here is a perfect example of why people do not understand how much money, time and love is put into a quilt.

http://youtu.be/pkLBzgAxm_E

WHen asked why they are expensive I simply tell them there are much cheaper ones at Wal-Mart that might suit them better. I refuse to justify why I would charge you more for something that takes 7-10 yards of fabric @ $10 plus work, batting, etc. I just quilted a queen top and the thread alone cost me $16

yep... and why is that? How can it be that a man's shirt at walmart, already made, can actually be purchased for minimum $10, I couldn't buy the fabric for that much less, fabric and time to make it, and lordy lordy, the cost of fabric for a queen size quilt, minimum $150, and don't even think about adding the time in to make it, and they're selling it for $30... something just ain't square with the world!

I could only watch it, at work, couldn't turn the volume on.

Did they at any time mention WHERE the quilts were made??

Of course, there are a lot of people who won't pay any attention to that.

Knowing the actual cost of material and time, that's really depressing.

Mass produced, probably in China by ppl on what we wouldn't consider a living wage. Not comparable in any way to what we make. If that is what ppl want to spend their money on, and think they've got a 'bargain', we can't do anything about it. Make your quilts for those who WILL appreciate them. :-D

Anyone that says a quality made quilt cost is expensive I say yes it would seem expensive if you don't know about quilts or the making of one and then I tune them out.

Either the fabric is super super cheap or the fabric we buy have a real gross markup. For the workmanship that someone put into it, they must have gotten paid less than $1.00 an hour.

It was thin and flimsy too..

Because they pay someone in a foreign country pennies to sew them!