If/When someone asks "Can/Will you fix this ....."
#1
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Location: MN
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If/When someone asks "Can/Will you fix this ....."
I have learned to say " I need to see it before I can say yes or no."
I have learned that there are some things I just won' t deal with.
I have also learned to refer people to others that might be able to do the job.
Sometimes just saying no feels really good!
I have learned that there are some things I just won' t deal with.
I have also learned to refer people to others that might be able to do the job.
Sometimes just saying no feels really good!
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Iowa
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I tell people that I only sew new stuff that I make. Ten years ago when I got a new machine this guy that if short asked me to shorten shirts he bought that were to short. He told me I had time because I run around our little town all the time. I just laughed. His sister wouldn't do it either for him. Now I just bought a Pfaff Creative 4.5 and people are asking to make quilts for them. Tell them there are so many things I want to make I just don't have time.
#6
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Twin Cities, MN
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Bearisgray....you are so right! I have learned to say the same thing! I can do most "fixes" I just might not like to! I've been asked to replace favorite jacket zippers, which I don't mind doing...but someone wanted me to replace his jacket zipper but jacket was so dirty, and he was a smoker...so I said he would have to wash/clean it first...He said..."can't you do that?" NO....I did not!!
#8
I do small repairs ,hemming but I charge.When I ask for them to drop off work at my house they never do. They expect pick-up and delivery too...Made a duvet cover for a co-worker,got a yrs worth of fresh farm eggs......
#9
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lebanon Missouri
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If its family I will repair -remake or create for them. Any body else I just say no. I have taught a few people how to sew so they can do their own repairs. I have a laundry basket of my own mending I don't make time to do.OK the truth is I have the time just not the inclination.
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