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From: esrun3
Date: 06-09-2005, 04:20 PM (1 of 6)
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I have a friend who wants me to take apart a crib bumper and turn it into a wall hanging. Cute bumper-has 6 inch squares pieced together around it and taking it apart and turning it into a wall hanging doesn't look too bad-involved some due to ripping out and she wants the ruffle saved to put on the wall hanging but my big problem is cost. She said to set my own price and I have no idea how much to charge. Any ideas ladies? Thanks. Lyn
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 06-09-2005, 06:41 PM (2 of 6)
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Sounds to me like a job to be priced by time involved.. And keep accurate records of your time..This could be one of those nasty ones.. (Too much time involved)
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From: MaryW
Date: 06-09-2005, 07:51 PM (3 of 6)
I agree, the lady thinks with using something she already has costs will be next to nothing. I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. Just my opinion.  Just a thought, let her rip it apart. Give her a seam ripper and show her how to separate everything. Let her know it will be sooooo much cheaper if she does this part. MaryW
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From: esrun3
Date: 06-10-2005, 12:39 AM (4 of 6)
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I expect it will be somewhat time consuming with having to take the ruffle off, the blocks themselves I can actually rip in 5 square pieces as there are 25 blocks around the bumper. I don't think it will be done in record time and she really isn't expecting it very fast. She's been very fair with other items I've done for her crafting wise so I'm hoping this won't be a problem. Guess we'll see. What does anyone charge by the hour? I usually just take my costs and double but there will be very little cost involved in this for me, some batting and backing fabric which she will pay for up front. Any ideas are appreciated but I guess at this point I'll just go ahead and work on it and let her know how long it took me and see if we can come to an agreement on money as she did say she didn't care how much it cost her just so she didn't have to do it. Lyn
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From: wild800
Date: 06-16-2005, 04:13 PM (5 of 6)
| I have no experience whatsoever....so take my suggestion with a grain of salt...but I would charge $15.00 per hour of work involved. |
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From: blackie
Date: 06-16-2005, 05:37 PM (6 of 6)
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I agree, the lady thinks with using something she already has costs will be next to nothing. I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole. Just my opinion. Just a thought, let her rip it apart. Give her a seam ripper and show her how to separate everything. Let her know it will be sooooo much cheaper if she does this part. ITA with Mary - I wouldn't touch it either. OR if I did, I like Mary's second idea - letting the lady rip out her own seams. That will make it cheaper for her AND give her an idea of what-all is involved in this project. I wouldn't charge less than $15 an hour either. This is tricky b/c many people want to know ahead of time about what something will cost, and you don't know how long it will take. If you have a good relationship with this friend, that could help. I have a friend who charges $8/hr for her work. And she's skilled, too. It's very sad b/c I think she is worth a HECK of a lot more! I recently had a friend ask me to make her a custom jumper. I told her she probably wouldn't want to pay what I would ask. But I told her I would help her for free, that is if she did all the work I would apprentice her. We are working on it and about 1/3 of the way there. I like that when we finish (IF she finishes!) she can be proud of her accomplishment AND will understand more about what is involved to sew something. It's a way to pass on the love and discipline of sewing to others. see the mundane life of a housewife.
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