Comments on: Revisiting the Quilt Pricing Model http://www.quiltingbusiness.com/revisiting-the-quilt-pricing-model/ How to Start a Quilting Business Tue, 25 May 2010 05:20:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Chuck Smith http://www.quiltingbusiness.com/revisiting-the-quilt-pricing-model/comment-page-1/#comment-1812 Chuck Smith Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:10:04 +0000 http://quiltingbusiness.com/?p=18#comment-1812 Hi Virginia - thanks for the comment. I agree that selling on eBay can be more trouble (and expense) than it's worth, especially for handcrafted items like quilts. There are sites like <a href="http://www.etsy.com" rel="nofollow">www.etsy.com</a> that specialize in helping artisans and crafters sell their goods to people who will appreciate them. There are folks making a living with quilting though. Not as many as I'd like to see, but there are a number of full-time quilters (including some who sell their art quilts for $1,000s), and some longarm quilters who are doing well. Plus, there are 1,000s of part-time quilters like yourself who make a little extra money on the side doing something they love. Keep up the good work, and if you ever want to share any photos of your quilts, let me know. I'd love to see them! Regards, Chuck Hi Virginia – thanks for the comment. I agree that selling on eBay can be more trouble (and expense) than it’s worth, especially for handcrafted items like quilts. There are sites like http://www.etsy.com that specialize in helping artisans and crafters sell their goods to people who will appreciate them.

There are folks making a living with quilting though. Not as many as I’d like to see, but there are a number of full-time quilters (including some who sell their art quilts for $1,000s), and some longarm quilters who are doing well. Plus, there are 1,000s of part-time quilters like yourself who make a little extra money on the side doing something they love.

Keep up the good work, and if you ever want to share any photos of your quilts, let me know. I’d love to see them!

Regards,
Chuck

]]> By: Virginia http://www.quiltingbusiness.com/revisiting-the-quilt-pricing-model/comment-page-1/#comment-1810 Virginia Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:40:11 +0000 http://quiltingbusiness.com/?p=18#comment-1810 Hello Chuck Very interesting comment on E-Bay. Several years ago, I had a selling account with E-Bay. In the first place, placing articles to be viewed was expensive and secondly your category is usually included with dozens of others. My site was Miscellanious crafts. Yes, I sold some, you might say broke even. The bother was not worth the income. I did get an excellent price for a used sewing machine, but other than that, after calculating profit/loss, I cancelled my site. I do buy, occasionally from E-Bay, especially if I need 5 inch squares. I find I do better by word of mouth. Since 2007, I have made and sold 4 quilts 3 queen size and 1 king size. Their combined value near $2500. My work is far from perfect, but my artistry is what sells my products. I'm 81 years old and am happy to be able to construct the quilts. If I sell one, OK, if not, that's OK too. I've watched the quilt business for a number of years and I have yet to find anyone who individually makes quilts on a part time bases, got rich. Happy quilting. Hello Chuck
Very interesting comment on E-Bay. Several years ago, I had a selling account with E-Bay. In the first place, placing articles to be viewed was expensive and secondly your category is usually included with dozens of others. My site was Miscellanious crafts. Yes, I sold some, you might say broke even. The bother was not worth the income. I did get an excellent price for a used sewing machine, but other than that, after calculating profit/loss, I cancelled my site. I do buy, occasionally from E-Bay, especially if I need 5 inch squares.

I find I do better by word of mouth. Since 2007, I have made and sold 4 quilts 3 queen size and 1 king size. Their combined value near $2500. My work is far from perfect, but my artistry is what sells my products.

I’m 81 years old and am happy to be able to construct the quilts. If I sell one, OK, if not, that’s OK too. I’ve watched the quilt business for a number of years and I have yet to find anyone who individually makes quilts on a part time bases, got rich.

Happy quilting.

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