Ok, when I made this quilt, I had no intention on selling it so I didn't keep track of hours, etc. but now I would like to sell it and don't have a clue what to ask. All the fabric is Marrakesh by Blank Textiles and the backing is just good muslin. It was machine pieced and quilted on my mid-arm with a basic meander pattern. It is a King Size. Any ideas what to ask for it?

Thanks

PS-The pics were before I quilted it.

beautiful, I wouldn't have an idea on price

It's beauriful.

I don't know about pricing it but it's beautiful.

Beautiful quilt

That's really a nice quilt - I would think those colors make it appealing to a pretty large group of customers.

The general formula for pricing (the last time I worked as a professional crafter or artist) was 2 or 2.5 times the cost of materials plus $8-10/hr.

$8/hr was a pretty good wage back in the 70's and 80's - it's only a little above minimum wage now, isn't it? You'd probably want to adjust that upward.

I don't have any idea how much people charge for quilts - having spent the last few years working at it, I think it should be a LOT. ;) But, in this economy, you don't want to price yourself out of the realm of possibility, either.

I have seen quilts like this priced at $300.00 or more. Btw it's a georgious quilt.

What about one of those bidding wars on e-bay. I don't know much about it but I've heard people talk.

Sounds like a good idea, tho I've nover bought or sold that way.
I agree that $300 should be the MINIMUM starting bid. Those quilts made in the Orient for big chain stores sell for that much or more!

You should check around on etsy to see if you can find a quilt similar to it with quilting like yours. That's how I like to price the things that I make that are for sale. I don't keep track of how much time is in anything.

I just made one for my cousin who commissioned me to make her an oversized quilt. I used the square in a square pattern. She gladly paid me $400.00 and absolutely loves it.
Good luck!

What a beauty!!! And Cori, so is your cousins!!
As for the first one I'd say quite a bit MORE than 300.00!!

Ive seen quilts go as high as $800 and well over $1000 for hand quilted. However there has to be a demand for it. Some buyers know their worth and others (non quilters) think its just pretty but not 800 dollars pretty..

Or you could look back at this topic for an idea.:D

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-62845-1.htm

Jan in VA

all the cost of your fabrics, batting, backing. thread too.
then maybe hours spent working on it. depending on who you are selling to and how much you think they would pay, $200.00 to $400.00 at least.

The quilt is spectacular! Quilts of that caliber are priced anywhere from $800 to $1500 at a local quilt show. It depends upon how badly you want to sell it!

Afraid I haven't a clue as to pricing but I can tell you it's a beautiful quilt. Good luck.

Put it up for sale for the price you feel good about. If it doesn't sell you can always lower the price. Good luck

What a beautiful quilt. Love the colours.

It's a beautiful quilt. It's king size and I don't think I'd take less than $500 for it, if it were mine.

don't go the ebay route. you won't get the price you want. People(me included) look for lower prices.

3 Times the cost of Materials is what I've been told. :lol:

Its beautiful!

First of all,howmuch were the supplies? You want to at least recoup that. Secondly, once you set a price for a king size quilt too low, you are sort of stuck.If it were me, I'd add at least t$300 to the cost of supplies. If you want to sell any more quilts,I'd want to make money,not do people a favor!

What is your time and talent worth? How much do YOU want for it? These are the most important questions. I sell my stuff on Artfire and had the hardest time at first coming up with prices. Now I just go with my gut. Some of my friends think I ask too much. They are not quilters. People who understand what is involved know that I charge too little. I charge $180 - $275 for hand quilted baby quilts, for example. Then you have to have patience, and great respect for your beautiful product. Good luck to you!

I would want $500- $700 for a king.

That is beautiful, but no idea on pricing.

Here in SoCal a quilt like that couldn't be bought for anything less than $450 to $600 and I've seen King size go for $800! Consider your time....it is very valuable. And we all know how much fabric costs! The quilt is lovely.

Whatever you do never ask someone how much they think is fair to pay for a quilt. I did this once. I made a Harley Davidson bandana quilt --probably spent an easy $150 on bandanas before I even purchased fabric for sashing, backing, batting, etc.. It was nicely done and king sized. I made it for a friend's brother and told him to pay me whatever he could.
I got a check for $30.
Lesson learned.

Adding my two cents' worth, it's important to remember that if you don't already have a buyer who picked out the colors, the quilt will only appeal to people who like the combinations you chose (count me in that group).

Someone else already mentioned, but it bears repeating: You can always lower the price.

And if you decrease it you will attract people who feel they're getting a bargain. Go to Etsy.com and Quilts4Sale.com to get an idea of what to charge, and have your minimum in mind. Put out good photos, because this is obviously well-made. And don't forget to include the cost of shipping or get an estimate that you can state as an additional cost.

Most of all, try to have some fun with it, the way you had fun putting this together - nicely done btw.

I would figure the materials and then multiply by 3. That's the cost. It may seem a lot but that was a LOT of work.
It is beautiful.

Vicky

I just paid $400 for a throw quilt, machine pieced hand quilted. I think you could get at least that for it.

I would ask $800 to $1,000 for it. You have probably over 25 yards of fabric ($250 to replace that), batting would be another $35 or so, how many yards of thread to piece and quilt it...you have a minimum of $300 in materials and you should measure the quilt and pay yourself at least $0.015 per square inch for the quilting (L x W x .015) and double the cost of the quilting for the piecing (you washed, ironed, cut, sewed, ironed, ironed, ironed).

Interesting topic-I was thinking of selling a couple of my quilt TOPS (not sandwiched or quilted) but wondered if people would buy them (to either quilt themselves or have it done). When I first started out, I HATED the cutting and piecing-only did it to get to the good part-the hand quilting. Now, I really love cutting and piecing, and for the first time, have made more tops before quilting what I had already done. Now, I have 3 more quilt tops I can't wait to start on, but feeling guilty for not completing the 3 I have already pieced (2 queen and 1 topper). What do you all think. I think I have already posted them a couple months ago when I was "showing off" my "stuff".

I don't know about the price,
but I love the colors. Very
beautiful quilt. Nice work.
Hugs, Sharon

First, your quilt is really nice and anyone should be happy to purchase it.

We have had beautiful quilts that are hand quilted, king size at our quilt guild and displayed during our show (unfortunately they didn't sell) that had a price of $600 on them. I don't think that is out of line, but they haven't sold for 2 years. I guess any quilt is really worth what someone will pay for it. Unfortunately, it has been my experience that most people do not want to pay what something hand made is worth.

Yeah, when they "can get the same thing at Walmart" for $40, made in China, that falls apart the first time it's washed. Very few people understand the time it takes to make a quilt or the cost of the materials in it. To say nothing of the talent required!

$8 is less than minimum wage in Oregon and Washington

I don't know about pricing but I love your quilt & the colors you chose. It is gorgeous!

Most people don't appreciate good craft work, but for those who do you shouldn't have a hard time selling it.

I would say easily $550.
When I was at my local quilt shop, people were coming in and asking how much to quilt the tops they had hanging on the wall that were for sale. Mainly, how much to have it completly quilted. Kings ran $1200 and the people didn't even flinch when she quoted them that price.

Check with your LQS and see if they will put it on consignment for you. Get the figures and what your coming home with so there are no surprises.

Let's face it, we as quilters know the time, effort, cost of what we are making and we do it because we love quilting. For those who don't know what we do, stop in at quilt shops and talk with the long arm quilters or the staff. Nothing can be made better and you certainly won't find the quality at large chain stores.

Good luck and keep us posted on the sale.