Originally Posted by
DOTTYMO
A quilting friend's father had Dementia and she asked me to make them a quilt for him. She would pay. I said I would make a list of all fabric purchased as well as thread and batting plus time. I did a MSQC quick cathedral window with picture fabric in the Windows. I itemised everything and time in hours but no cost. All she paid for were the fabrics thread and batting I got nothing from them for my time. This was from another quilter, should have known better.
I f you assigned dollar costs to the materials but not to your labor, she might have thought you were not charging for your time. Sometimes it is just miscommunication. Remember Hanlon's Razor - "never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity".