After all things considered like time, sizing and originality of patterns
taken from extant garments or drafted from pictures, I ended up pricing such
(in my now retired business) generally around $50/60. Usually that was high
enough to chase away the casual customer and recompense me enough
professionally not to worry about copyright. This was pretty much for
personal design, particular size.
For a venue that may offer 'library' priveledges for design, I suggested
that any subsequent use beyond the initial, that permission of the artist
must be obtained. I realize that this sort of permission is probably
included in copyright agreements, but have come across it from time to time
when no other form of continued use was given.
kathleen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Abel, Cynthia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 12:02 PM
Subject: RE: [h-cost] Patterning Question
Dear Sarah:
I've not done this sort of work before, but make sure you copyright your
work before selling/donating it if you are creating your patterns from
scratch, if possible. I do interlibrary loan and some authors have to
sign away their rights as author in order to get published. So if they
need a published version copy of a work they authored they sometimes
have to pay for it.
Also, what kind of copies do they want: full scale hardcopies in what
material(paper, muslin, etc), scale copies in what scale, or digital
copies? This affects the price you charge, depending on the work you
have to put into it to supply the copy format.
Hope this helps.
Cindy Abel
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Sarah Paterson
Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 10:09 AM
To: 'Historical Costume'
Subject: [h-cost] Patterning Question
I have been asked to do some cutting & sewing for a National Historic
Site, which I have done before, but this time they are asking for a copy
of my patterns for the archives. This one is a new one on me.
So may I ask the group, especially those have done this aspect of
contract work before, what do you charge for your patterns?
Thank you
Sarah Paterson
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