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Originally Posted by Iceblossom
(Post 8283760)
So figure out a materials list and price it out. Then decide what is it worth it to you to make it... Me, when I'm asked now I estimate my time as $15/hour and that a pretty good quilt takes at least a month of full time work after all, I figure I'm worth at least minimum wage in the Seattle area. So far no one has gone further in negotiations :p That all being said, while I don't work for cheap I give freely and quilt a lot of gifts and donations because that is worth it to me on my schedule and my whims of what I want to do and when. I liked that so much that I wrote it down. I'm going to use that quote when I give a quilt to someone who has asked to pay for it. |
Originally Posted by Conchalea
(Post 8283785)
Thank you for your input. I dont know the number of shirts they're looking at, nor the sizes of the prints on them. This is the friend I made a batik log cabin-type quilt for, about 2 months before her death. I'll check out the shirts & perhaps suggest choosing her favorite & putting it in a shadow box style of frame.
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If there is nothing fancy in the t shirt.....I suggest you might refer her to a company in Massachuttes that makes t shirt quilts from your shirts. Reviews have been good and price is reasonable. I don’t have company name but am sure you can google.
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It is called....projectrepat.com
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I made one t shirt quilt for a charity organization to hang in their waiting room. It was t shirts of events they had sponsored in the past. It came out wonderful and they loved it but, I swore never again.
The truth is I hated making it. It is not like regular quilt fabric and very heavy on my old wrists to quilt it with my domestic machine. I know the family loved the sweet deceased lady and want a memento. I would refer them to the site too. But, I hope you know, it is not like quilting with regular fabric and can get heavy to wrestle with. |
If it helps in choosing a pattern, I find I can count a cotton shirt (like a man's dress shirt) as at least a fat quarter.
I wouldn't touch the tee-shirt quilt idea -- too hard to handle. |
Projectrepat will make one for $75 using one’s own shirts. I read that customers are satisfied with the work. The company is owned by some young folks who develop local busines.
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in that situation right now. My husband's sister and her daughter asked me to do two T Shirt quilts for her two boys. How can you say no to family! So they came over a mth ago with OMG 3 shopping bags of all sorts of T shirts, bibs, blankets...you name it, it was everything since birth and the boys are now 9 and 11...for me to cut up and use somewhere in their quilts...If I were to use all the items they'd both have King size quilts. So the bags sit...I made it clear it's not my top priority, when I find the time. They did offer to pay whatever it costs and I will charge for supplies and a small amt for labor but you never get your worth.
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