HOW MUCH DOES A BLANKET COST, OR HOW TO CALCULATE THE PRICE OF YOUR PATCHY PRODUCTS Monday, June 30, 2014 20:06 + in quote book When starting to sew patchwork products for yourself, hardly anyone immediately thinks about their price. Meanwhile, leaving our home into the world, things made from scraps bring their first clients - customers who “also want such beauty for themselves.” And the customer’s first question: “How much does your patchwork quilt cost?” often confuses a novice master. And, meanwhile, this question is not idle. Imagine yourself in the customer's place. Do you want to buy something (or order its production), you are satisfied with the quality (you looked at it from friends, touched it, liked it), it is logical to find out whether your desires coincide with your capabilities? At the same time, the customer, as a rule, does not care about the price down to the kopeck at the very beginning. The order of prices is interesting. What is the price? One hundred rubles or a thousand? Five thousand or fifty? Will the announced price be attractive to the customer or not? Therefore, there is no need to be afraid of the question of price and frantically try in your mind (!) to draw up a complete cost estimate and a business plan at the same time. Prepare for the question in advance, BEFORE you are asked. Or maybe they've already asked? Then arm yourself with a pen and a piece of paper - let's start the calculation. First, let's calculate the cost of something that you have already sewn, for example, patchwork quilt. Even if you sewed it for yourself and are not going to sell it. Product cost = material costs + wear and tear on your equipment ( sewing machine , iron, etc.) + resources (electricity, water, etc.) + your work. Let's go in order. 1. Material costs are how much you paid for the fabric, thread, filling and other materials you used to make the blanket. If the fabrics were from your old stocks, go to the store and see how much they cost now. You count everything, write down the number. 2. Wear and tear of equipment. The service life of a sewing machine is approximately 5 years, or 1235 working days, or 9880 working hours (if you count an 8-hour day with a five-day working week). That is, you, working on a custom sewing machine, should be able to buy a new machine in 5 years, no worse than the one you have now. Divide the cost of your sewing machine by 9880 hours - you will get approximately how much you need to save for 1 hour of work for wear and tear on the machine. Write down the resulting number. 3. Resources. While we are sewing and ironing, the iron and sewing machine are working. Both devices consume electricity. Look at the characteristics - find out how many kilowatts per hour they consume. Multiply by the cost of 1 kW in your region - write down the resulting figure. 4. Your work. The most difficult parameter for many. Imagine sewing patchwork items for a living. What monthly salary would suit you? Treat yourself objectively, taking into account your experience and the price/salary level in your region. You shouldn’t set yourself a salary that you can’t live on, but taking astronomical numbers out of the blue is also not the best option. Divide the salary you just set for yourself by 168 hours (this is the average number of working hours per month). And write down this new figure - the price of your work per hour. 5. And now the most important thing - remember how much time you spent making the blanket. ***** For the future - somewhere near your workplace, place and attach a piece of paper with a pen or pencil to record the start and end times of work. It’s rare that you can sew a whole product in one sitting. Therefore, it is useful to record the time of your work as you go. Then (when you finish the product) you can calculate everything to the minute and draw conclusions about how long it takes to make a particular product. ***** For now, for calculations, we make do with your memory and recollections, like, “two hours for so many days, so many hours in total.” 6. The numbers that you got for the items “wear” and “resources” need to be multiplied by the number of hours that you worked on your equipment (typewriter, iron), and the number for the item “your work” should be multiplied by all that time , when you were working on making a blanket (including cutting fabrics and all the sewing, including ironing). 7. At the end, add up all the data obtained in points 1, 2 and 6: costs of materials + wear and tear of your equipment + resources + your work. This is how you get the cost of the product. 8. The final stage is to convert the size of the blanket into square meters (multiply the width of the blanket by its length), and determine how much 1 sq.m. costs. such a product (with such a patchwork pattern (according to the complexity of execution), with such a stitch, etc.), dividing the cost of the blanket by the number of square meters in this blanket. And here it is - the cherished figure - the cost of one square meter your patchwork product - in your hands! Next, multiply it by the size of the blanket that the customer wants to sew (buy). Allowances for increased complexity(more difficult to make patchwork blocks, more labor-intensive stitching, etc.) also do the math. For those who have a difficult relationship with mathematics, you can omit the meanings of “equipment wear and tear” and “resources”. The cost in this case will come from the cost of materials and your work. There will be an error, yes. But, as I noted at the beginning, the calculation presented above is suitable for those for whom sewing products from scraps is not the only way to earn their daily bread. If you approach the issue with all seriousness (as an entrepreneur), then you need to include future taxes, inflation, associated costs, and profit from entrepreneurial activity in the price (so that there is room to grow :)). Naturally, I do not pretend that the option I propose is the only possible one. Everyone counts as best they can, based on their knowledge and experience. Someone determines the price using a formula such as “how much you wouldn’t mind parting with your creation for.” But, in my opinion, it is not very suitable for products that are still just a design in the mind of your customer, and, possibly, yours. And one more thing. Do not decide for the customer whether the price will be acceptable to him or not. You may not know the level of his material wealth, his attitude towards handmade, in principle, and to your products, in particular. Yes, there are people who are unable to appreciate manual labor on merit, in principle - be prepared for this. These are just not your customers. You shouldn’t devalue your work - instead of sewing for such a person, do something more pleasant and useful for yourself. Take a walk, work out with your children, read an interesting book. In the end, take care of your household chores and you will get more benefit!
Sweet, naive, gentle, cozy, a little funny - all these epithets can be attributed to Tilda the flower angel. This little angel will bring warmth and comfort to your home, adding bright, spring colors even on cold winter evenings. So have a little patience free time and a little imagination - and feel free to start sewing Tilda angel, and this article will definitely help you with this.
Flower angel Tilda: master class and pattern
To repeat our master class, you will need the following materials:
- Flesh-colored fabric for the doll's body
- Fabric for clothes and wings
- Threads from which we will make hair
- Filling (synthetic fluff or holofiber)
- Threads to match the fabric color
- Needle, thread
- Pattern
- Decorative flowers to decorate our Tilda
So, let's start the master class. First of all, we need a pattern. We transfer it to paper.
Now you need to sew scraps of fabric: flesh-colored and the one from which you would like to make a dress. Iron the seam. We attach the pattern to the resulting fabric and cut out the details.
We sew the blanks along the edge, leaving a few millimeters for allowances. We make notches on the bends. We turn the products inside out. To do this, you can take a wooden stick or knitting needle. We stuff each piece tightly and evenly. In order for the angel to bend the legs, you need to do the following: fill the legs halfway, sew them, and then stuff them all the way. 
We place the legs in the hole, below the body, and sew them with a hidden seam. Using the same seam, we sew the handles to the body.
Now the master class moves on to sewing a dress for a flower angel. We take a piece of fabric, fold it in half, and stitch it on the side. We hem the hem, smooth the seams with an iron, and put the dress on Tilda. We sew the skirt to the figure and we have a cute high-waisted dress.
Next we need a pattern for the belt. We transfer it to the prepared fabric, which needs to be folded in half, right side inward. We cut, stitch and turn the pieces inside out. We tie the belt around the angel figurine and secure it with a few stitches. Make sure the ends lie neatly.
Let's start sewing wings for our little angel. They are sewn according to the same principle as Tilda herself: a pattern is applied to the fabric, parts are cut out, stitched, turned right side out, and stuffed with filler. It is best to sew the ends of the wings to create feathers. Then we sew them onto the back of the doll.
After that, let's move on to creating a flower angel hairstyle. We thread the yarn into a needle with a large eye and embroider the bangs as shown in the picture. We pierce the head with pins along the parting and wrap the head with threads. At the parting place we make a seam, with which we secure the hair. To make bumps on the sides, wrap two small skeins around your finger and secure them. As a decoration, we sew a decorative flower onto the belt and into the angel’s hairstyle.
After we turned out all the parts, don't forget that we still have wings and a belt! It is more convenient to turn them inside out together with the body of the doll. Now let's stuff the doll with soft centifluff! The main thing is that the centipuh balls are not hard, otherwise the doll will turn out to be covered in tubercles ((((I bought the filler in the store mirtilda.by.
Take the body and iron it 1 cm from the bottom (or baste it with a contrasting thread). And we begin to fill it, a little bit at a time. I fill it using sushi chopsticks. We fill the very bottom of the body not very tightly so that Tilda can sit-)
Next we fill the arms and legs. They did it themselves, not very complicated, straight, but with their own characteristics! The handle is very thin, it must be filled carefully so as not to tear it. You need to fill it in small pieces. At the end, we tuck a 0.5 mm cut of the sleeve fabric
The Flower Angel doll's legs bend at the knees. To create a “knee” on a doll, you need to mark this place with a disappearing marker, and only then add filler. We fill it up to the knee and then give it a wide stitch on sewing machine(according to the picture from the disappearing marker). Next, you can fill the entire leg.
The legs, arms and body can now be sewn together! But let's first pay attention to the wings and belt. For the belt, fold the fabric (face to face), trace the pattern and add a stitch. Be sure to leave a small opening for turning inside out. It's better to iron the belt. We also cut and stitch for the wings. Also don’t forget to leave a small hole for turning it inside out. Unlike the belt, we loosely fill the wings with centipuh. Then we carefully sew the holes on the belt and wings with a hidden seam.
Now let's return to the main details of the Flower Angel doll. We attach the handles symmetrically to each other on the body using pins and sew them with a hidden seam. When the handles are sewn on, leave the end of the thread in the body: pierce the needle next to the handle and take the thread to the opposite part of the part, slightly stretch it and cut it. You will see how the tail of the thread hides itself. We also attach the legs with pins and sew them with a hidden seam. Be sure to make sure that the legs are the same length and the knees match!
Flower angel tilde will help you care for your flowers, look after them when you are at work and create a very warm atmosphere in your home. Sew and enjoy your creations.
Materials
- Fabric for the body (flesh color), clothes and wings
- Tilda doll hair
- Fabric paints and blush for face decoration
- Embroidery thread for bangs
- Sandal Rubber Sheet
- Beads with a diameter of 3 mm
- Paper flowers from Tilda
How to make a flower angel
To begin work, you need to print out the tilde angel patterns or copy them from the monitor screen. 
Torso
Sew the nude fabric and the green fabric together. Press the seam open and fold the piece in half, right side inward. Translate the pattern of the angel's body. 
Cut and baste, leaving allowances. Make small cuts in the seam allowance exactly in those places where the seam will bend a lot. Sew the details. Using the same principle, sew the arms and legs. Turn the pieces right side out and iron them. So that the legs of the figurine can be bent, you need to stuff them halfway, stitch them across, and then stuff them all the way through. 
Insert the legs into the hole at the bottom of the body and sew a seam, thereby securing them. Stuff the arms and sew a floral angel tilde to the body.
Dress
Cut a piece of floral fabric measuring 26 x 52 cm plus seam allowance. Fold the piece crosswise in half, right side inward, and stitch. 
Turn the dress inside out and press the seams at the hem and top of the dress. Hem the hem.
Place the dress on the figure, fold the folds along the top edge and secure with pins. The dress should be high-waisted (see illustrations). Sew the dress to the angel figurine.
Fold the fabric for the belt in half, right side inward, and draw out the pattern - template. Baste the workpiece, stitch and cut. 
Turn the belt right side out, iron it and tie it around the tilde flower angel figurine. Secure with a few stitches so that the ends of the belt lie neatly.
One paper flower sew to a decorative belt, secure the other one in the angel's hair
Wings
Fold the fabric for the wings in half with the right sides facing in and transfer the pattern. Baste the workpiece, stitch, cut out leaving allowances, turn right side out and iron. 
Sew the tips of the angel's wings to create feathers. 
Stuff the “feathers” with a wooden Chinese stick, and then fill the rest of the wings with stuffing. Sew up the turning hole. Sew the wings to the tilde figure.
Sandals
Trace the sandal template onto the rubber sheet twice and cut out. Using a few neat stitches, sew the sandals to the legs of the figurine and secure small flower with a bead. 
All that remains is for the doll to do it using blush and pencil. 
Now our Flower Angel Tilda is ready for summer!
There are a lot of options for Tilda dolls, and they all amaze with their different cute images - there are so many beauties among them! These amazing products are more than just toys. For many years now, Tilda dolls have been decorating the homes of millions of people around the world, and this is not surprising, because their fans perceive these little fairies and angels as talismans and amulets.
You can choose any image for your fabulous creation. For example, if you want spring to settle in your home and good mood, and it was warm and cozy even at the height of frosty winter, feel free to start sewing the spring angel tilde.
Variety of angelic images
Tilda dolls receive angel status if they have small wings behind their backs. Along with them, the product is also endowed with the functions of a custodian. And despite the fact that they are all sewn according to the same principle - they have rounded shapes, long arms and legs, and they also lack clear outlines of faces, nevertheless, each angel has a special character and a bright personality.
If we talk about the spring and summer tilde collection, then you can choose from the following looks:
- flower angel - very elegant, feminine and beautiful dolls that will feel very comfortable among pots of flowers. A flower angel will help you and take care of them by looking after your plants while you are away from home. But even if you don’t have flowers, such a tilde can replace them with its presence, creating a warm and pleasant atmosphere in your home. A lilac tilde or a lavender angel looks very beautiful;
- spring angel - sometimes it is also called a denim angel or a tilde in a denim jacket, because this is how this doll is usually dressed. Although you can choose some other style for your cutie, for example, boho (when romantic and lace dresses are combined with rough shoes, ethnic motifs, hippie and gothic elements);
- Another version of the spring angel is the tilde in the shabby chic style - the literal translation of the name “shabby chic” means “shabby chic” and implies a combination, synthesis of new and old. Tildes made in this style are extremely sophisticated and luxurious. In addition to the “marshmallow” look of dresses, shabby chic involves the use of a large number of different accessories: decorate an angel in this style with lace, beads, ribbons, strings, shiny stones, etc.;
- and finally, it’s worth paying attention to one more tilde, which also fits into this series - the smallest and most cozy doll - the tea angel (for the first time such a character appeared in the book “Heroes of Fairy Tales” by the author Tony Finnanger, and the tea tilde’s name was Mrs. Pepperpot) . Another name for the product is tilde in a cup. It is very easy to make and you will need very little time to get this cute character.
Let's get down to business
To sew any doll you will need a pattern. Also prepare necessary materials and tools.
If you watch a master class on making a tilde, you will see that it is better to choose natural fabric (you can take chintz, linen, calico or cotton).
For the body of the toy you need a plain fabric (take the color light brown, beige or gray if you are not planning on coffee tinting). And for clothes, just select materials so that they are in harmony with each other. Cotton wool or padding polyester is suitable as a filler. Tilde hair is made from tresses, yarn for felting or knitting.
So, let's start with a master class on sewing a tilde in a cup.
- Choose a pattern depending on what kind of doll you want to sew - small or large. Print it out and transfer it to flesh-colored fabric (the fabric should be folded in half with the right side inward).
- Then you need to lay a running seam so that it runs along the lower part of the tilde body.
- Take the filler and stuff the doll. When the stuffing is completely evenly distributed, sew the product up. The handles must be sewn to the body almost near the neck.
- For the dress, take two rectangular pieces of fabric and fold them together (wrong side out). Transfer the dress pattern onto the fabric and sew along the sides. Then you need to iron the seam allowance at the top of the garment and the small corners on the sides. Turn the dress inside out, also go over it with an iron and put it on the doll. Sew it first with running stitches (along the edges of the hem and neckline), tightening the thread well. Also with a collar. Then sew it on completely.
- The hair for this doll is best made from bouclé yarn, and the face is painted with acrylic paints and blush. Attach a small rose to the hairstyle and sew the handle of the tilde to the mouth.
- Now you will need a beautiful cup. Coat its bottom with glue and place the doll there. To hang it, attach a small loop.
Other tildes are sewn according to the same principle. However, the patterns for the legs and torsos of the spring angel and the flower angel, unlike the tea doll, consist of two parts. When transferring the pattern onto the fabric, carefully ensure that all the lines match correctly.
