I charge by the job, but my husband says I always undercharge.
Natalie
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From: Sylvia Rognstad
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Charging for sewing
I charge by the hour. The problem is doing a proper
At 12:57 21/07/2006, you wrote:
I charge by the job, but my husband says I always undercharge.
Natalie
I charge by the hour. The problem is doing a proper estimate
beforehand. I almost always underestimate.
Sylrog
On Jul 20, 2006, at 10:10 PM, Sharon at Collierfam.com wrote:
I charge by the hour- $12.50 for straight sewing, $25 for hand work, and
pattern drafting. Then I go through and make a pretty accurate estimate of
hours and come up with what it's worth. Usually I then negotiate a fee
I'm willing to take for the straight stuff. I don't negotiate on hand
I have a program on my palm pilot for this. I have the 02 version of
Bookshelf, which I purchased on Handango for about $15. It will hold
limitless books, and has a pretty thorough little data base, including
title, author, ISBN no, edition, publisher, etc. It does sorts by author
as well
Lynn, I have to agree on the vote for LibraryThing.com. I'd been hearing
about it from several friends and after the expensive re-purchasing of 2
research books the weekend before the H-Cost discussion, went in and took the
plunge to actually do something with my books.
I paid for a
I am not a professional seamstress by any means. My forte is gloves.
But upon occasion a theater buddy will tap me to alter very special
pieces and for those I do charge hourly. I do not announce that my
rate is hourly. I use it to calculate the set fee.
Now mind you, for web work and
I am doing so much less custom work than I used to, the kids take up
too many of my brain cells. My sewing is very part time at the
moment.
I usually charge an initial $25 consultation fee to sit down and talk
with the client about the project (either in person or by email).
This can be applied
I'm in CA, too, But my group's budget usually ran approx. $2500 per show, so
it was essentially gas money.
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Thank you to all who have responded. This gives me an idea of how to figure
pricing.
Sharon
Young lovers seek perfection,
Old lovers learn the art of sewing shreds together
And of seeing beauty in a multiplicity of patches
- How To Make An American Quilt
