Originally Posted by
Kris P
I charge $15 per hour for my sewing time. I explain to them that I pay one of my best friends $30 per hour to give my girls piano lessons...(which is a bargain for piano lessons) Teaching piano is a skill developed from many hours of practice... quilting is also a skill that many do not want to take the time to perfect. I look at it like this... if I'm not making at least $15 an hour to work for someone else, I may as well be working on my own projects.
That's the way I feel about it. It's not worth the hassle of dealing with non sewers who expect miracles from you for less than that. I'm not ever sure that's enough.