Am I out of line?

[HandsOffItsMine]

Kellie, I think that as a beginner quilter you're in the position that many are in when freelancing in a new profession.

I owned a graphic design/printing company for 12 years in Calif 'till this year. When designers start off doing a web site, they are newbies, they're slower in coding, they run into problems in basic functionalities, they run over in budget hours. They have to "eat" the hours as we call it. They can't bill the "learning curve" hours to the client. You're basicly in that position, I think you need to recalculate how much time it took you to do piece the top and tie the quilt together. The binding is your "learning curve" that put your hours over the top in value. You might have to "eat" that and look as that paying the price in learning your craft. We've all done that. I've have spent thousands of hours over the last 30 years keeping upto date on software upgrades and I can't charge my clients for that. It's something that we have to do as designers.

If you charge at least $10/hr @ 16 hr = $160 for 2 days work - I would say that is fair for a king size area.

Make some small tops and see if Eleanore's video helps you with the binding and then practice, practice. Donate the small blankets to ASPCA, the dogs and cats aren't picky about the backs having puckers/pleats and the binding.

I would make sure that after the wash that your binding is stable and tight, especially at the corners. Don't want them to come undone in her own first washing.

Stick it out and practice some more. I would definately wait to take on any queen or king size jobs though. lol

Huggers, Ruby