Bonnie H Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 It's expensive to live in California. Maybe not this expensive. But as a quilter you gotta like how this lady prices her quilts. https://www.etsy.com/listing/127067989/sampler-quilt-with-miniature-piecing-in?ref=related-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Oh my! And I felt guilty asking $250 for a wall hanging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue E. Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Oh my, that is a little rich for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeidiP Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Do I really need this quilt or does a charity need my money? The charity would win but I don't have the $250k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 Now, some big bank will buy one of those for their waiting area! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 My guild sold a wall hanging to a local bank for $1200 and we were happy to get it! I commend this quilter for elevating the standards! We all know that she doesn't really want to sell that pricey one. A rule of thumb for our quilt shows and whether you want to sell your work--price it high enough that you won't cry if it goes home with a new owner. Some members put sky-high prices just so they can keep the quilt. One year a member put $1100 on a pretty 30's repro quilt and was heartbroken when someone bought it. She thought it was priced high enough that it wouldn't sell! Corporations and governments have a budget for art and maybe she thinks she'll get a bite. More power to her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustSewSimple Posted May 3, 2014 Report Share Posted May 3, 2014 We had a guild member offered $5,000 for a quilt and she refused to sell it. The guy had just bought a new house and had "just the right place for it!" She said years later she was glad she kept it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qltnbe Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Whoa! I am thinking she doesn't want to sell them ...or....if she only sold one, she would be doing great. I did notice, she hasn't had any sales to date, but has 34 admirers. I am sure they just want to see if someone will buy one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b.glass Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Yikes! Maybe the comma or decimals are in the wrong place. I wonder if she'll get her price........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaC Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Remember the crazy quilt that was in some of the magazines last year I believe an Australian woman made and put a price tag on that she thought was really high like this AND she sold it? It was gorgeous; heavily adorned with hand embroidery. It was equisite; a work of art. She deserved what she got for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busy Quilting Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 I sold a collaborative quilt that three of us had made. The purchaser was willing to pay the valuation price and "she had the perfect space for it". Being a quilter she was well aware of its value but was time poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamu Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Wonder if she sells very many of her quilts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enchanted Quilting Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 I kinda wish some non quilters would see these values! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeidiP Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 I'm still in shock thinking of the price, only because I couldn't pay that much, but her piecing is very accurate, a difficult task with such small pieces, and her colors were well coordinated. It's a beautiful quilt that obviously took many hours to make. I need to thank her for raising the bar and I hope she gets her asking price! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peggy (SewAsylum) Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Holy cow! It will be interesting to see if any of them sell! I am assuming it was hand pieced and hand quilted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Well, even if she only sells one of them at the higher price she will have made more than the average quilter does over quite a lifetime. It is a nice quilt and she obviously doesn't plan on it selling (the one at $250,000). And if it does, she won't miss it all that much. lol. I have learned over the years that there are a lot of people out there with a lot of money and they don't mind spending it for something they like. We need to value our talents a little higher. She says some of the pieces of fabric are only 1/2 inch, but doesn't say if they are hand sewn. She does state it is machine quilted. I applaud her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmkeindl1 Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 I recently saw a beautiful example of a crazy quilt - bright colors, nice larger size, all kinds of handwork, dated in the 19th century on Antiques Roadshow and they valued it at $3 - 5K - I thought that price wasn't high enough! But $250K . . . hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaSteller Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Holy $&%#@! Well, maybe she runs in different circles with lots and lots of cash to throw about. If she can sell one for that kind of money, more power to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Von Roberts Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 This quilt is listed on my computer in NZ dollars at $292,808.62. What was it in US $'s? Certainly an enormous amount of work involved so maybe she is calculating her price to also include the actual time it took, but it does seems an extraordinary price tho. Good for her if it sells. Maybe we need to buck up our ideas for selling our own quilts! Yvonne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinneaMarie Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Also, I was thinking about the batting being 50/50. Not even 100% cotton. I'm not a purist that way but some are! I was also thinking the decimals were in the wrong spot! She has some others for; like $1500.00. If I sold one for $250K; I'd run off to..................well, somewhere! hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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