Pricing One's Work.....

When someone asks to buy one of my quilts I have a tendency to struggle with pricing it.


 Strange as it may sound I would rather give the quilt away than undervalue it. 

 A few weeks ago I took River Valley Walk .......and hung it in my guest/sewing room on the west coast.


Last week we had guests stay while we were back in Alberta and out of the blue, one of the guests asked to buy it.


I'm just not sure how to price it.

Quilt Detail

• The quilt is approximately 60" x 80"
• The value of the fabrics including batting is about $215
• It's my own design....a one of a kind
• Fairly heavily quilted

I'm thinking of asking $1800.....chances are they won't want to spend that much, but I don't think I can sell it for anything less.

Is my price fair? How much would you charge?
I would love your input.......

Free Bee July 2012

It's been hot all week....so not a lot of sewing going on around here.


 I did enjoy finishing up my July Free Bee block for Stacey. 
I dipped into my Colourbox from Oakshott and came up with this. 

This looks much more complex than it actually is. 

• Sew a strip set (random widths)
• Cross cut into strips (random widths)
• Sew a log cabin block, with the strips

Stress free and lots of fun.

Insomnia Induced Colour Craze

What does a quilter do when they can't sleep??  


Produce slightly off colour  colour crazy blocks. 

 I couldn't sleep so I thought I would start my Free Bee Block for July. After seeing Lynne's spectacular block here.....I was all hyped up for this months block.....so I guess it's Lynne's fault that I'm up at 3:30 in the morning.


Maybe I'll like the colours better in daylight.....whoops that could be anytime soon.

One Last Ocean Wander

One last ocean wander....before heading back to the prairies.

With my studio arranged to my satisfaction ( I hope) and my scraps all sorted, a walk along the ocean was the order of the day. 

I just might be up for some serious quilting next week....I really am all sorted out.

Fresh Sorting Day.......

Whoops, I mean  Fresh Sewing Day at Lily's Quilts....

Since most of the month of June, was spent, with my head in the scrap bin, so to speak, it feels more like Fresh Sorting Day. 

Very little sewing, but lots of sorting went on.

I finished my free bee block for Lynne, now just to get it in the mail.

I did a quick QAYG scrap block...because I couldn't help myself, sorting all those scraps was such a temptation, to play a little.

I set up a humungous scrap system.....then flew off to the west coast.

After rearranging the studio, out here a few times, I threw myself back into sorting. I don't have near as many scraps to deal with here, as I do back home. I thought I would set up a smaller version of the scrap system, I have back home.

I already had the buckets....so let the sorting begin.

 

And, I just had to show you the nifty, oversized safety pin I found for my wall. Thanks for telling me to stop rearranging and go shopping instead, Leanne !!!

So if you have a minute, pop over to Lily's Quilts and see what everyone's been up to.

Sometimes I Irritate myself!

The west coast studio looked perfectly fine, until I started rearranging it again...for the third time, this year. 

I moved all the furniture around and hope I'm happy with this arrangement. Everything got moved closer to the windows again....the view is really lovely. 

I hung up a curtain rod, with rings and clips, so that I could diplay quilts.  The plan is to make a hanging design wall, that can be hung, on the same rod.

Since this room doubles as a guest room, it will be nice to be able to take the design wall down at will. I'll have to test that theory out.

The question is..... how many times can one arrange one little room????

Free Bee June 2012

The Free Bee block for June has a limited palette, which is unusual for me.  Lynne asked us to make a twelve inch block, in black and white, with a pop of red. No other restrictions...I'm not used to restricting my colours, so a bit of a challenge there.

I hope you like it Lynne.