Rather sizable difference of opinion!
10-05-2011, 01:22 PM
#81
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Location: Cleburne, Texas, USA
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Instead of being hurt or angry about this, we should try to be more understanding of their ignorance and calmly inform them of the conditions those quilts are made in. Also the fact that they are made with inferior fabric, thread, and that they are put together loosely so they will not last any longer than a comforter that you would buy at the same place. In the society we live in now everyone needs to be aware of what happens in other country's and how lucky we are to live where we do.
10-05-2011, 03:23 PM
#85
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Location: Liberty Hill - Central TEXAS Hill Country
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Originally Posted by ButtermilkMama
This younger generation has so much to learn!!! I pity them when the axe falls. They are not prepared for it!!!!!
10-05-2011, 03:29 PM
#86
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Location: Northern New Hampshire
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This generation is used to cheap things made abroad and think material should be cheap too. Show him the price of LQS fabrics and just what it would cost to make a twin size quilt. fabric, batting, backing and thread. Then include your labor and watch him choke on his words and opinions. Bless you for not strangling him.
10-05-2011, 03:31 PM
#87
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sadly that is the way of the world.
i even had a board member here say that to me "got something for nothing" i was floored by her attitude considering all the hard work that goes into this art.
i even had a board member here say that to me "got something for nothing" i was floored by her attitude considering all the hard work that goes into this art.
10-05-2011, 04:41 PM
#89
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Location: Utah
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Originally Posted by ruck9085
Last evening, my son and I got into a discussion about quilts. He told me I should set up a website or post on ebay and sell quilts that I make. He said do custom ordered quilts and " you could sell them for $50.00, you'd clean up, Mom" I almost passed out!! So, this is how our conversations progressed.
Me: "Fifty dollars? Do you know how much work and time goes into making and handquilting a wall hanging, less alone a king sized quilt"
Him: "Doesnt matter. I mean you're just sitting in a chair all day sewing, so how hard can it be?"
Me: "How hard? Never mind that, just the material alone would cost over fifty bucks for a throw. A king sized quilt would cost well over a hundred dollars on the low end for material."
Him: Why?"
and so it went. I told him that even charging minimum wage for the hand quilting, it would still cost over five hundred dollars for a queen sized quilt. And he said, well they sell them at JCPenny for $49, and they're hand made and I got up and said, "Of course they are." and that was that. People just don't understand the time and effort it takes to hand quilt a pieced quilt. Something for nothing seems to be the mindset these days!
Me: "Fifty dollars? Do you know how much work and time goes into making and handquilting a wall hanging, less alone a king sized quilt"
Him: "Doesnt matter. I mean you're just sitting in a chair all day sewing, so how hard can it be?"
Me: "How hard? Never mind that, just the material alone would cost over fifty bucks for a throw. A king sized quilt would cost well over a hundred dollars on the low end for material."
Him: Why?"
and so it went. I told him that even charging minimum wage for the hand quilting, it would still cost over five hundred dollars for a queen sized quilt. And he said, well they sell them at JCPenny for $49, and they're hand made and I got up and said, "Of course they are." and that was that. People just don't understand the time and effort it takes to hand quilt a pieced quilt. Something for nothing seems to be the mindset these days!
10-05-2011, 05:01 PM
#90
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Location: Phoenix
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Originally Posted by luvTooQuilt
Guess he needs to go and spend his $100 on fabric 'sit there' and sew for hours and days then when hes done... give him $50....
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LOL this is what I was thinking... have him do it, and then see what he would charge
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