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general advice needed please ama1 05-26-2007
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Posted by ama1 on May 27, 2007, 9:38 am
Thank you all for the info!
I know from prior sewing ventures (sewing for collectors) that sewing may
never again be a "hobby" for me.
Having been a work at home mom for most of my married life (33 yrs.) I have
long ago learned to face the fact that many will always think that I do not
"work".
I am nervous about a couple of things, first that my sewing work will not be
good enough and secondly (my biggest fear) is that I will ruin a piece that
I am machine embroidering. Having sewn in miniature for so long I developed
a few methods that I will have to unlearn if I am sewing for real people.
I am including a link to some older pictures of my work, I would love to get
our feedback.
Thanks again!
--
Mary Soranno
http://www.picturetrail.com/msoranno



Posted by Doreen on May 27, 2007, 12:41 pm
ama1 wrote:
> Thank you all for the info!
> I know from prior sewing ventures (sewing for collectors) that sewing may
> never again be a "hobby" for me.
> Having been a work at home mom for most of my married life (33 yrs.) I have
> long ago learned to face the fact that many will always think that I do not
> "work".
> I am nervous about a couple of things, first that my sewing work will not be
> good enough and secondly (my biggest fear) is that I will ruin a piece that
> I am machine embroidering. Having sewn in miniature for so long I developed
> a few methods that I will have to unlearn if I am sewing for real people.
> I am including a link to some older pictures of my work, I would love to get
> our feedback.
> Thanks again!

Mary,

The work illustrated on your site is lovely! I have no doubt that your
sewing is more than 'good enough'...it takes a lot of skill to create
those doll outfits, and your crazy quilt bag is beautiful.

Doreen in Alabama

Posted by Erin on May 28, 2007, 6:43 am

> I am nervous about a couple of things, first that my sewing work will not be
good enough . . .
> Mary Sorannohttp://www.picturetrail.com/msoranno

I just now have had a chance to sit down and take a proper look at
your site. Believe me, you are *definitely* good enough!!! I LOVE the
crazy quilt bag! And I know from my own experience that anything in
miniature is difficult on account of the small scale.

Erin
http://arkivarie.livejournal.com/




Posted by ama1 on May 30, 2007, 5:26 pm
Thank you Erin,
I could do the crazy quilt bags all day every day!
For some reason, I would rather work small than full size. Right now a
5/8th seam allowance
is just way too much for me;)
Mary




Posted by on May 28, 2007, 10:41 am
ama1 wrote:

> Thank you all for the info!
> I know from prior sewing ventures (sewing for collectors) that sewing may
> never again be a "hobby" for me.

Ok. Once you have made that switching of gears, you're fine. ;) Gorgeous
work BTW. Very fun! There's a lot of us here that never quite got over
our love of playing with dolls. ;) Just remember...when you have a
fitting on a doll she won't gripe if you poke her with a pin on
accident...live people tend to get fussy about that sort of thing tho. LOL


> Having been a work at home mom for most of my married life (33 yrs.) I
> have long ago learned to face the fact that many will always think that I
> do not "work".

Honey! Don't even get me started. My hackles are up just reading that.
I've been a stay home mom for more than 11 years now. Even in the years
when I didn't own my own custom sewing and alterations business, it's WORK.
This article takes some of the sting out of that...nice to know some
folks "get it." lol
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/05/03/study_us_mothers_deserve_134121_in_salary/



> I am nervous about a couple of things, first that my sewing work will not
> be good enough

Have you done full sized work before? Your skills are there. Your work is
lovely. So don't worry about that so much.

> and secondly (my biggest fear) is that I will ruin a piece
> that
> I am machine embroidering.

So be careful. Yeah I know, "Duh, Sharon, thanks." lol There are very few
things in the sewing room that are not fixable. Remember this phrase "that
was a design choice that came to me part way through the creation process."
You and me and most everyone in this group knows that means "I screwed this
up really bad, but I was able to salvage it by making changes here, here
and right there." Clients don't know that though, and this sounds very
Designer to them. lol Yes, you will make a mistake every now and again.
Yes you may have to redo things sometimes. Not a big deal. You price your
wages so that you can cover a major screw up every now and again. You
price your labor charges so that you are earning more than the raw
materials cost. That way if you have to start over, you at least won't be
in the hole at the end of the project. You won't make any profit on that
one piece, but you won't be in the red.

Oh and MOST IMPORTANT: You write up a contract for each and every customer
outlining your terms. You don't work till the whole scope of the project
is written down and signed off on. This is Especially Important if you are
doing formals and bridal garments. Women (and their mothers) who are
shopping for formals and/or wedding attire tend to go a little crazy
somewhere during the process. You need to have everything spelled out and
written down in a contract to protect yourself. Include an "out clause" in
your contract; that needs to spell out what they will owe you if they
cancel and what you will owe them if you cancel partway through. (trust
me, there are times when you need to fire a client.)

Sharon
---
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.



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