quilticing

Maybe she can find a runner at WalMart she likes for that price.

Yooper32

I have a feeling that she hasn't a clue what the cost of fabric is these days and I think that Hopeto quilt's idea is your best solution, or take her to a fabric shop so she can visually see what the cost of fabric really is.

marymay

Why is it that people always want something for nothing.No do not do this. I just made a small baby quilt for 15$. It cost me 32 to make. I will never do this again.Take her to the fabric store.Have her buy the fabric.Then sit your price to make this.She might understand by then that things(fabric and time)are not cheap.

Sienna's GiGi

She doesn't have the right to set prices for YOUR creativity. Stick to your guns and work with her if you can but if not then gracefully decline the offer.

mhollifiel

Tisha,

First off, we have all got to stop seeing ourselves as crafters and start realizing that much of what we do is ART. I took the time to look at some of your postings of your work and you definitely are an artist and how you do it with your houseful of children (two year old twins, YIKES!) and husband away should stop anyone from asking you to do anything!!

Secondly, who has the nerve to ask even a tradesman (not to sell these folks short by any means) to do something and name their price?? Would you have an electrician replace a panel box and tell him or her how much you will pay? GET REAL? Try it and see how far you get!!

Finally, I don't care who this person is. My mother had an expression for this kind of behavior: "Consider the source." This may be a supposedly nice person but she has some nerve. Mama would have "killed her with kindness" but left her completely alone otherwise, if you know what I mean.

OK, that's my three cents. Make the kids some brownies and forget this ever came up.

deedum

This is what I was gonna suggest.
I took a friend to a LQS to have her pick out and buy fabric for a topper. She got 4 half yards a 1yd of 5 different prints and cost just over $20. I thought she would die but she paid for it and now realized how expensive fabric is.[/quote]

That should do it!

blueangel

Tell her to get the fabric and you will make it for $12.

sewtruterry

I wouldn't touch it for $12.00 for labor either as it would take at least 6 hours to make the table runner including quilting it and then only if you are doing s-i-t-d. My time is worth more than that. $12.00 would barely get me to go with you to the fabric store. I recently had a gentleman call me because he wanted to have a quilt made for his wife for their anniversary and he gave me less than a weeks notice. Luckily for him he only wanted 1 fabric on front and back(I used a flannel backed satin) and all over quilting. I was able to get it done in time and I charged him $200.00 and yes I know that I under charged him but he was also talking about making one for his daughter as well. I had $30.00 in fabric and already had the batting but factoring in that would have been $20.00 I spent 7 hours quilting and binding it so you can do the math I got about $21.00 per hour to quilt it. I still think he got a deal as he gave me a very short window and I did this on my only day off that week. I work a full time job as well. He just happened to be lucky that nothing was on my frame at the time as I might not have been able to get it done for him.

marymay

Think of the time that you have spent on putting all of this together. I think it might come out to be $1.25 a hour. Are you kidding me????????

quilts4charity

Show her a couple of fabric store receipts!! I told a girl I'd make her 2 quilts if she just bought all the stuff, meet me at the fabric store.....she said HOLY MOLY, I didn't know this would be SO EXSPENSIVE, well I tried to tell you!!!! So she just bought cheap from somewhere.....quality ain't cheap, if you want cheap buy...Made in China!!!!