Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie

Our chruch group raffles a quilt every year. The quilters have gotten older and are getting tired, not to mention several of them have health problems in the family. So they are kaput! I'm doing my best to get a queen quilt done for summer. A very simple snowball pattern, a few blocks embrodiered by a 90+ year old. I've picked the fabrics and design, doing most of the piecing and I mentioned at a recent meeting that I was going to see about having it machine quilted since I HATE HAND QUILTING. After about 3 of them sucked all the air out of the room, one declared there was no way our group was going to have machine quilted quilt--------------"you can get those at Wal-Mart for $39.95!".

So did any of them volunteer to hand quilt? How much will people pay for the quilt?
My Mom's circle sent them to missionaries in the tropics. They had so much fun making the quilts (I played under the frame and listened to the gossip). It was so funny to hear my Mom and Gram pick out each woman's stitches. I have all my bed size quilts done by a longarm quilter. Does this mean I'm just a piecer?

I haven't told them yet, but since I'm doing most of the putting together I'm going to be chosing a machine quilter to finish the quilt off.

$39.95, indeed. I've got more than that in just the backing.

(this quilt is very simple, but pretty, I think. I just get side tracked on all sorts of other stuff to do! May be ready to send out by the end of the week)

Originally Posted by KathyAire

People ask if one sells their quilts but very few of those asking are willing to pay what a quilt is really worth. They would be the ones that want to buy a quilt for $40.00.

It's my hobby, as well. I do it for my pleasure and I get a blessing when I give a quilt away.

Originally Posted by mshollysd

Exactly, I guess if we were churning them out like they get in the store, $40 would be fine, but they don't have a clue how long it takes to put together. Heck, it takes me forever to figure out how I am going to machine quilt the quilt after the top is put together.