I haven't done anything about garb, but I was able to write my fabric stash into my homeowner's insurance, which was definitely a relief.
For the garb, I think you might need to focus on replacement cost--if you were to hire someone else to re-make these for you, what would their total charge be? Sounds like a good excuse to do some fun window-shopping at websites, vendors, etc. Even if what they're selling isn't _exactly_ like what you already have, you should be able to find something of similar complexity made from materials of similar cost. -E House On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Guenievre de Monmarche <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > This is a slightly off-topic question, but as I'm in the middle of the > post-Pennsic garb cleaning binge, spending hour cleaning hems and > steaming wrinkles gives one a lot of time to ponder the value of the > fabric and time in one's garb. So I started wondering whether I should > get a rider on my insurance to cover the garb, and realized I had no > idea how to estimate the value in question. In most cases I know how > to estimate the fabric cost, but how do I estimate labor, especially > on things with 100+ hours of embroidery? I'm not a pro seamstress, so > I'm somewhat at a loss... > > Jennifer aka Guenièvre > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
