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LibbyG

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    LibbyG reacted to InesR in Rail Fence   
    Quick rail fence for a gift.  I stewed and stewed on the dark, really thought it would show the "rails"..., but no, the light won out.  The whole color/contrast thing still stumps/surprises me.  Stipple and machine binding. 


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    LibbyG got a reaction from Deb in the Mtns in A Lion-size Dream   
    Love the colors and quilting on this quilt.  It's sure to be a hit at college.  You may get some requests for other quilts.
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    LibbyG reacted to Mary Beth in FORUMS OR FACEBOOK CURIOUS   
    Well, as you know I have a FB page, Quilting with Mary Beth. I like FB, but I think I liked the forum when we all use to be here. No offense to anyone here now, it  just use to be hopping, it is very quiet in comparison. Some of the FB pages make me crazy and I leave them because of it. I hate it when the "leader" of the page releases a BOM and 40,000 people ask when will it start? where can I find the patterns? am I too late?  Or if someone asks a question or needs help, 73 people post the same answer. No one reads the posts. It is like a feeding frenzy. That being said, it is nice that there is a broader audience. You see more quilters work, etc. The one thing the really makes me mad on FB is to have the dealer of a particular LA company disrespect quilters with another brand. Such bad taste. The two quilters that did this are way up on the food chain. If I had just been here on the forum, I would have never read what they said....and would have continued to buy their products. When that happened I deleted them from my FB friends list. 
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    LibbyG reacted to loraquilts in Loyal customers. ???   
    Just a quick update.  I talked to one of my customers at the sewing club this morning and asked her why she was taking her quilts to another quilter instead of me (not in those words of course).  I just wanted to hear from her what I could do to improve my business, my relationship with customers, etc.  I could tell she was a little uncomfortable at first, but I assured her that I was not trying to coax her into coming back to me, just curious about the change.  She said that she uses the other woman for all over panto work, and would be using me exclusively for custom work - something the other woman doesn't offer.  She showed me an invoice from the other woman and her pricing was very similar to my new pricing, however, one thing she includes in her pricing is trimming the quilt and attaching the binding strips to the back of the quilt.  
    gkazee, I really like your idea of making a sample quilt with the pantos that I would do for 1 1/2 cents a square inch.  Linda, your suggestion of having a sale month is a great one too.   I'll make up the sample quilt and promote my sale for the month of November and the first two weeks of December.  We'll see what happens.  
    Thank you all for being candid with me.  I had checked around and found that my previous prices were about a cent below the average in my area.  I had been told by many that I wasn't charging enough, so I raised my prices a little after I got the computerized system.  Now I see your points about customers not caring that the stitching is perfect and just wanting to get the quilts finished quickly and as cheap as possible.  Also, I recognize now that showcasing all of my custom work probably scared some people off.  I think you are right - they see the detail and amount of effort in the quilting on those quilts and think $$$$$ cha-ching! and don't want to pay for that.  
    Next year, I'm going to try to show off two quilts a month (probably lap size) - one with custom quilting and one with an all over panto.  Hopefully, that will convey the message that I can do both.  
    Thanks again.  I really appreciate your honest feedback and input!!!!!  Thank you. 
     
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    LibbyG reacted to Kueser in Loyal customers. ???   
    How much you can charge depends on the area. We have lots of quilters doing their own and some for their friends, lots of work done under the table. In fact when I added the computer, I dropped my price on edge to edge because I didn't have to "do the work". A friend of mine is always talking about pricing with other longarmmers and I know she is talking at me about how cheap I am but I am trying to pay for the computer. A little bit is better than nothing.
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    LibbyG got a reaction from anniemueller in Pink Halloween Quilt   
    Thanks for posting all the closeups.  This quilt is incredible.
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    LibbyG reacted to cegates in Double Batting & Natural vs. Bleached Batting   
    Kathy,
    if you are wanting more quilting definition, using Quilters Dream Deluxe 100% cotton may be an option instead of double batting.  I have been recommending it to customers who want their quilts to feel like a "real" quilt.  I love the way it looks, it shows off your quilting without the loft of wool batting.
     
    Carol
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    LibbyG got a reaction from delld in Two of Three Pirate Quilts   
    They are so adorable!  Love the designs.
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    LibbyG reacted to I dew quilting in candle wicking baby quilt   
    I quilted this baby quilt for a customer.  Didn't know what to quilt at first.  I wanted to framed the candle wicking since there was no sashing separating the blocks. Then a secondary patterned showed up and I just had to add feathers.  I wanted to add background fill and smaller stippling but I didn't want to make it stiff since it is a baby quilt.
    http://dewquilting.blogspot.com




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