quiltmom04

I agree! If she's a friend and you WANT to do something like that, I'd do it for the cost of supplies, but with NO DEADLINE! If she's just a random co worker who knows you quilt, I would pass. You'll never make enough money to make this worthwhile, and it will end up being extremely aggravating.

jcrow

I don't usually work with clothes, but I had a shirt that was hand dyed and I cut it up. It took me quite a while to cut it. So, you might want to consider how much time it will take cutting the clothes. It's not like just cutting yardage at all. You have to cut around seams, pockets, collars, hems, buttons, etc. Lots of cutting and you end up with not a lot of fabric. I wish I wouldn't have cut my shirt. I only got a tad of fabric from it after cutting all the parts I couldn't use. Dang!

maryb44662

I have made several of these types of quilts for friends for free. I also made one from a lady's granddaughter's outgrown baby clothes, but I charged her $125.00 to make that one. She didn't mind paying and was so glad to have the quilt. It was about the size of a twin bed. I enjoy quilting and gifting them. If I know the friend is happy with my work and creations, then I am happy to give my quilts away. I just use 61/2 " squares and or triangles and arrange them according to colors, etc. Some I used the lace, pockets and any of the trim on the clothes that was worthy of being in the quilt. I had fun cutting up all the clothes and piecing the quilts. THERE WAS NO DEADLINE!!!!

quiltgal

I have done 4 quilts like this, but I provided the batting and thread. One was ordered at the beginning of October and I finished the first one for Christmas, the rest followed the following year. What I charge depends on how easy/complicated the pattern.

Halo

I love the challenge of making one out of clothing for a memory quilt. I have done several. I never quote a time limit on them. To me, the fun of it is to make any type of fabric play together.

irishredhed

I make a t-shirt quilt out of one of my friends onesies, (it turned out super cute!), but I charged her pretty much the same way. When I did the math, charging by the square or charging by the hour was the same. plus materials, it ended up being $600 by the time it was done, but she has a quilt that will never be replicated!

QuilterMomOf3

I talked to a best friend of mine that is a quilter that makes t-shirt quilts frequently. She told me she charges $250 for a twin-size.

cad_queen_2000

Ditto, Ditto.

About 15 years ago, a co-worker found out that I was a quilter. She asked me if I could repair a quilt she received as a wedding gift 9 years previously. She wanted to be able to hand it down to her daughter. The quilt was a queen size log cabin in 2 inch strips, a lot of the seams were coming apart, and some of the strips were disintegrating. It was half machine quilted, and half tied. She didn't care whether i tied it or quilted it, it was up to me.

I took on the task, no time limit. I frogged the whole quilt, repaired all the seams and missing areas, provided a new batting, sandwiched it, and hand quilted it in an overall fan pattern.

She asked how much I wanted for fixing it, I just told her to buy me a queen size batting.................. come to think of it, I never did receive the new batting. LOL, oh well, but I did have fun doing it.

craftyheart2

I very quickly discovered that sewing with fabrics and a pattern that were not my choice and on someone else's timeline does not make me sing with joy. I had someone keep asking me to make her a bed quilt (at least double bed in size) and make myself $200. I told her several times I could make that working a typing shift on a Saturday and be over and done with it very quickly.

I made a baby quilt for my husband' s aunt to give to her great grandchild - she asked me to do this through my husband and I felt some degree of obligation. I basically charged what it cost me for outside borders and binding (the rest came from my stash) and I explained this was a one off deal. I work full time and quilt for my own enjoyment so I set a longish deadline that I felt I could cope with - my husband saw the top starting to come together and told his aunt it wouldn't be long. The upshot - my time frame came down by about 6 weeks BUT you can bet my husband won't do that to me again.

I too give lots of my quilts away.

Janie67

I have made several quilts for people at work. I ask for their color choice and I pick the pattern. I give them a range for pricing based on the price I pay for fabric. I then shop for fabric and complete the process. They are always thrilled with the end product because they are unable to do it themselves and often do not see what we see but the sentiment involved . The most I've charged is $250.