Cindy Posted March 28, 2005 Report Share Posted March 28, 2005 I recently had a customer ask me about making labels for their quilts. I have the HP quilting lable computer program, so making them is not the issue. My question is how much to charge for making and / or attaching the label?: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busybee Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Hi It would be a great marketing jester and customer service to do this free. This is a small label. Nita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzakel Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Figure out how much the materials cost you including a charge for the ink. The ink cartridges are very expensive. I've heard of people taking that cost and doubling it for their charge, or keep track of the time spent formatting, designing etc., and charge what you'd like to make hourly plus the expense of the materials. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April W Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 I charge $3.00-$9.00 depending how detailed they want it, how much information is put on the label. I had one label with 4 generations that had a hand in putting together the top, plus the guys name that was giving it back to his mom for her birthday. Plus he wanted my named added. It was a fairly large label and I charged $5.00. He was thrilled with the whole project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftedhands Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 If it is a quilt that I have quilted I ask what they want on the label, and I would say "I would be happy to include your label for free, may I add "Machine quilted by "The Quilting Diva, Atlanta GA" So it reads for example "Kitties in Kimonos, pieced by Georgia Girl for Alabama Baby and machine quilted by The Quilting Diva, Atlanta GA" Cynthia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 Thanks everyone for the ideas. It gives me a place to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CucumberQuilting Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 "FREE" always gets attention. Since the beginning of my business I have always sent each quilt home with a FREE label. This is a commercially pre-printed label the customer can add their own information to and then attach (hopefully) to the quilt themselves. This is an obvious promotional come-on of sorts but also a way to encourage every quilter to label their quilt as soon as it is finished. You can find these pre-printed fabric label panels at every quiltshop and online. I buy them every Shop Hop, cut them apart and keep a huge pile of them in my studio. Sometimes the customer picks the label out themselves but usually they leave this up to me, and usually I delegate this happy task to my five-year-old. He loves the job. Have fun, Eva H. Cucumber Quilting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 I Gotta Know-- Are you Eva H. and your business name is Cucumber Quilting? Or are you Eva H. Cucumber? In any case, love your chat name!!! Linda R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Sorry I didn't add--Welcome to the Chat!!! LR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CucumberQuilting Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 That's very funny. I need more laughs. Please, let me introduce myself. My name is Eva Hathaway. The name of my business is Cucumber Quilting. I'm registered as pickle only because I wasn't able to get in with either my name or business name. Hopefully, that will be corrected soon. I've been quilting professionally since April 2005 and own a Millennium. REALLY happy with this machine and things have gone very well since the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindaB Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Hi Eva.....Cucumber Quilting..... Welcome to the APQS list....there is a wealth of information and encouragement shared here....and all kinds of stuff... It was good seeing you at Barb's last week....it was a lot of fun!!! Hugs, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CucumberQuilting Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 Oh Hi Linda! Yes, it was fun at Barb's and I'm so excited about our 2007 project. Please, make time to do it with us. please, please, please. Love this chat stuff but it keeps me from getting my work done. (Like I ever get it all done!) Karen H. suggested I find the longarm chat but I really like the APQS format easier to use and I'm having lots of fun here. So, back to work. Chat again later. Eva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April W Posted February 27, 2008 Report Share Posted February 27, 2008 I can get 4 labels on sheet of printer fabric. I charge $5.00 for a quarter page label. If they need a bigger label for all their info, I do half a page label for $10.00. I\'ve had no complaints about the fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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