for me? 1.5--3 cents a square inch, all custom work, no pantographs and binding is $9/yd (machine on side 1 and then hand sewn on side 2)... you pay mailing to me, i pay to mail it to you.

the batting is provided for your convenience, but i charge the same thing i pay and i provide the thread unless it is variegated, which is really expensive. i will either weigh and charge for only what i use, or buy the cone you want and send it back with the quilt.

you send a completed and ironed quilt top along with backing that is 6 inches longer and wider than the top are provided by the quilter. it is trimmed or not trimmed according to request and cost no more or less.

I also charge 35 dollars flat to baste a quilt for hand quilting, with a 6 inch grid, same requirements and provisions as above.

Are you interested in taking up quilting? I am sure your wife is doing what she enjoys and if she wants to learn another skill like free motion quilting she will learn. Maybe she just enjoys creating the top of the quilt and letting another do the quilting. some of us enjoy the quilting process, while others don't. However, I do suggest that you let her live her life and enjoy itthis is a hobby and every hobby cost money.

I know that shelling out $150 to $200 for their wife's hobby is daunting for most men. But consider what you spend on your hobbies. My husband continually complained about the money I spent on my quilting(hundreds) all the while he was spending thousands on his machine shop. When he passed away, I bought a long arm quilting machine(thousands).
He is gone now and I don't regret one penny that he spent on his hobby. Consider how you would feel if you didn't have your wife to spend one or two hundred dollars on.

I would not suggest a beginner try to machine quilt a queen size quilt it is very hard to maneuver. I would suggest she do her own layer and binding. I also think the price was reasonable compared to Michigan. My grandma used to tie her quilts. But if she wants to machine quilt she should start with wall quilts or lap size quilts and work up to the big ones. Good luck to her.

I have had a few of my quilts that were full size done at the local quilt shop for 40.00 a piece and was quoted 90.00 for my queen size. she should call around...there are better prices out there. The LQS also will bind your quilt for 25.00 any size.

Better yet...buy her a Janome 7700 and then she can do her own quilting...that is what my hubby did...best investment ever...and so much fun.

I like your answer. He is a blight on our quilting.

I am a long arm quilter. The price depends on where you live and also the quilting being done. A queen sized quilt with the binding for $200 is reasonable.

I think $200.00 is a very good price for quilting a queen size. I have paid more also. The price you pay is determined by more than just the size of the quilt. I have quilted small quilts (baby) and tablerunners 0n my sewing machine but there is no way I would wrestle with a queen size, unless I had a long arm and I have been making quilts since 1976.

Most quilters in my area charge 1 1/2 cents per square inch. If you are not comfortable with free motion quilting on your own machine, it is well worth it and it's professionally done and looks beautiful. I've only made three quilts and have had them done on a long arm by someone else, then I do my own binding. That I can handle.

I usually take my quilts to a local LA quilter, and it usually runs between $175-$200, depending on how much quilting she does. I usually do my own bindings, but she would do that (for an extra fee) if I asked her to. The prices you quoted seem pretty reasonable to me. It would take me waaaay longer to get it done than it takes her, so i am happy to pay for the convenience.

I take my quilts to a local LA quilter, and that is about the prices she charges. I do several quilts in a year, but she gets them done waaay faster that I could, so it is worth it to me. I usually sew the bindings myself, but she woud do it (for an extra fee) if I asked her to. All in all, if your wife is happy with the quilt, then it was a good deal. It will last for many years to come, so it evens out in the end.

Ooops, sorry, didn't realize I double posted.

I also just finished my first quilt. I've sent it out to be quilted. I provided the back, and the woman doing it provides the batting and quilts it for a penny and a half a square inch. When it comes back, I'll do the binding.

As a longarmer, I can tell you that $170 is about average for a queen size quilt. I charge anywhere from 1.25 cents a square inch to 2.50 cents a square inch. You said her quilt had applique on it, so I probably would have charged 2.50 cents a square inch for quilting it. There is always a seperate charge for binding the quilts. I personally charge $5.00 for each 42" strips that goes around the quilt. Most queens take 10 strips. So if your wife only paid $30.00 that is a pretty good price. It normally takes 8 - 10 hours to put a binding on a queen size quilt. I hope this helps for future quilting projects.

I think the price of the quilting depends a lot on how dense and intricate and it is. A larger, overall pattern would be cheaper than having it done with customized preferences.

If you work for someone how much do you expect to earn per hour? Quilting is a labor intensive business. I just finished a quilt for someone, twin size with some custom work. The charge was $150.00. It took 7-8 hours to complete and the charge included the cost of thread. It came to about $15.00 per hour (=-). Lots of people enjoy the process of putting the top together but find the quilting part too difficult or time consuming to manage. Maybe she will develop the skills to quilt her own quilts as time passes but for starters needs to have them quilted professionally. Maybe putting her own binding on would be a good place to start.

I have never sent my quilt out to be finished, I always do my own, so I can't be much help on that aspect. But she can quilt her own, it is pretty easy, time consuming, but not difficult. You got some good suggestions here for local quilt classes (does she know anyone who quilts their own?), You Tube, etc.. I just do my own because I enjoy the process.

I'll let you decide if your wife paid too much. Here is what I would charge for basic panto or meander on a pieced quilt with some applique:
This will be for a queen size quilt measuring 90" x 90" square.

90x 90= 8100 sq inches
my charge is 2.5 cents per sq in for a quilt that is applique...you can't do basic meander on an appliqued quilt...at least not totally...you have to echo each applique...and then quilt around that.
So,
8100 x .025=$202.50, and that is just to quilt it.

Binding by machine:
370" of binding
(90x4=360, plus a few inches for the mitered corners)

I charge 15 cents per linear inch to machine apply the binding
370 x .15= 54.00

Hand sewing I charge 25 cents per inch-
370 x .25= $92.50

Sounds like a lot...but you have to understand, it takes a lot of time to hand sew a binding on. You first have to make the binding, then you have to sew to one side, making the mitered corners, then turn the binding to the wrong side and either machine or hand stitch the binding down.

Since I don't know the size of your wife's quilt...you can use the above (which is at the low end of the spectrum) to figure out if the pricing was fair.

I'd say it was more than fair.
Marge

Sounds reasonable & house rules
 

This cost is in line with the "quilt by check" costs in our area. Your wife very well might like to piece and pay someone to finish her quilts.

My husband restores cars. The rule at our house is "don't ask, don't tell, you know what you can afford." Just as I wouldn't tell him to paint his car with rattle cans, he would never tell me to quilt it at home. I know the longarm quilter can do a better job on a huge quilt than I can, and that's up to my judgement.

quilting one yourself is not that hard... just overwhelming when it's your first one and that big. I hand quilt all of mine, but you can also tie your quilts... that is the quickest and easiest way to finish a quilt. watchinb videos on youtube or taking a few classes will definately help! Encourage her that she can do it!

I apologize if I'm wrong, but her not having asked, but you, I'm picking up a 'you should do this yourself, and not pay someone else' vibe from you. $170 is certainly in the ball park of a fair price, and of course the binding would be extra. Longarm quilters do not routinely bind a quilt unless that is a service that is requested. And $30 for the time involved is not unreasonable. Binding is not as difficult to do on a domestic machine as quilting. Putting together a queen size quilt can be done at home, but it's a pain. You have to have enough space to at least accommodate the length and a portion of the width. Some quilters like to own the whole process, so that it's ALL theirs, but after quilting for 25+ years on my home machine, I am more than happy to let the quilting be done by a professional. I just dropped off a quilt top today, and I remarked that it's like Christmas when I get it back, all ready to be bound!

How much per hour are YOU willing to work for?

What I am going to tell you is true but shocking. The price I pay for a queen size is $60.00. A lot of people mail their quilts to her and she does nice work. This is true.

Well, I am working on my third quilt to hand quilt and I am in the process of hand quilting 2 of them at the same time. That is always an option. The Amish in Ohio do some beautiful hand quilting if you would like to check that out. It would probably take 2-4 months to get it completed and cost a great deal more. However, they do beautiful work.

I just paid $70 to have a double size, long arm quilted but I am doing the binding My self.
I live in N Ky.

And did your wife tell how she wanted it quilted ("custom" quilting costs more than "edge to edge" which is same pattern all over, over and over down the quilt) ? I do charity quilts for my guild free, but charge everyone else - by the square inch and she should ask first so nothing is a surprise. Once the quilt is quilted I personally love to sew on the binding (on top) and do the last step of sewing the binding on the back by hand. I say my "good-byes" to my quilts that way.

This sounds like a reasonable price to me as well. Binding for a queen size quilt takes hours. $20 for that is as cheap as chips. I'm sure there are many women on this board who would gladly pay to have it done for $20. Like the others on this board have mentioned quilting a large queen size quilt on a regular size sewing machine isn't easy. It can be done but sometimes with unfavorable results even for the most experience quilter. Personally I don't quilt anything larger than a double on my sewing machine. For me it's just too difficult. Have your wife join our board. The people here are a wealth of knowledge. But the best patr is... It's free.

I have basted quilts with the Sharon Schambers method and it is easy. To me, after you have the basting done, the worst part is over. I enjoy the whole quilting process and have never sent one out to be quilted. I enjoy both hand quilting and machine quilting and I enjoy putting on the binding also. Good luck to your wife.

I have not paid that high of a price to have a queen size quilt done. However, if you want it the same from side to side - end to end it's usually 1 to 1 1/2 cents per square inch. If you want nicer quilting - say some stippling - perhaps up to 2 cents per square inch. If you want really great custom quilting where the quilter is basically creating an heirloom for you - it can go 3 to 3 1/2 cents and up from there depending on the complexity of the pattern. I have done stippling and other basic quilting on my machine at home, but nothing bigger than a lap quilt. Any bigger than that, my DH is glad to pay to finish it or he'll have to hear me swearing, complaining that my back hurts, and helping me rip out my mistakes. My pleasure is entirely in the piecing portion of the quilt. I will tell you though, my husband really likes when I make them start to finish. p.s. She can learn to do the binding fairly easily and that saves some money. Just do it when it comes back from the quilter. Urge her to practice and maybe join the "Doll quilt" swaps here on the board. They are a great way to learn and practice her quilting. And for you: "Welcome to the world of quilting". Let her make you proud and encourage every aspect of her new found hobby - a happy wife - a happy life". Hugs

I think you should find your own hobby and let your wife tend to her hobby, unless of course she asked for your help.