jaciqltznok

very easy to do..the drapes that is...but if you don't want to do it then say NO...good for you....I on the other hand would have yes, what size are they, how many panels, and here is the extimated cost.

Candace

Bet you these folks own a rake and I don't see them raking everyone's yard for free:>

Hattie Frances

I am an excellent seamstress and a questionable quilter, I sewed for many years when my children were young and we needed the extra money. In general women are CHEAP and want to bargain on how much they want to pay you for your work. Men just want it done and usually didn’t question the amount charged. I save alterations for those that I love, I didn’t and still don’t have a problem saying no. As a matter of fact if I had someone that I didn’t want to sew for, I would tell them to read my lips, do you understand the words coming out of my mouth? I once had a close friend who wanted to have the side pleats (vents) sew up in her husband’s suit coat. (God I couldn’t even figure why someone would want to do that to a suit coat). Anyway the dry cleaners gave a price of $35.00 and this heifer told me what the cleaners wanted to charge and then asked me how much I would charge her. I told her $40.00 and she wanted to know why so much. I asked her what want she banking on – our friendship or the fact that the dry cleaners could do a better job than me. Alterations are indeed tedious, time consuming and down right a royal pain in the butt.

EskapetheNorm

My professional charges for my day job are $150/hour. (Not that I get paid that!) I will do mending for that rate ... but not many people take me up on it.

Jennifer22206

whoo hoo! :) Good for you!

sharoney

ME TOO!!!!

misscarol

good for you!!!!!

TacoMama

I don't like to do alterations, but it does buy milk and bread.

Sheila_H

I have a sewing machine and I still take stuff into my tailor to do any hemming, altering sizes its not that I can't do it I prefer not to because I find it frustrates me. Some of my friends figure I'll do it for nothing, and I've told them I don't do it because if is wrong or fabric tears I'd feel horrible, they can't seem to grasp what I'm saying sometimes. But good for you to say NO, I swear some think we're just free labor.

Sienna's GiGi

I don't know why people think that because we have mad sewing skills we would not mind making thier alterations.lol.