Our son is very into NASA and space exploration and his birthday is today - he's 15. Grandma made him a NASA quilt along with several other gifts for his birthday. He loves it - been wrapped up in it all day hanging around the house.





The 'does it again' is in reference to this thread about an America themed quilt she made for me:
https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...310032364#1310032364

Your MIL is extremely talented. That looks great!

That looks great!

You feel like adopting another kid? I loved my grandmas, buuuut...I am jealous.

That’s out of this world work!

Amazing works of art!

Very nice, MIL is very talented.

The America themed quilt she made for you is beautiful.

I don't have any grandmas, soooooo I'm just saying.


That looks awesome!


ARman


P.S. happy birthday to your son.

That is a beautiful quilt. I'm sure that your son will cherish it for a long time.

Such a loving gesture. If I were you I'ld be talking about you getting cold at night, where she could hear.

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Originally posted by Gambit:
Such a loving gesture. If I were you I'ld be talking about you getting cold at night, where she could hear.

She has already taken care of me!!

https://sigforum.com/eve/forums...310032364#1310032364

That's as high quality work as i've seen!

I would imagine that took awhile to finish. Just a guess, but about 100 hours of work?

I've seen quilts like that one go for over a $1000

Thats phenominal.

That's fantastic!

Beautiful!! What a talent!!

Thanks guys, I have asked her to guesstimate the time spent - but she usually works on several projects at once so she is not sure. She said she does know that there is no way she could price them where she could actually make money from selling them. She is content to make them for family and friends - she loves knowing how much they are appreciated and cherished. No price tag on that, for sure.

I'd still like to buy one like the American quilt!

Super cool

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
Thanks guys, I have asked her to guesstimate the time spent - but she usually works on several projects at once so she is not sure. She said she does know that there is no way she could price them where she could actually make money from selling them. She is content to make them for family and friends - she loves knowing how much they are appreciated and cherished. No price tag on that, for sure.

I assume it would be in the $400-500 range in order to make it even worth her time.

You got something money can't buy, enjoy it. It is a dying skill, you are so lucky to get to benefit from it.

But..... If she has any desire to make an Redskins Caps or Nats one as practice for a future gift I will buy all materials.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:

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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
Thanks guys, I have asked her to guesstimate the time spent - but she usually works on several projects at once so she is not sure. She said she does know that there is no way she could price them where she could actually make money from selling them. She is content to make them for family and friends - she loves knowing how much they are appreciated and cherished. No price tag on that, for sure.

I assume it would be in the $400-500 range in order to make it even worth her time.

You got something money can't buy, enjoy it. It is a dying skill, you are so lucky to get to benefit from it.

But..... If she has any desire to make an Redskins Caps or Nats one as practice for a future gift I will buy all materials.

My wife makes quilts, and her answer is: you can't afford a handmade quilt.

There will be $100 worth of material in one, and thirty to fifty hours of assembly time, before the quilting step is reached. It it is hand quilted, add another thirty hours. If machine quilted, that takes a five to ten hours of time and a machine that costs a lot of money. There are computer controlled quilting machines, but they cost like a car.

$400 to $500 probably wouldn't even touch it at an hourly rate that pays a quilter a reasonable amount for the skill involved.