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I think what Karlee was trying to get across to those of you that don't want
to be bothered with "begging" family members is to price high and keep your fingers crossed that the little trick works. They'll usually refuse the price time and time again and if they don't, that's fine too!!! You'll surely make a tidy profit for your work and maybe for once be paid what your time is actually worth. Shelly "Dr. Quilter" wrote in message ... How much to charge for quilts is an issue that comes up constantly, and I am always amazed at the prices quoted. While I agree that we should not underestimate our work, I wouldn't dream of charging 800 bucks for a baby quilt.... of course I don't make quilts to be sold, I either keep them or give them away as gifts, but for me that would be the price for a smallish artsy quilt, not one of my own creations! How much do baby sized hand-quilted mennonite or amish quilts go for? I would look at those, compare my workmanship with theirs and go down from there, eg. if it is machine quilted, etc. I can see a beautiful art quilt made by a good artist (not me! ) go for a couple thousand dollars, even several thousand, but that is a different category, not comparable to what I make. What I am trying to say, I guess, is that not all quilts are worth thousands of dollars, only the really good ones and I would not dream of inlcuding mine in that category. And I am not being humble, I know what I can do, I know that there are small mistakes that maybe only I can see, etc. etc.... Am I completely off track here? Are we going in the opposite direction, from 'not valuing our work' to assuming everything we make, regardless of quality, is worth a lot? -- Dr. Quilter Ambassador of Extraordinary Aliens http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out before replying) |
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Gently snipped
(But I am also fast, long story there..... G basically I can make a man's shirt in about 3 hours, that includes matching patterns and such.) If each of you will send me a finished quilt...........I'll tell you all of her secrets and just how she gets those shirts so fast! hehe Shelly |
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I got it by now Shelly, (see above messages)!
Shelly wrote: I think what Karlee was trying to get across to those of you that don't want to be bothered with "begging" family members is to price high and keep your fingers crossed that the little trick works. They'll usually refuse the price time and time again and if they don't, that's fine too!!! You'll surely make a tidy profit for your work and maybe for once be paid what your time is actually worth. -- Dr. Quilter Ambassador of Extraordinary Aliens http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out before replying) |
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Since this is not a binary group, I can't attach my Excel spreadsheet
but here's my method. It accounts for materials and markup. It simplistically accounts for time by assigning a price per piece (patch). Just to touch a piece takes a certain amount of time no matter what it's size. It does not include design time or meeting with a client. The per piece price could include simple meander quilting for example. I have another method for pricing quilting. It does not yet account for complexity like set in seams or curved seams vs straight seams. It looks wicked here, but once you have it in a spreadsheet, no more pain. Here goes: materials = (L x W x 3 x FP x MK)/(36 x 40) where L= finished Length, W= finished Width, 3 is three layers of a quilt, FP= price of quilt top fabric, MK=markup you want on materials, 36 is length of a yard (DUH), and 40 is the safe usable width of fabric. 64 x 85 quilt, $8 ( for example) per yard for good quilt top fabric, 50% ((that's 1.5) for example) markup gives $136 for materials. Labor (no quilting): 1437 pieces (for example) x $0.60 per piece (adjust this for your liking) gives $862 for labor Total: $136 + $862= $998 same size quilt but only 406 pieces: piece price is still $0.60 materials total is still $136 but labor is now $244 so total is $380 Quite a difference! Hope this doesn't give anyone a headache. |
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It makes a lot of sense to me. It takes into account compexity (number of
seams), not just finished size. Thanks for posting this. -- Ginger "rjwhite6" wrote in message news Since this is not a binary group, I can't attach my Excel spreadsheet but here's my method. It accounts for materials and markup. It simplistically accounts for time by assigning a price per piece (patch). Just to touch a piece takes a certain amount of time no matter what it's size. It does not include design time or meeting with a client. The per piece price could include simple meander quilting for example. I have another method for pricing quilting. It does not yet account for complexity like set in seams or curved seams vs straight seams. It looks wicked here, but once you have it in a spreadsheet, no more pain. Here goes: materials = (L x W x 3 x FP x MK)/(36 x 40) where L= finished Length, W= finished Width, 3 is three layers of a quilt, FP= price of quilt top fabric, MK=markup you want on materials, 36 is length of a yard (DUH), and 40 is the safe usable width of fabric. 64 x 85 quilt, $8 ( for example) per yard for good quilt top fabric, 50% ((that's 1.5) for example) markup gives $136 for materials. Labor (no quilting): 1437 pieces (for example) x $0.60 per piece (adjust this for your liking) gives $862 for labor Total: $136 + $862= $998 same size quilt but only 406 pieces: piece price is still $0.60 materials total is still $136 but labor is now $244 so total is $380 Quite a difference! Hope this doesn't give anyone a headache. |
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Hullo Ron
(Good to see you again!) This is great - no arbitrariness here; and something which can be used completely objectively. I cannot think that I would make a quilt on commission (though I did once), but I have printed out this answer to keep for reference. Thanks very much for setting it out. .. In article , rjwhite6 writes snipped a bit Here goes: materials = (L x W x 3 x FP x MK)/(36 x 40) where L= finished Length, W= finished Width, 3 is three layers of a quilt, FP= price of quilt top fabric, MK=markup you want on materials, 36 is length of a yard (DUH), and 40 is the safe usable width of fabric. 64 x 85 quilt, $8 ( for example) per yard for good quilt top fabric, 50% ((that's 1.5) for example) markup gives $136 for materials. Labor (no quilting): 1437 pieces (for example) x $0.60 per piece (adjust this for your liking) gives $862 for labor Total: $136 + $862= $998 same size quilt but only 406 pieces: piece price is still $0.60 materials total is still $136 but labor is now $244 so total is $380 Quite a difference! Hope this doesn't give anyone a headache. -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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