The conversation about what are quilts are worth has reached one of the big guns, Quilters Newsletter Magazine! The Aug/Sept 2014 issue includes a very sharp article titled “What’s Your Quilt Worth?” It begins on page 38.
Gigi Khalsa interviewed several industry professionals, including yours truly, and put together a well informed article stuffed with facts, opinions, and “behind the green curtain” advice.
- Nancy Henry talks about the business arc of her Etsy shop, nhquiltarts.
- Samantha Harvey of Sami’s Quilts and Crafts discusses the formulae she uses rigorously to price quilts. “Quilters who undercharge make it harder for anyone to get a fair price.” Woman after my own heart!
- Katie Ringo of Katie’s Quilting Corner gives strong commission advice. She also says “Educate your buying public.” Right on.
- Patricia L. Cummings of Quilter’s Muse Publications reminds us that the price of a quilt should include the wear and tear on our tools and machines, and the power to run them.
- Caryl Bryer Fallert-Gentry discusses the price-per-square foot formula she uses (similar to a lot of fine art painters). She also talks about correct pricing when a gallery carries your work. Never undercut your gallery!
- LUKE Haynes also uses a pricing formula, but he talks about his long toil in the trenches to build a body of work at prices that cover a living wage.
- Carol Ann Waugh of aBuzz Gallery discusses the difficult job of competing with cheaply made imports.
- And I talk, as always, about my belief that if we all work on this together, we will all benefit from it.
That’s me, in the opening paragraph! I’m the closer too!
From the core of my being, I believe that We Are $ew Worth It. And I hope you’ll join me in that.
Kudos for being the one quoted in bold print!
I’m pretty stoked!