Teaching Services and Fees
- One-hour Lecture: $400 per lecture
- Shipping and insurance charges are extra for trunk shows
- Six-hour Workshop: $650 for 2010; $700 for 2011
- Three-hour Workshop: $375 for 2010; $400 for 2011
- Multi-day Workshop Fee: $650/day for 2010; $700/day for 2011
- Kits for workshops are additional to the workshop fee and vary in price, depending upon the workshop.
Judging Services and Fees
Kathy has experience judging at local, regional and national shows. Since 1999, she has judged nearly 8,000 quilts in 47 quilt shows. She uses the elimination system for judging quilt shows and provides a judging form and volunteer instructions with her contract. Kathy can judge a maximum of 130 quilts per day. In fairness to Kathy and the entrants, she will not judge more than 8 hours per day. Kathy gives 5-7 comments per quilt. Her complete judging resume is available upon request for shows considering this service. Shows often combine her judging, teaching and appraisal services.
Fee: $500/day
Appraisal Services and Fees
Kathy became an AQS Certified Appraiser of Quilted Textiles in 2001. She is experienced in appraising antique, vintage and new quilts as well as wearable art. Typed appraisals include a description of the quilt, its condition, history, appraised value and photo of the quilt. Verbal consultations are for quilt dating and suggestions for care and repair. Appraisal days are sponsored by guilds, shops, shows or museums. Quilts may be brought in or hanging in a show. Each appraisal appointment takes 30 minutes. Suggested advertising and an appointment schedule is included with a contract.
Fee: Written Appraisals – $45/quilt; Verbal Consultations – $20/quilt
Contract Requirements
- Services are secured with a signed contract (provided by Kathy). A $100 non-refundable deposit is due with the contract. The final payment for all work is due at the completion of Kathy’s services.
- Kathy’s minimum amount of combined work for an out-of-town trip is $1,000.
- All round-trip travel expenses including food during travel, airfare, suitcase fees and shipping expenses for trunk shows, insurance, airport parking and/or round-trip mileage from Kathy’s home (reimbursed at the IRS allowable rate at the time of the trip) are paid by the sponsoring guild or show. Kathy’s non-refundable airfare fee is reimbursed immediately after it is purchased by Kathy.
- Kathy prefers her lodging to be in a non-smoking private room in a hotel with an inside entrance; elevator is required if room is not on the first floor.
- Travel expenses are to be equally divided between guilds on a multi-city trip.
