Remember that blue and green mariner's compass the my FIL asked me to make for him? He just gave me a cheque for 300 bucks for it!!

It's not that much money considering the number of hours I put into it, a measley 5 bucks an hour, but aside from the cost of materials, that's 300 dollars I did not have 2 hours ago!
I would have to make and sell a heck of a lot of quilts to be able to pull myself out of this debt, but every little bit helps!

Congratulations!! I'm still waiting to sell one of mine. But I would miss it if I did, lol. That quilt you made for him was just beautiful!!

Good for you. I, also think, well, it's _____ more dollars than I had yesterday. The quilt was lovely.
Mary Ellen

Congratulations!! :D

Congratulations on the sale every penny helps

Isn't it a great feeling when you sell that first quilt!!! I remember when I sold my first quilt. I was living in Nova Scotia. I had my quilts on consignment through a shop in Lunenburg. My first quilt sold to a French family from France!!!! It was a beautiful blue and white star quilt!

Another quilt I remember selling was here in St. John's at a local shop. It was an American couple who were sailing around the world on their small yacht. They were docking here in St. John's for a few days. She bought this rust/green/beige quilt I made and said it was for her husband's birthday. It would be sailing around the world in the yacht with them!!! How cool was that!!! Ooh to have been a piece of fabric on that quilt!!!

Congratulations girl!!!!!!!!

Wow, fantastic!! Glad to hear he gave you $300 - that sounds like he loved it!

Wow, that's great. It was worth every penny of that $300.00.

I hope you kept some pictures!

How fantastic...well done, hope you make and sell many more.

Congratulations!!! This will be the first of many!!! :D :D :D

Whoo hoo! Congrats!

Its such a great feeling isn't it ! :lol:
Good for you
Sharon

Congrats. :D

We will be spending time in Nova Scotia next summer. Can you give me some hints on good quilting places to go?

We live in Maine and will be taking our camper/trailer and two airedales.

CONGRATS! Tensi

Congrats. Even though it wasn't much per hour, you did get enjoyment from making it, too. Terrific.

give you an idea in selling quilts to people. Always get at least half of what you are asking for the quilt before you start making it because I have had people not want to pay me after I finish the quilt.

Thread

that's awesome Mel. I know it was a great quilt, bc I do remember your mariner's compass. woo hoo, more stash money. :D

I remember the first quilt I sold. I had bought a kit off e-bay. It was a crib size baby quilt that I was going to make for my future baby. I paid $35 for the quilt kit. I got it pieced together and I had taken it to church to show it iff to the ladies. I had no intention of giving it away. One of the ladies absolutely loved it and wanted to buy it for someone's baby shower. I didn't know what to charge, so I just asked for what I had paid for the kit. Turns out I had enogh fabric left from the kit to make another one. Basically, I got a quilt for free!! I ended up giving that one away too, so I never did get a quilt for me. I have used the pattern 2 other times, so I think I got my money's worth. Congratulations on that first sale!! may there be many more in your future!

Make sure DIL tells anybody who asks that he got it for waaaaaaaaaaaaay less than the regular price.

;-)

Congratulations. I'm still waiting to sell anything.

thanks everyone :)

I think that your quilt was worth way more than you sold it for. But, when it comes to family, it is hard to charge what the quilt is worth. Most people have no idea what fabric goes for these days.

I sold a couple purses (6) and a baby quilt this last fall. I figured out what I made an hour and it surely made me sick.

I never set out to sell them, friends just kept buying them when I got them made. It put me behind on my christmas gifts a little, but, that is ok. Friends are more important, right?

Congratulation! :D

Come to think of it, I always end up making them as gifts so nobody ever bothers to ask for a commision.

Wouldn't know how to price it anyway.

When we were waiting for the ferry from North Sydney to Argentia I found the Singer shop on Prince Street had some fun fabrics...and then I also found the Quilting on the Myra little shop....not alot of fabric, but friendly machine quilter...and I got some star fabric. Do as many searches as you can before you leave, even Nova Scotia quilt guilds....you can find great links.....

To be fair, we didnt' discuss price before I made the quilt. He's family and I knew he wouldn't try to stiff me, and I left it up to him to give me what he thought was a fair price. He knows the value of something hand crafted, so I wasn't worried, but I wasn't expecting to get my time's worth in money. Good job FIL :)