fabcolektor Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 I do quilt for a few people and am not sure if I am charging enough for my quilting. I pretty much just do meandering. On occassion I use a panto. Example: a quilt that is 39 x 48 I am charging her 40.00. Is that enough or not enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrystitcher Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 I think it's important to know what's going on in your area for pricing. It seems pretty low to me, don't undersell your skills. People will want a bargain - who doesn't. But if you have a business, you will want to set a price and keep it. Maybe you don't want just everyone coming to your door, but the great piecers; it will weed out those who don't really care what you do on their quilt, just anything will do. My minimum price is $45 and I charge $.0125 sq inch for meandering and pantos. If I have to switch threads or do separate borders the price goes up from there. Stand your ground and think "professional quilter"! Best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GERRY Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Hi Fabcolektor:) If you get $40.00 for a 39x48 quilt then you are getting approx. 2.16 cents per sq. inch, great price, well for my area anyway , depending on how small your meandering is. If it's very small (mico) then you could charge more. Where I live most LAer's get around 1.5 cents per sq. inch. & I haven't seen a min. (or flat fee) yet, but I plan to have a min. of around $30.00 as soon as I get this business off the ground. Baby quilts & small wall hangings are as much work as larger quilts. A baby quilt that measures 35x 45 priced at 1.5 per sq. inch comes to $23.63 not enough for 3 or 4 hrs. of work..... even at 2 cents a sq. inch it only comes to $31.50 that's only $10.00 an hr. I could get that working for someone else & not pay the overhead. Anyway Sharon is right, prices very depending on where you live, if you are happy to get what ever you are charging, stay with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandraC Posted October 24, 2006 Report Share Posted October 24, 2006 Gerry... I really think it's good to have a minimum charge, no matter the size. Mine is $35 but am thinking of raising it to $40. You've got to figure that no matter the size, they all have to take the time to be loaded onto the machine. I have had no one comment about the minimum charge...it's right in my brochure. By the way....are you close to Chiliwack...saw a vendor at a show this weekend from there...they were great!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GERRY Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Hay Sandra:) You live very near Sue Patten, you lucky duck, she's a great quilter (Diva) & a funny gal, took a couple of classes from her in Sept. Have you had the pleasure ? I know she's super busy, & always traveling. I live in Duncan, that's on Vancouver Island, half way between Victoria & Nanimo. Chiliwack isn't far in miles (or kilomiters), but by the time you drive an hour to take a ferry (ferry ride 2 hr's) & drive another 2 hr's to get to Chilliwack, round trip 10 hr's :(not includeing shopping time. Was the Vendor Darlene Epp, she just moved to Chiliwack, Or maybe Linda (her name on this forum is Quiltedcat) from Abbotsford? Linda & her daughter bought out Darlene's Co. WWW.Longarm Supplies.com a short time ago. I talked to Linda on the phone the other day, & I ordered my Bace Extender from her, nice & very helpful, Linda is the person I'll be going to for all my LAing needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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