Last night I finished the quilt top for my CA King bed. It is made with Laurel Burch fabric, called Mythical Horses. Very vibrant (even in the muted earth-tones I chose) and full of movement. It measures about 90"x100".
I will have to wait as patiently as I can before I send it to the pro-quilter as I need to have the other three I made earlier quilted first.
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...close up of the fabrics...
Well done HH!!!!
Its lovely, you are very talented!
gorgeous! Thanks for giving us a looksee. So you do the piecework and send it off to be machine quilted with the batting and bottom?
Wow, that's really impressive!
Holy crap, that's awesome!
That's really lovely. I hadn't really thought about your name before, but suddenly it's starting to fit into place:P
Beautiful! Are you going to sell them?
Smaller quilts I can quilt myself however I can only do straight stitching or large curves from side to side, so it is very static and boring looking. Baby quilts and maybe nap quilt sizes I can do...BUT, I found a fabulous lady only 4 miles from my home who does professional long-arm quilting (machine) and her quilting designs are beautiful and she does meticulous work!
I was mildly disappointed with the lady I used to do my last two large projects (puckers and sharp angles in the curved stitching lines).
Since posting the photos of this project, I have been approached by three people interested in buying...this is the first time I've been approached...and it floored me!
Anyhow, I've properly scared two off, but one is still persistant and is sending me pics of fabric, so I may make one for her, possibly two, for her and her daughter...
These quilts I make are expensive. I have a simple butterfly one that I made last week and I worked out the cost...
Approx $148 for the materials and $140 for my labor. No one wants to spend almost $300 for a quilt when they can buy a quilt at a department store for $75-150. The difference is quality and design choices. I have YET to see a department store quilt last three washings without the construction coming apart somewhere. Mine are made to last, are beautiful and can be chosen in whatever color scheme I want to match anything.
Were I selling these to make money, I'd up the selling cost another $100-$200 depending on quilt size and how intricate the design was to construct.
Will try to attach two pics;
Butterfly quilt I did the cost of materials with from receipts and another version of Mythical Horses with a panel. I am making 5 of those right now, one for me and 4 for gifts to friends.
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Hoof, there's a fabric design/manufacture shop upstairs from our store in Philadelphia that sells their quilts for $1500--based on their work I've seen, I think your horse quilt is easily worth that.
...sells their quilts for $1500...
...I think your horse quilt is easily worth that.
:eek:
...squints eyes in a calculating way...maybe I should reconsider selling my quilts...
But who has $1500 to spend on a quilt? I had thought about making horse-themed quilts and trying to sell them at local area shows. The Centennial Horse Park (from the 1996 Olympics) is nearby and has a lot of horse venues. I would have to see how much they charge for vendors and see what I could sell...
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Aren't there a bunch of rich people down there in horse country? :D
Sell 'em in Virginia!
My mother-in-law is a self-employed artist. She has found that raising her prices increases the perceived value of the piece. If you price it they will come. Your choices of color/fabric is wonderful.
The Amish ladies in Lancaster County do a land office business in $500 and up, way up, quilts. :cool:
My grandmother quilts, I have lots and one all hand-stitched from my great. I love quilting and yours is awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Wow - those are incredible. Sell them on eBay.
My mother-in-law is a self-employed artist. She has found that raising her prices increases the perceived value of the piece. If you price it they will come. Your choices of color/fabric is wonderful.
Absolutely. If people like your work, they will pay what you ask.
My mother-in-law is a self-employed artist. She has found that raising her prices increases the perceived value of the piece. If you price it they will come. Your choices of color/fabric is wonderful.
Another vote from me to add to the pile - perceived value is real. If you sell it in the right place there is no reason you shouldn't get upwards of $500. You aren't competing with the department stores, you are selling unique and beautiful works of art which also have a practical use.
I don't know exactly how things work in the US, but if I was making work of that quality in the UK I'd be looking to supply expensive home design stores with my work. Shabby chic is still in, and one of your quilts displayed in a window would bring customers into an independent store - which would make it worth its weight in gold.
I agree. Those are beautiful and there are plenty of people out there who appreciate the art involved... something they cannot buy at a big box store.