Tartan

I think we all need a price list! Type up a list of simple alterations and price them according to how annoying they are. Have it ready for the next time someone asks for a repair or alteration. I know replacing a zipper in a pair of pants on my list is going to be $50 because I don't even do my own!

Ellageo

I suppose some people just are not quilters OR SEWERS !!! My stepdaughter was always bringing clothes to be altered so one Christmas, I bought her a nice sewing machine. Four !! years later, that machine is still in the box!! (last year the daughter-in-law needed a machine temporarily (hers broke)and borrowed this one. SHE HAD TO ACTUALLY OPEN THE 'UNOPENED' BOX!! IT CAME IN!!
So, I guess as some of us are only quilters, maybe sewers too, some of 'them' are not even sewers!!! God bless them !:lol:

lillybeck

I agree with carhop, If this was a good friend or neighbor I probably would have done this. I do sew and quilt but I no longer make everything like I used to. I have done things for friends and family many times but they do for me when I need it too.

j

I know how, wouldn't take much time, so I would charge and do it. --J

Sunnye

When one of my good friends and I are shopping, she'll look at a blouse or skirt and say, "You could make that!" and I tell her, "I am not a sewer."

Why is it so hard for them to understand? I can barely sew a straight line! How could I do sleeves, gathers, elastic, fit it to me, etc.?

LyndaOH

A family member of mine has that large set of stones. We had decided to try the craft show route with the bags I make. I was making the bags and she was doing the selling at the show. It lasted right up until I heard her tell someone that I was sewing for her. The hell I was!

On the other hand, I would hem as many pairs of my FIL's pants as he wanted me to because he appreciates it so darn much.

Sunnie

I have a friend who keeps asking me to make a canvas cover for her outdoor glider. I just tell her that my very expensive sewing machine was made for quilting (and she buys this) and I wouldn't gamble with such heavy material unless she would buy me a new machine if mine broke. I even told her the list price of my machine. I think that made it too expensive for her to consider. :roll: :roll:

quilted dakota

I used to sew for others, believe me, its a thankless job! now I just say "no".

Homespun

I hem things for my best friends--others NO.

orangeroom

Years ago, one of my best friends asked me to make her curtains. I told her if she got the pattern, I'd teach her how. I'd do one side, she, the other. We did. Since then we've made many things. Same rule applied. As women do, we stitch and bitch each time we make something.

If she had been just a neighbor or acquaintance, I would tell her where we go for alterations...and not hem her pants. I probably would have told her where she could find a JoAnn's coupon, not given her mine. Unless I was sure I wouldn't use it.

The fact that she knew there were other means of decreasing the length of her pants, seems a bit odd to me. I'm sure she knows where she can get them altered and didn't want to spend any (or that much) money!