How much does it cost to Make a Quilt?

[Weedygarden]

I haven't purchased fabric to make a quilt in a long time, but at this price, I won't.

 

[zoomzoom]

Looks like around $400 for materials and $1200 for labor. Is it a labor of love that you don't really quantify? Kind of like guys working or spending money on vehicles?

Don't forget that you probably need a several thousand $ machine to do it.

My aunt made VERY impressive quilts. Show quality. They're family heirlooms now and besides being on beds, they're hanging on walls. I'd guess her nice ones are valued in the several thousand $ range.

 

[DWinCO]

I LOVE my scrap quilts. I think I spent about $25 on the last big one. I made a really nice rag t-shirt quilt for my son. Spent about $10 on flannel and have enough flannel to make a quilt for my sister. Working on one right now...all scraps.

 

[Weedygarden]

I LOVE my scrap quilts. I think I spent about $25 on the last big one. I made a really nice rag t-shirt quilt for my son. Spent about $10 on flannel and have enough flannel to make a quilt for my sister. Working on one right now...all scraps.

I'm with you about making quilts from scraps, but I once decided that every time I traveled I would buy some fabric for a quilt. I eventually had enough. Now we are talking many years ago, and I have absolutely no idea how much that quilt cost me, but my guess is that it was well less than $50.