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My birthday flowers are so pretty!

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I was curious about what my wage and time, plus materials, would bring the cost of a foundation paper pieced and handquilted king size quilt to...and...

Okay, anyone willing to pay this amount will be enough to convince to make something this...outrageous. it'll close commissions for a year or two, and require frequent breaks so I don't burnout.

$23,800 USD.

$27× 900 hours + cost of materials (batting alone will be $200, 25 yards of fabric will be about what i need, i'll kill several rotary blades with all the cutting, and likely go through at least two spools of thread) = final cost

That amount of money will be what it takes to convince me to make this. If you're willing to pay for one of these now, hmu. I'll make the listing.

If you want just a king size quilt top, that's still $6150 USD. I'll need around 25 yards of fabric, a couple spools of thread (or a cone), and two to three rotary blades. This will take around 200 hours for traditional piecing. Foundation paper piecing will add another 100-200 hours easily because I have to print each section of each block, cut them out, fold along the seam lines, cut all the fabric, sew the fabric to the paper, press each seam, trim, rinse and repeat many times, sew the blocks together, remove the paper (sooooo many pieces), make the rows, and sew the rows together. So foundation paper piecing will bring the top to $11,650. For just the quilt top.

If you're 100% certain you want a king size quilt, and you're able to pay, let me know. I'll put the commission listing up for you, and promptly close commissions until further notice.

Money is good incentive.

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Sewing mens overalls from 1910

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Absolutely idillic on the way to work this morning

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Skirt keeps getting stuck in my wheel.. :-(

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My blog is called after the dye of this work, 5g yellow or gelb5g I might re name it right now.

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Yto Barrada, Four Times Casablanca I (Centripetal), 2020

shout out to Barrada, she is one of my favourite artists. She made many versions of Stella's work and runs a wonderful dye house and residency in Tanger.

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Dyed some stuff with I dye poly on thursday. These trousers were supposed to be navy blue. They have some cotton in them so they turned out this holographic blue grey. I like that the stains also dyed into a similar tone.

And a picture of my favorite window fence in my local area.

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Making this skirt, im giving it a mens underpants coming out trousers type of waist.

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Some combination of some woven pieces and kitty van der mijll dekkers teatowel

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4 towels I wove in Dec

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Almost finished this one today! Its a 3/4 of a circle skirt.

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Picking out lace leftovers to make 2 skirts.

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Crate rietveld shelf

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Double weave blanket by me 120x80cm

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Lucas professional tool, my drawing and a lattice glass door.