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Old 06-11-2014, 04:43 AM
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I read a post on here about Happy Crafters and how inexpensive they are. I email them for a quote on a quilt I'm doing 72x82. For them to add the backing, do the quilting, add the batting and binding the entire project will cost only $74. Since I haven't a clue if that's a great price or not, any advice? Is it in the ballpark?

I know that they quoted prices for the backing, batting and binding because I asked them to. For just the quilting they said $20 for an overall easy design which sounds really good to me.
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Old 06-11-2014, 04:58 AM
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That sounds really good to me too. It's almost too good to be true. Do they have any pictures of their work or references?
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yikes. that price is unreasonable in the direction of the value of labour.

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I'd get some references. Sounds too good to believe. I paid around $70 for a lap quilt to be quilted with batting. I provided the backing and took it home to bind it.
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I'm with the rest - that sounds scary-cheap to me. Maybe send them something you're not all that attached to first and see how that goes before you entrust anything really important to them.
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very reasonable indeed
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Old 06-11-2014, 08:56 AM
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I'm with the rest - that sounds scary-cheap to me. Maybe send them something you're not all that attached to first and see how that goes before you entrust anything really important to them.
I definitely would send something I wasn't particular about first. Backing alone (not on sale) would cost at least $40
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I agree, scary cheap, like . . . someone's not being very well compensated for their time. Or, they have quilting robots do the work. Are we sure they are happy crafters and not exploited immigrant labor crafters? I had not heard of this group/company before.
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that would barely cover the cost of the materials...
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I don't understand how you can get quality materials and quality labor for that price.
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