I've been asked to make a quilt out of a wedding dress.
The fabric is silk, and there are about seven different fabrics involved. The skirt was a bit lagenlook, with multilayers and flappy sections, so there was originally quite a lot of fabric, but I used a good amount of it a while back to make cushions for my client.
Now she wants a 60" x 45" quilt made from the remnants, for a family baby. I've got a bin liner full of fabric sections, some are fairly large but a lot are, of course odd shapes. I've also been given an old jersey duvet cover to use as the backing.
Quilting is not my forte. I'm only doing square patchwork, so perhaps some 6" squares, and some blocks made from 2 x 2 or 3 x 3 squares. Very simple. Quilting will only be straight lines in the ditch between each block. No free motion quilting at all.
Could anyone please help me with a guideline of the cost I should be charging for this? I'm not a quilter - I've made one of these before, but it was a gift so I did it from love. This time, I don't know this woman and she's paying.
I'm adding up what I feel it might take me, including the additional materials I'll have to buy (the wadding, more silk for the binding, possibly more silk for the blocks, if there isn't enough). It's adding up. I don't, however, want to spend 50 hours on something that I charge £100 for....there's no darn point.
I'm happy to talk privately by DM if anyone prefers that.
Advice would be very, very welcome.