I wouldn't do it. Sometimes quilters can be unreal pricing their quilts. I make quilts for my own pleasure. I give most of them away. My choice all around.

My gut reaction after reading this is, don't. Trading is my least favorite way of bargaining. I had a policy not to trade in the antique business. On the rare occasion I did trade, I was sorely disappointed.

I don't see why you can't make a trade with her. I think she will owe you a few more hours than what you'll owe her. My DMIL does taxes and barters with plumbers, painters, carpet layers, etc. It works out well for all involved. I think it's a nifty thing to do.
She wants a quilt and you want personal training. I paid $25 an hour for personal training where I live. I would have swapped for a quilt in a heartbeat. I think it's a great idea! Go for it!!!

I agree with Holice.

Well an agreement will be met before any trading actually takes place. But I have traded knitting for hair coloring/cut before and was quite happy about it. This is a girl I've known for 22 years and she is an amazing trainer! I don't have money to pay a trainer, but I do have time to quilt. Thank you for the concerns raised and advise given though. I think you are right it'll probably come out to more than 8 hours. She just wants a couple crib quilts though, and that is my favorite size! :-) I think we can make this work.

I agree with Holice too but that's just me :)

I say go for it!!! :) .. You are both getting something that you want!

Jan,
Guess she did not think it thru, but sure glad I did. Lol. :)

Judy

I'm doing a swap right now with my LA'er. She's giving me $1.00 credit for every 9-patch, from a set of fabric. Neither one of us realized what we were getting into. It's going to be around $200.00. I talked to her yesterday and she was flabbergasted. Apparently she liked this method so much that she has farmed out about 12 quilts. And no money coming in.

I told her not to worry about mine. I'd hold off for a couple of months and give her some time to recover. They just moved into a new (to them) farm house and had to have all of the windows redone before autumn. Plus her husband (a county Sherrif) gets a month vacation, so they take the entire month of July and go Alaska so he and her boys can hunt and fish, and lay in as much meat as they can for the coming year.

So there is a month with no LA'ing.

She is a good friend, so I trust her absolutely.

If you trust this woman, and she buys all the supplies, I say go for it, if you can set a price that you can both be happy with.

I wish I could get a personal trainer for $25/hour. Mine is $70/hr and that is if I pay for 10 upfront - otherwise it's more.
No under estimate your pricing.