Having just helped a young lady with her first sewing project that was basically this gown in one color. It took her three sewing sessions of about two hours each, one session that was to cut out and fit the gown and I took on the hem and lacing holes by machine (two hours) so she could wear it for Halloween. Now, if it had been me sewing it all, it would have taken two-three hours to sew. I would have charged about $75-100 in labor.
Usually my sewing goes fast, it's when I make a mistake and have to tear something out and redo it that eats up my time. But I'm also rather compulsive when I'm working a project, working long hours and not stoping for meals if I can help it until it's done. alex On 11/13/06, Sylvia Rognstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You must sew awfully fast. I've been sewing most all my life and I can see that taking me a couple days, including cutting of course, so that would bring my price, just for labor, up to $400. I don' think the asking price is unreasonable. My garments are quite well made, though, and fully lined if necessary. Sylrog On Nov 12, 2006, at 10:51 PM, Sue Clemenger wrote: > With a serger? Couple of hours, tops. Of course, I could build a > complete > tent in a couple of hours, when I did it for a living. Now I deal > with maps > and data bases and school buses, thank goodness, and get to do my > sewing for > fun. > --Sue in Montana, not Susan in TN ;o) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sylvia Rognstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 9:34 PM > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: gores in skirt in late Middle ages??? > > >> Really? How long do you estimate it would take you to make such a >> gown? >> >> On Nov 12, 2006, at 8:27 PM, Susan B. Farmer wrote: >> >>> Quoting Sylvia Rognstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>>> I should go into business. Wonder how many this company sells at >>>> those >>>> prices. >>> >>> Who Knows! But I could sure sell them a lot cheaper than that! >>> >>> susan >>> ----- >>> Susan Farmer >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> University of Tennessee >>> Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology >>> http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> h-costume mailing list >>> h-costume@mail.indra.com >>> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> h-costume@mail.indra.com >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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