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#91
Originally Posted by MIJul
I would have said, "Sure. I charge $10 per hem."($20 per pair of slacks). And if she would have paid it, I would have done it. Extra money for more fabric. :-)
#94
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Grants Pass, OR
Posts: 2,071
My dear DH asked to have a pair of jeans altered and I reluctantly said OK. Unfortunately, my mind must have wandered because one leg ended up being 1 inch shorter than the other. He came into my sewing room with this look of confusion on his face and I burst out laughing. Luckily after he got over the disappointment of my having messed up his jeans, we laughed about it. To this day, when he overhears someone ask me if I hem pants he gets that funny look on his face remembering his jeans. My girls teased him for days about the "Erkel" pants and told him to walk with one leg on the curb and the other on the street and no one would notice or only walk on slanted streets. It was a hoot. I felt real badly about it and now am super careful when I hem his pants, but every time he gets a new pair of jeans, he has that look on his face. LOL
#98
Originally Posted by fabric_fancy
i would have said its cheaper to take it to the cleaners.
the cleaners will do it for $5 each while i would expect 5 times that since i'm an artist not a tailor.
the cleaners will do it for $5 each while i would expect 5 times that since i'm an artist not a tailor.
#100
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lorain,oh
Posts: 642
sometimes with neighbors, its a question of what they do for you. End result IF it warrants me doing it,---I make them come with & wait.By the time they have to sit there, while I cut, double up , change thread, move my quilting back& forth, AND explain each step----It's EASIER to go else where next time. LOL!!
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