I wasn't including cutting time in that estimate--I was thinking in more industrial/mass quantity terms. If you're doing a whole bunch of that sort of thing all at once, you can get really fast at it, and the type of machine you have can greatly assist in that. The website didn't say anything, that I recall, about types of seams used, or finishings on the insides, outside of the mention of the dress being half-lined. So I more or less assumed that it was serged or something similar. More labor-intensive, detail-oriented choices would of course take more time! And I certainly wouldn't want anyone doing this sort of work to under-pay themselves! It's just that I've only ever done sewing as either a strictly recreational thing, or in an industrial setting, so my costuming experiences may likely differ from other people, who are doing it on a more of a "cottage industry" scale. --Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvia Rognstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 8:25 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: gores in skirt in late Middle ages??? > 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
