Iām sorry honey, but I sew, and even I know your not only over charging, but your full of shit. Especially if your selling the Sailor Senshi outfit without the leotard!
You should be charging $250-$300 for the whole thing (Including shipping). Not $425 for small bits and pieces.
You say you have to spend a lot of money on fabricā¦.what was it? $12 a yard, even if that was the case! Your buying 3 yards total for that shit! 5 at max for it to include the leotard! And even then all us who sew know you can get that shit for around $5 a yard on eBay. So thatās $15-$25 right there.
And thatās not counting the fact that your only using at most, ¼th of the yard for the skirt and cape! If I gave you the benefit of the doubt and say your making for someone my size? Youād spend at most $40-$50.
You want $15 and hour? Then spend an actual hour nonstop to make the shit, at āmostā it would take you 2-3 hours to make what your selling nonstop. Atleast, if your any good. It would take 5-6 hours if you werenāt.
Those ātwo weeksā you bitch about? Is the two weeks your waiting for that shit from eBay to come in.
Which fwi, is free shipping.
You spend at most $70 to make that shit.
And donāt get me started on that machine bs!!!
Most people who have a machine, have either go it as a gift, or inherited it. If you went and bought one? Itās $100. As for fixing it? Itās not only cheaper to buy a new one, but sewing machines are damn study, and you shouldnāt need to buy a new one! Iāve had mine for 10+ years and it still works like brand new.
And guess what? Iāve never had to fix it. Iāve cleaned it, Ive oiled it, Iāve even had to tighten the lightbulb because it loosened from the vibrations, hell Iāve even had to take out thread that got caught up because I forgot to oil it once after a long while. But I never had to actually take it to a repair shop.
My mothers, is over 40 years old, I had to fix twice. (Mostly because she never oiled it)
My grandmothers? Is even older then that and it still works. (Though the lightbulb is dead but thatās an easy fix)
Cause if you take care of it, it wonāt break!
Itās like a car, you have to maintain it, clean it and oil it to keep it running like new!
You should never include the price of your machine into your commissions!
Only time you do that? Is when you have to buy a new surger or embroidery machine, and you donāt charge the full price of it to your commissions!
And even then, you can find them used and still in good condition for cheap or even free on Craigās list!
Plus, most people donāt use those machines anyways!
Surgers are hard to use, and the spools are expensive, and if you donāt know what your doing, you waste more then anything else, and if your making Sailor fukus, you only need it for the skirt and leotard, and embroidery machines? Unless theyāre making designs like a PokĆ©mon characters face on it, itās not on your top list to get or have for that matter.
Now as for supplies? Are you kidding me? That shit is cheap, and if you wait for the lowest sales of the season like the most of us, most of it is practically free.
For example I got a custom frame done, itās currently the lowest price of the season, it would of cost over $800.
I spent $220ā¦.and I could of spent $180 instead, but I wanted acrylic masterpiece glassā¦so if it fell and broke, it wouldnāt ruin my painting.
Why does that matter? Because your sewing supplies donāt even reach the cheapest $180 mark for that frame at their full price!
And thatās if you buy at a retail store, itās even cheaper on ebay!
Most cosplay costs less then $200 for a reason, itās not cause itās cheaply made with no skill behind it, itās cause the supplies are cheapā¦
Plus the fact that you act like this is your full time job, is insulting, itās obviously not. Cause it if was, you would be making hundreads of cosplays a week. Not one every two weeks.
And you would work with a customer no matter how much of an asshole they were. Because you need that money to keep your business going.
No, this is a hobby your trying to cash in on, without actually knowing the actual logistics of sewing.
Sure. Donāt get me wrong, You know the logistics of a businessā¦but those logistics you used, arenāt for commission based projects you make from home, itās for those who run an actual business, in an actual building, which requires spending a fuck ton of money on shipping and handling, products, rent, utilities, and paying their workers.
So please stop giving commissioners and real seamstresses a bad name, your not designing and making clothes for a fucking runway show or a celebrity⦠your making it for regular people, who have regular shit paying jobs, and a limited budget.
And sorry if I sound harsh and mean, but I could smell your bullshit a mile away, and I just canāt stand the smell of it.
And sorry for any misspellings, auto-correct is a bitch and Iām running on lack of sleep.