Originally Posted by justflyingin
Anyone want to comment with an estimate of how much you spend (not counting your labor) for various sizes of quilts you've made in 2010 or 2011?
In the other thread with this title, we discussed the cost of making a quilt, but no one answered this question--that I noticed.
What are you all really spending on a quilt? Can some of you share what you are spending..and if you pull the fabric from your stash, it doesn't count as "free"--it counts at the price that you paid for the yardage--unless it is truly a scrap quilt of from your used clothing that you were going to throw away.
I think it might be an interesting experiment if some of us would actually keep track of 1. money spent/invested, and 2. hours spent on some of our quilts this year and then compile the information.
Does anyone have this information from your own data...and once again, unless someone else GAVE you the fabric saying that fabric from your stash is "free" isn't playing fair--it's what you paid for the fabric when you put it there--not market value now. :)
It would be an interesting study.
I haven't kept track of every quilt, but I am estimating that each full sized quilt, counting the cost of hiring a long arm quilter do the quilting, costs in excess of $250. Quilting is a very expensive hobby, not only because of the cost of materials, but also because of the wear and tear on machinery.
If I were to include the economic impact of opportunity cost because of the hours spent quilting, the value of each quilt would sky rocket. At $7.25 an hour and an average of 40 hour per quilt, the labor is $290.
However, quilting is one of only a few hobbies that produces something tangible without harming another living being and provides an opportunity for community service. It also provides quilters an opportunity to build a social network involving people who have similar interests.
And, like bingo, it keeps grandma off the street. froggyintexas