Will you make me a quilt?

[Sandy F.]

Cheryl your adoption quilt is lovely, very moving. You are also lucky to have people who appreciate the value of your work. Maggi

[Sandy F.]

A friend hired me to make a quilt, and there's another that wants me to make some memory quilts. Fortunately they understand costs and time put into these, and are willing to pay for something unique and personalized just for them. I take all supplies and multiply by 3, then add a little more if the quilting is more intricate. There is a photo of a quilt in my profile for the guatemalan adoption. I will probably charge 180-200. It is 42X46 with light quilting.

cheryl

[Sandy F.]

Betty Ann, I love that answer!

I wonder why people think we can make them inexpensive quilts? Everything else that's handcrafted is *more* expensive than store-bought.

One of life's mysteries.

[Sandy F.]

I recently discovered that C. Jenkins has a product almost never found in quilt stores: Bubble Jet Set for Hewlett Packard printers. Their regular Bubble Jet Set 2000 is really made for Canon and Epson-type inkjet printers. HP uses a different ink formulation and it doesn't work as well with the regular BJS 2000. I had been frustrated with the results of BJS labels over the past couple of years and had reverted to the (much more expensive) Printed Treasures. They work well, but you have to use white backgrounds for your printing, which I found limiting for my quilt labels. I wanted to use my own, matching fabric, so needed to find a BJS-type product that worked with my HP printer with Vivera inks. So I emailed the contact at C. Jenkins, and he recommended the HP BJS.

The only place I have found the HP BJS is online at the Jenkins website: http://www.cjenkinscompany.com/Bubbl...t_2000_s/3.htm

I used this with a couple of recent quilt labels, and it worked great.

BethMI

I have only done one or two quilt lables...

I ironed then taped my fabric of choice to a sheet of freezer paper that fits into my machine ( took the regular stuff from a roll and cut it to size) I ironed the freezer paper to the fabric. I then change ths setting on my printer for thick paper ( card stock) I put the fabric paper through .... one sheet only ... can not load more then that.


It worked okay ... not sure how long it will hold up... wouldn't it be a bummer if all these printed fabrics faded over time....

I worry about that in the middle of the night.

[Sandy F.]

I was hand quilting a quilt in the dining room of the nursing home last week and one of the ladies in charge of activities asked me if I made quilts for other people. She would pay to have a quilt made if I was interested and then she said a lady down the road would do it but charged $900 a quilt and that was too much. I politely said I was too slow a quilter that I only had time to make them for family.

[Beth A.]

Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you. graduation season, you know.

Yes, I use Bubble Jet Rinse to set the Hewlett Packard Vivera inks after using HP Bubble Jet Set.

BethMI

[Beth A.]

I have a friend who has 3 children 2 grown and married and one that is 8 years old. She was over the other day and seen my wips and said "I need you to make me 4 quilts for christmas." :shock: Then proceeded to tell me the color schemes of the quilts she wanted and asked if I had any books she could look at to pick a pattern. :roll: I just said how about I teach you to quilt. :idea: Her response were her time restrictions. Her son is in too many activities. So I asked how big she wanted these quilts 2 king 1 queen and 1 full :shock: :shock: :shock: I told her I make baby quilts and that I was in the middle of making a baby quilt right now but she could visit and watch me work on it. So I made sure I did a very intricate part of the quilt at that moment. then later when she asked me to come over I took my on the go project so she could see that too. She hasn't asked again.Rachel

[Beth A.]

Last person who asked me to make a quilt for them got this reply. I will make the quilt and keep track of my hours. Let's say 1000 hours. Then you will come to my house and clean, toilets and all, for an equal number of hours. Then we will be even. No takers. Betty Ann in stormy Florida

[Beth A.]

I not only get asked to make people a quilt......I have been handed old rag quilts to be finished. I have also been asked to hem pants, repair home linens, make prom dresses, make bridesmaids dresses, etc. I have so many quilt projects that I want to make, who has time to sew so many other things that aren't even fun to do. I do tell people quilting and sewing is a personal hobby, purely for my personal pleasure. I am not for sale.

[Beth A.]

I always tell them, "Sure, but the fabric alone will cost around $250, and the labor will be at least $1000........" That shuts 'em up!
Regarding what people do with the quilts you give them -- I decided, early on, that I'd only give quilts to people I knew would appreciate the time and effort it took to make it, and would take care of it in a reasonable manner. Exceptions to this are charity quilts (Project Linus, etc.), but these are simple quilts & usually tied.
I make my "gift" quilts with the expectation that they will be used (i.e., not put away as an heirloom), but tell the recipient that if they decide they don't want it, to return it to me rather than use it as something to change the car's oil on!

[Beth A.]

Thank you Beth. I will keep that in mind when I'm looking for a printer. I have been a member from the beginning but have just recently found the forums and chat. What a wonderful way to learn new things!!!
Gotta go so I can watch the new show and see another way to do my flower photos on fabric!! This is a new day for learning!!

[Beth A.]

"Vivera ink" is the type (probably a manufacturer's name) used in many modern HP inkjet printers. I love the color and the way it makes photos, but those inks don't do as well on fabric.

If you have one of these printers, you know it because "Vivera" is plastered all over the printer and the ink cartricges.

BethMI

[Beth A.]

Margo

I knew it had to be some thing so simple, ops: "Thank You"!

LOL!!! Joe the quilter "make me a quilt" song Too Cute!!!

[Beth A.]

Beth - I am curious - What is Vivera Ink?? What kind of printers do you use it in?? Can it be used in a regular size printer or is it used only in large format printers??
I have heard very little about it and have been thinking about getting a large format printer so I can print my photos on larger pieces of fabric.
Thanks, Carolyn

[Beth A.]

I recently discovered that C. Jenkins has a product almost never found in quilt stores: Bubble Jet Set for Hewlett Packard printers. Their regular Bubble Jet Set 2000 is really made for Canon and Epson-type inkjet printers. HP uses a different ink formulation and it doesn't work as well with the regular BJS 2000. I had been frustrated with the results of BJS labels over the past couple of years and had reverted to the (much more expensive) Printed Treasures. They work well, but you have to use white backgrounds for your printing, which I found limiting for my quilt labels. I wanted to use my own, matching fabric, so needed to find a BJS-type product that worked with my HP printer with Vivera inks. So I emailed the contact at C. Jenkins, and he recommended the HP BJS.

The only place I have found the HP BJS is online at the Jenkins website: http://www.cjenkinscompany.com/Bubbl...t_2000_s/3.htm

I used this with a couple of recent quilt labels, and it worked great.

BethMI