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Posted by Seeker on July 3, 2006, 3:09 pm
On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:22:41 -0700, "BEI Design"
>Yesterday, I attended my granddaughter's Highland dance
>class, at the invitation of the teacher, who wanted to meet
>me to discuss a potential job. DD and DGD had told her of
>my sewing skills, and she needs some costumes made. I came
>home with a commission for three "Nationals" skirts (fairly
>simple dirndl-type skirts, not kilts, those might come later) and
>matching scarves.
>
>Last night I trued the fabric for two scarves (simple 36"
>squares), and sewed a narrow zig-zag stay-stitch an inch in
>from all the edges. It took me all of about five minutes
>for that. BUT! Sitting watching TV, it took almost two
>hours to pull the threads for the one-inch-all-around
>fringed edges.
>
>Now my question: Since I'm doing this gratis (bartering at
>my sewing price for dance lessons for DGD), would it be
>ethical to have my granddaughter do the actual fringing, and
>include the time on my invoice? It just seems to me that
>this type of unskilled work is not the best use of*my* time,
>but I don't think DGD's time should be free to the teacher,
>either.
>
>I'd love everyone's input on this, please.
>
>Beverly Ickes
>BEI Design
>
If it's not ethical, all the world's great art museums would face a
dilemma - hanging paintings by the old masters. Most of the old
masters were teachers as well as painters, and their students were
given many mundane tasks such as doing the backgrounds and the works
that we now see in the museums or in books.
Sharon
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