How much do I charge for making quilts?
Question:I am making quilts for sale and I'm curious about how much to charge. Made of good quality materials and various sizes. Need help setting guidelines on selling them.
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I took an art class, and the instructor gave us this guideline for pricing our work. I think it applies to quilting as well. First, add up the cost of your material. That includes fabric in the top, backing and binding, the batting, and the thread for piecing and quilting. Keep track of your time spent on the quilt. Calculate the cost of your time if you had been paid minimum wage. Add all of that cost together, and you have a base price for your quilt. Adjust it up if the quilt is particularly fine quality.
This gives you a starting point, but keep in mind that if you want to actually sell it, you have to charge what people will pay. You may set the value of your quilt at $400, but if no one's buying, you have to decide if it's worth it to you to reduce the price.
Based on a couple of quilts I've made, your prices might run from $75 for a simple crib quilt on up to $600 or more for a somewhat complicated, nicely quilted King size quilt. Wall hangings could be as low as $40, if they're fairly basic patterns.
It depends on whether they are machine quilted or hand quilted.
Its impossible to say exactly how much. Personally, I would visit auction sites and other web sites that sell quilts and see how much they charge for something similar to what you are making. Also consider how many hours it takes you to create one and figure out how much money you would be making perhour for any given price.
A really big one should be about 25$ a medium about 15-20$ and a small one should be 10-15$
First thing to do would be to add up the materials you have invested in the quilt, how many hours you have worked on it, and what kind of profit you would like per hour and base your price on that. Unfortunately, most people don't know how expensive it is to make a quilt or appreciate the time involved. You really have to find tht niche market that appreciates hand made products.
In Amish country they are $300 and up. Does that help? My neighbor is a pro, and she charges $100 for just a top.
Fathergia has NO idea what he/she is talking about - the fabric alone would cost you far more than "$25 for a really big one"!
One of the ladies in our quilt guild was paid $800 for a full-size quilt and is charging $1,000 for a king-size with NO complaints from the buyers who've commissioned her work.
Don't sell yourself short. At the very least, check out e-bay and see what comparable work is going for. If you enjoy quilting, by all means offer a completed quilt, but if you want faster results, consider selling quilt tops only for others to layer, quilt and bind. You can knock out a lot more and potentially make more money depending upon the design. I've seen crib tops go for over $80...
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