This is what I've had to do recently for a friend with damaged or destroyed garb for a friend. Some of it we were able to find similar things on the web, and then there's what I actually charge to make such things. Those estimates were what was used to filed their claim with their insurance.
alex So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with… On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Franchesca Havas <[email protected]> wrote: > For insurance reasons you need to find something like it with a price tag to > use as your baseline. What would it cost you to replace it is the name of > this game. > > Ches > > -----Original Message----- > From: Guenievre de Monmarche <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 9:42 AM > To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> > Subject: [h-cost] Value of handmade costumes... > > 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 > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
