I am amazed but I shouldn't be!
06-19-2011, 11:28 AM
#51
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Originally Posted by deedum
I am amazed at how many people think I can just crank out a project for them on a very short notice! Just because I have a sewing room and machines and such, they come up with all these ideas for me to do for them! I don't wanna! I don't have the time and if I did I would do mine! Much of it I am not even skilled to do.Just amazes me and yet I know it shouldn't but it still does! I am not alone on this I am guessing?
06-19-2011, 02:04 PM
#52
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Location: Groton, NY
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Originally Posted by sewmary
1. Dear sister needs her wedding dress shortened at the shoulders. She thinks 10 minutes. I showed she what she would get for 10 minutes. Shes like "that would look terible" Took nearly 2 hours, not including fitting time. After all, how many times is your sister going to have a thrid wedding?
2. One af my MANY dear nieces calls up: Do I have a quilt finished I could let her have for a prayer quilt for her church? So finished a quilt top for her. What do I want for it? I bit my lip and said $30.00 (about pays for the thread) because it was a church after all.
3. Another dear niece says can I make my 3 year old great nniece a bag from "horsie" fabric? I will get the fabric for you. Oh oh n o I will get the fabric. Four hours of sewing later I have a bag to give her. I did want to ex periment with my own pattern and after all she is an adorable 3 year old.
4. Another niece is going to be in a wedding and needs her dress taken in "just a bit". In the end I will give in because she can't afford alterations.
And I work full time. and my house looks like c**p.
Conclusions I have reached:
1. I have way too much family.
2. I am indeed the favoite aunt.
2. I need to learn the word "no". (I overvolunteer also!)
Is there a program for sewers to learn to say no? (Just kidding - I know I do it to myself.)
2. One af my MANY dear nieces calls up: Do I have a quilt finished I could let her have for a prayer quilt for her church? So finished a quilt top for her. What do I want for it? I bit my lip and said $30.00 (about pays for the thread) because it was a church after all.
3. Another dear niece says can I make my 3 year old great nniece a bag from "horsie" fabric? I will get the fabric for you. Oh oh n o I will get the fabric. Four hours of sewing later I have a bag to give her. I did want to ex periment with my own pattern and after all she is an adorable 3 year old.
4. Another niece is going to be in a wedding and needs her dress taken in "just a bit". In the end I will give in because she can't afford alterations.
And I work full time. and my house looks like c**p.
Conclusions I have reached:
1. I have way too much family.
2. I am indeed the favoite aunt.
2. I need to learn the word "no". (I overvolunteer also!)
Is there a program for sewers to learn to say no? (Just kidding - I know I do it to myself.)
06-19-2011, 02:51 PM
#53
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Originally Posted by VickyS
Amen to that - they think you have all the time in the world if you have a sewing machine - been there, done that! I'm retired and proud of it.
Just say NO (thank you to Nancy Reagan on that)!
Just say NO (thank you to Nancy Reagan on that)!
06-19-2011, 04:37 PM
#54
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I just keep getting amazed when I read alll these postii is si much easier to say no to people who aren't family or friends! It becomes difficult and a lot of time we end eating the cost because we can afford too and you know they can't ! On the flip side of all this, there are the people who do appreciate what we do!
06-19-2011, 05:01 PM
#57
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Location: NW Montana
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I have a friend who "drops in" with slacks that need shortening, jeans that need patching, blouses missing buttons, etc. She asked me once if I could shorten the jeans she wanted to wear when she & her hubby ride our horses with my hubby, & I made the mistake of saying "Yes". I've created my own monster - so far she hasn't asked me to make a quilt - would have to figure the cost & come up with a price if she did that.
In her defense, she does fix wonderful the Korean food she grew up with, and is generous with it, so I hesitate to gripe. :)
In her defense, she does fix wonderful the Korean food she grew up with, and is generous with it, so I hesitate to gripe. :)
06-19-2011, 05:01 PM
#58
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Location: Utah
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I think that people equate a sewing project as if they wanted you to make a batch of cookies. They think it take an hour and cost $5.00. So they have no problem asking for it. GRRRRR I get so angry at them thinking that my time is worthless!!! I was a professional seamstress for decades and got paid to sew. Now that I am no longer doing that, they think I will just do it for free. I SAY NO!!!
06-19-2011, 05:09 PM
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I had a nurse ask me if I made quilted jackets (she was admiring the one I had on). I said NO. She said Why? I said because you would not want to pay for it. She said How Much? I said $350. She nearly swallowed her teeth and didn't stay around for me to explain that it takes about 40 hard hours to make a jacket like I was wearing, plus the cost of fabrics and threads!
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