i dont price it i just enjoy it i did find a bargain there was a sewing factory that closed down and i bought 97 yaards of light biege material 63 wide for $20.00 a roll of course i bought 2 and bought their thread on 6,000 yard cones for .50 a cone i bought 4 of every color obviously so i geuss you could say i am going to have a lot of neautral backing quilt lol

Depending on the cost of the fabric it can vary alot. Of course if you add in the cost of your notions, machine etc. You are paying a fortune for your hobby. I have spent thousands.

The joy you feel when making your quilt has to factor in somehow and reduce your cost...don't forget about that. That is one of the first things I bring up when comparing costs of things with DH.

So true! I'll have to tell him that next time... not only do I have the joy of making it, but you have the joy of staying warm in it!

Why do we compare, anyway? How juvenile are we?!

I get everything on sale or clearance. it takes alot of patience for me to wait long enough to collect everything I need this way, but it is soooo worth it to be able to make three or four times as many quilts! I just finished a king size with joann/hobbylobby supplies for around 85$. my baby quilts I can do for around 10$ to 15$

I LOVE being able to show DH how much money I SAVE and move the focus from the spend over to the REWARDS of making a quilt :) and show him how HAPPY it makes me to be able to enjoy the making of and the giving of such an amazing gift!!!

We won't even go there..lol

My Visa card screams for mercy when we go to Jo Ann's or Hancock Fabrics. Although I did manage to get out of Jo Ann's the other day for less then 10 bucks.

I had this terrible habit of never walking out of a quilt shop without fabric. Now I have a room full of fabric (no kidding) and I never kept anything to tell me what a quilt top cost. If I buy now I usually just have to buy the main color yardage. It's the machine quilting that kills me. I love to hand quilt but my fingers don't.

I would say an average of $200.00 for a queen if I but new stuff, which I usually do, I don't but much "just because" but try to buy plenty to have 1/2 yd left over for scraps. So top, batt and backing,( I have my own mid arm quilter set up) so I think that's a good average, when I was having them quilted you could add $100.00 for quilting and $20-25 postage.

DH recently bought himself his mid-life/retirement crises Corvette that hasn't seen the light of day in months. I guess it doesn't matter what I spend.

I would be afraid to know sometimes. I just spent $350 on thread for my long arm! But at times I am thrifty and try to use the left over bits in something new. I mostly do baby quilts or wall hangings, so I average around $100 each.