CaTs Quilting: Tribute Quilts

Friday, April 22, 2011

Tribute Quilts

"Never Forget" an original design by Tony Ratola

Cost is $3500.00

The "Never Forget" quilt my husband originally made for the HMQS show will be in competition this May here in Salt Lake City, UT. It will be entered in the theme category of "It's a Holiday" as a tribute to Veteran's who have served, are serving and will serve our country as he did for over 25 years.

He also entered it in the Desert Quilters of Nevada Quilt show in Henderson, Nevada this last March. It took first place in the theme category of "25 Years of Memories"; Best Machine Quilting ribbon (with cash award), and the Viewer's Choice ribbon (with cash award). It was also noted in the judge's comments that this quilt was the "Best of Show" runner up. It was a very emotional quilt for a lot of people that viewed it. There is mixed techniques of traditional pieced blocks, machine applique, photo transfer, printing on fabric and a huge American flag that turned out bigger than anticipated. Hope you enjoy my husband's latest accomplishment. This quilt is for sale. Interested?, please contact us at: catsquilting@yahoo.com. This quilt will be appraised at the HMQS show.

This quilt is 98" x 116": original pattern with an adaptation from a pattern Spirit by Big Foot Cotton Co for the eagle used. Most fabrics are batiks with some cottons. The batting is Legacy 80/20 cotton/poly blend; and the threads used are by Superior.

We will also post his "Peace" quilt shortly that also won awards and was another original design. This quilt is also for sale and has been appraised.

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Pricing

Custom Quilts -

All custom quilts will require cost of fabric estimate as deposit. This will depend on size of quilt to be made and the pattern to be used.

There is an hourly cost at $15 per hour to construct the quilt top.

The quilting fee is by the square inch and starts at 2.0 cents for a general overall simple quilting pattern. (Example: 60" x 85" = 5100 x .02 = $102.00). There is a minimum fee of $45.

The binding fee is by linear inch at 20 cents. (Example: 60 + 60 + 85+ 85 = 290 x .20 = $58.00) for binding to sewed by machine to front and hand stitched to the back.

T-Shirt / Photo quilts -

The same information from custom quilts is also applied to these quilts; but there is an additional fabric cost for stabilizer and photo transfer fabric. Plus cost of ink cartridges for photo transfer at $70. An average cost of these quilts usually runs between $350 - $700. Again size plays an important factor and number of photos or T-shirts.

Baby Quilts -

We have some baby quilts already made available for sale. The average cost of a crib size quilt completed is $350.00 each.

Long-Arm Quilting Services -

We have an APQS Millennium long arm quilting machine. We do all the quilting with no computerized assistance.

We try to provide a one month turn around on any quilt received within the month. If necessary, can be done quicker or may take longer. We also accept quilts mailed to us with a delivery confirmation and a deposit.

Contact us at catsquilting@yahoo.com for information on your quilting needs.

Our services start at 2.0 cents per square inch.

(Example 65" x 80" =5200 sq. in x ..02 = $104.00) This will include general overall simple patterns.

Tony is great at some really cool free motion overall quilting. This usually begins at 2.5 cents per square inch.

We also have rulers, templates and other gadgets to create special quilts. Because they all take more time to set; the cost usually starts at 3 cents with any ruler or template work.

We have entered quilts for show competion and have ribbons ranging from Best of Show in 2005 at the Desert Quilters of Nevada show to a second place in category at the HMQS show in 2010. Both quilts mentioned were original designs by Tony.

We offer different choices of batting.
100% cotton
100% wool
80/20 cotton/poly blend
100% polyester
50/50 bamboo/cotton blend

We provide a binding service. This is machine sewed to the front and hand stitched to the back at 20 cents a linear inch.