it depending on how much quilting was done and how detailed the pattern is. Hope that helps.

Wow!!! I don't know how she can make any money selling at those prices.

Another Amish quilt site is http://www.amishloft.com/amishloft/quilts.html

I don't think I saw anything under $700.