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Posted on: 12/3/09 5:06 PM ET
A "friend of a friend" asked me iof I could resize her store bought quilt for her daughters room. I don't know what it looks like or what she is wanting so I told her I would come and take a look. Is this possible and what should I charge for something like this?
And she wants it before Christmas...
  
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Posted on: 12/3/09 5:45 PM ET
Basically, I would think you would trim around the perimeter of the quilt bringing it to the size you want (any border on the original quilt would be trimmed off). Hopefully, the interior block size would work out so you wouldn't have to cut into them and would be able to leave a 1/4 seam allowance outside the block and then apply the binding. For example, lets say the individual blocks are 6" and you want a 72"x 90" quilt, you would trim the interior to a block set of 12 blocks x 15 blocks making sure you leave a 1/4 seam allowance on the outside edges for the binding (you would have to be somewhat carefull in applying the binding so the contrasting fabric from the block you cut into is not showing and fully covered by the new binding). You would also have to make a new binding strip for the new dimensions of the quilt. As far as the cost - that depends on whether you chose to sew the binding down by hand or machine. Hand sewing takes considerably longer, so I would charge more for that. I am a slow poke sewer, so I probably wouldn't charge by the hour but would come up with a fee that I feel is fair for my time and effort (also depends on how good a friend this is)
  
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Posted on: 12/4/09 12:13 PM ET
Yes, you should charge! Who is going to shop for the matching or complementing fabric? YOu have to take the original apart at least back to the binding. Then the toughest part is to fill in batting on the new edges you sew on. It would be cheaper to make one from scratch than to add on to one - if they were paying me.
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