Is this too much

JodyBPM

To be fair to the OP, if she doesn't sew, she won't know what is involved, and therefore long it would take to make, and what would be a fair price. Her point of reference will be buying skirts in the high street for £20-£30, so £60 plus fabric would seem expensive at first glance.

It's only the people who do know what is involved who realise that its actually a good price for the number of hours labour, and presumably that's why the OP asked on here, to get advice from those who know more about what is involved than she does.

I'll be honest and say I'm not sure if I'd pay £60 plus fabric/pattern (so another £20-£30) for a skirt, but I have the skills to make one myself if I really wanted a particular handmade item. But that is a fair price to charge bearing in mind the number of hours work involved.

LandyAndy

baconandcabbage wrote: »

As i said i can't sew/make clothes. I never said anything about having it done at a slave labour rate i was merely asking was it too much as i did not know what the going rate was.

I did have a handmade skirt before from ebay which i paid about £17 for so when i was quoted £60 that's why it seemed a lot

Don't take it personally. If, like me, you didn't know how long the process took then it is very difficult to estimate a fair cost. I guessed at about 5 hours and thought £60 sounded about right but now, being told it could take double that, it's clear that £60 is a very good price if the work is done properly.


Lol, Jody beat me to it.:o

patchwork_cat

I suppose it depends how complicated the pattern is.

angeltreats

It sounds like a very fair price to me.

I had a zip replaced in a coat recently - I do sew (basic stuff) but it was a very fiddly job and I wasn't confident that I could do a tidy job. The dressmaker charged me £25 including materials - I know the zip would have been about a fiver and there was easily two hours work there (would have taken me that long just to unpick the old zip, as I said it was fiddly) so she was making no more than £10 an hour for her labour. I was more than happy to pay £25 for the job.

**purpleprincess**

I am super new to making clothes (just recently completed 4 week dress making course). I bought a pattern, fabric, zip, thread for a little under £30. In my naivety I did think it wouldn't take as long as it has! Obviously I am a total newbie, but it does take quite a bit of time. I would say £60 is about right.

There is a shop in Brighton that sells handmade dresses for £95.

gsymoo

Also, while the price doesn't include the fabric, certain fabrics are alot harder to work with. I recently made a medieval dress out of satin - never again! Nightmare to sew with.