Sheagatzi Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 To double check each and every piece that this certain client brings me? check out that batting I just received: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbm Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Oh, noooo, Andrea!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cegates Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 I feel your pain. I have a customer who must be related to yours. In addition to battings with corners missing, I just found that for some reason one of her backings has an 18 inch cut in it. Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMALKB Posted October 31, 2014 Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 My Mom inherited a lot of fabric from a friend when she passed away. Mom would think she had a nice chunk of yardage, only to open it up and there would be a circle cut right out of the middle. If Shirley wanted a piece of fabric in the shape of a circle, square or ?? she just cut it right out of the middle. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Good grief. What a pain in the keyster. Zeke.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qltnbe Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Oh brother. Call her and get some more scraps from her and use that iron on tape. How frustrating though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamarack Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 That explains all your empty chocolate bar wrapper pictures on Instagram! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie H Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Murphy's law would indicate you've already loaded the backer, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delld Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Row Studio Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 I have seen batting like this at my place she gave me a large chunk of batting that looked like that and asked me to cut out three small quilts from it it was a nightmare not to mention a brain drain give her a call have her bring a new piece or fix that one.... bummer for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcclannan Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 I buy batting by the roll wholesale and include it in the price I charge. If customers choose to bring their own batting I reduce the price only if the batting is a good one. It has solved all the batting issues for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Maybe you could wave your wand and make that batting the correct size. Obviously she didn't know what she was bringing. The big issue would be the time you lose waiting for a replacement or waiting for her approval to use something else. To share another funny, in my early days a very very frugal piecer brought me a top and batting for her precious new grandson. The batting was the definition of "Frankenstein"--patched together of several different types, weights, and colors of batting. She had stitched it together using a wide zig-zag stitch and bright orange thread. The orange thread shadowed through all over the pretty blue pastel top. What was she thinking? Oh, did I add that one of the pieces was covered--no, coated-- with dog hair?! She must have snatched it from the dog bed to make the piece big enough! Yikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheagatzi Posted November 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 It's all good - I contacted her and said that it's too small - I'll provide a proper size with my batting and charge her accordingly. Last time the backing was too small. grr. I'll need to remember to really be vigilant with her at intake time. Kathy - all those candy wrappers have nothing to do with stress, and all to do with the fact that they are chocolate and peanut butter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastquilts Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 why do our customers think that we can take a sows ear and make something beautiful out of it? I think most of us have dealt with this and I also have batting by the roll to deal with it. I love doing what I do but sometimes these things are just stupid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K. Szymaszek Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 I like Julie's idea and have been kicking it around for a few weeks now. That is my plan.......to adjust my prices and include batt and thread, that way i think, everyone will win. Just have to figure it out now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchanted Quilting Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 That pix may take the cake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferBernard Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Oh, we are magicians all! We turn wrinkled tops into cuddly quilts! It is an amazing transformation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimerickson Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 I don't let my customers supply either thread or batting. If they show up with batting I tell them to take it home with them and use on another project. I buy rolls and don't like "bagged" batting because of all the wrinkles. Who know where the thread was stored, or for that matter what it actually is. I charge just a little more than my cost for the batting, and am happy to do that to avoid this sort of problem. They get to choose between Hobbs 80/20 and poly down. One of these days I'm going to buy a roll of wool and add that to my choices. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 I glad that providing batting and including the cost in your pricing works well for many of you. Knowing how the product performs and what the end result will look like alleviates a lot of guesswork. With that said, I don't provide batting, but I do sell premium batting at full retail as a convenience to my customers. Maybe one in six will buy batting from me. The rest take their coupons to the "J store" so they can save $$. I never undercut the LQS because that's where some of my customers find out about me. If I sell for less than the local shops (or include the cost in my quoted price and it's less than retail), the locals then consider me competition and my cards and referrals would be long gone. Just another perspective. If you're located far from shops, including the batting is a great idea. I also have two customers who store rolls of batting with me. I have room and keep the rolls covered and labeled. This convenience for them makes them my "super-regulars" and they average eight quilts or more a year. As for them supplying thread? No, nope, not ever, no way, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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