Recently, I received the following question from one of the Quilting Business community about pricing her hand quilted quilts:
Love your newsletters and also your e-course. My question is this: I live in a mid-west town of about 20,000. I make beautiful quilts, hand quilted (7-9 stitches per inch). I make baby quilts, throws, pieced, pre-made tops — you name it I do it. But no one seems to want to pay the price. I have done web research and feel like my prices are neither too high nor too low. Could it be the economy or ???????
Reba Johnson
Carthage, MO
Here’s my response to this question…
Continue reading ‘Quilt Prices Are Too Low!’
One of the reasons that quilters first get into quilting is the chance to express their creativity. And many quilters want to go beyond the available fabrics and create designs of their own.
Continue reading ‘How Do I Transfer My Own Designs to Fabric?’
Recently, I received a question from one of the QuiltingBusiness.com community about determining if her local market was over-saturated with machine quilting businesses (name withheld). Here is the question (which I’ve paraphrased for brevity):
While inquiring about the need for a long-arm quilter in our area in a local quilt shop, I was told (in a not-to-friendly tone), “There are 13 home-based quilters in our area and that’s enough!” I have been very excited about starting my own business after my Gammill demo and she sure took the wind out of my sails. How do I go about doing market feasabilty without scaring my competitors?
Continue reading ‘Are There Too Many Machine Quilting Businesses in My Area?’
I’ve had a number of questions from readers about selling the quilts they make and copyright issues. These questions generally fall into two categories:
- Can I sell a quilt I make from fabric that has licensed images (i.e. Disney, NASCAR, etc.)?
- Can I sell a quilt I make from a pattern I purchase that is copyrighted?
Continue reading ‘Quilting and Copyrights’
Recently, I received a question from one of the QuiltingBusiness.com community who was going to be exhibiting in her first quilt show (in Argentina no less). She wanted to know how to set up her booth and wanted some tips to make the show go smoothly. Here is the question (which I’ve paraphrased for brevity):
Once a year there is a big fair in my town (cows, horses and hens, tractors, lorries, and the like). Farmers display their products, others show their tractors, and the ranchers their animals. The three big tents will be for the people who sell things or show what they make. I will display my quilts, shams, and pillows, and I will be the only one with quilts, since there aren’t as many quilters here in Argentina as in the USA.
I was wondering if you could give me some advice how to decorate my stand and how to best handle the show.
Thanks for your input!
Pat
Continue reading ‘Quilt Show Tips - Displaying Your Quilts’
Recently, I received a question from one of the QuiltingBusiness.com community about starting a business doing hand quilting (name withheld by request). Here is the question (which I’ve paraphrased for brevity):
I have a request to hand quilt and I have no idea how to determine what to charge. Could you help me out with the guidelines? I do hand quilting on my own quilts and people tell me I do a good job and they want me to do their quilts. Any information would be appreciated. I’m thinking about doing hand quilting as a business if it will be worth it. It takes a lot of time and I don’t think people realize it.
Here’s my response to this question…
Continue reading ‘Is a Hand Quilting Business Worth It?’
I‘m still receiving a lot of questions about how to price your quilting services based on the quilting pricing articles I have written and posted on the site (you can check out the quilt pricing article here or another response here) Continue reading ‘How to Market Your Machine Quilting Business for Higher Prices’
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