Go on then - would you buy it or bin it?

[PandaLady]

I'm considering making more of these jackets, sewn from vintage patchwork quilts, to sell via Etsy and possibly an upmarket farmers market in a nearby (NM stronghold) town.

For context, Etsy sell similar for £250.

1. Would you buy it?
2. If so, what would you be prepared to pay?

I've asked my sisters, one looked appalled and muttered something about it being 'very niche' while the other was enthusiastic.

Thanks in advance

Very clever you can make these, but I don’t like them (sorry). I don’t want to resemble a walking bed spread. And £250! faints!
I’m sure some people would love them though.

I can see there is a lot of work in it but it is just not my style so it’s a no from me.

No from me, sorry

House/bed jacket only, and not at that price. Couldn't you make a new quilt or a cushion or something instead?

Absolutely hideous for a jacket, would suit a dog/cat bed.

You are obviously very talented , but I wouldn't buy one.

No sorry

I wouldn't buy one although I love actual quilts. As a PP suggested, is there a market in reselling as recrafted (can't think of proper term) quilts or cushions?

My cute little cousins used to wear stuff like that in the 80s from clothkits!
I sort of like it in a weird way, but wouldn't wear it tbh.

Niche ...

But the model has great hair!

I see there's a lot of talent that goes into that but it honestly looks like a dressing gown with the ends lopped off.

Thank you for your honesty. I think sister 2 might have captured it with her 'niche' comment!

I have just stopped doing soft furnishings because the market for all those things is dire right now.

Sorry, but no, I wouldn't buy that and don't fancy it.

I love a good quilt, I have many of them
But I'm not sure I would wear one 😬

I agree with others that it's a clever make, but it looks like what it is; that you're wearing a bed quilt, sorry. I think a plain colour one could maybe work?

I'm Japanese. That looks like a bed jacket old people wear in their houses only. I'm laugh if people are wearing them outside!

Not for £25, sorry

At least you are making me laugh while being brutal.

Thanks @MayIDestroyYou I do my hair myself (dh clippers the back bit while I cut and colour the top bit).

Um.

It's along the same line as one of those fleeces with wolves on them.

So, it's a no from me.

I think I’d agree with ‘niche’.

God, now I feel truly slated @YourCakesAreShit, wolf fleece jacket indeed...

@YourCakesAreShit 🤣🤣 I have to agree. Sorry OP!

I'm all for sewing and upcycling but seems like waste of a nice quilt. Maybe if you overdyed it?

Agree with PPs, I really don't like them but they are amazingly made.

Is there really no market for throws / soft furnishings as you are amazingly talented?

Not for me