now if we can just get the recipients to fully appreciate it.
made my son an asian quilt for his 25th birthday. sent it
out to get special quilting. that adds up too.

It's so hard when shopping for a much anticipated and loved little one! I've had the same problem shopping for grandkids. I couldn't even make all of the quilts for them that I purchased fabric for, it would have been way too much! I try to never total up my costs like you did, you're a brave woman:) I'm going to start making donation quilts with the baby fabric. The youngest is now almost three and is into trucks and Spiderman and oh yes, I have found really cute Spidey and construction fabric. Here we go again!

I can't even begin to tell you how many fun fabrics I've bought with a baby in mind that hasn't even been thought of yet!

Any quilt that cost me under $200 for supplies to make it is a bargain.

One way I save money is buying from thrift shops. I don't always do that , but you'd be surprised what people donate!!

Good quality thread such as King Tut does add to the cost of making a quilt, but like you said, you can use them for other quilts. One way to look at it...grocery shopping is same especially if you don't use a list or stick to it :D .

And I thought 84.17 was bad for two baby quilts. Not counting the fabric, thread and batting I already had. I did a simple warm wishes type. The both turned out great but had not planned on spending that much. On the plus side (at least I think it is a plus) there was only a few small scraps left. They will be used on other projects that are ongoing. Please post pictures if you can. I have not learned to do that yet. (I'm bad)

We've all done that, at least I have. Still married after 50 years, lots of raised eyebrows and eye rolling.

Its good to know I'm not the only one! I am a little concerned, a new quilt shop opened up near my house so I may have to really practice self control :)

Yes, I've done that. This has become a very expensive hobby.