{"id":43321,"date":"2020-05-16T19:08:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T23:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/?p=43321"},"modified":"2020-05-16T19:01:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T23:01:29","slug":"sewing-for-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/so-sew-easy.com\/sewing-for-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewing For Money – How Much Is Your Sewing Skill Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(In case you didn't know, we run one of the largest online Facebook sewing groups with over 30,000 members.\u00a0 You can find us on HERE<\/a> if you're interested.)<\/p>\n

We have talked about this topic before in Selling What You Sew – How To Price Your Work,<\/a>\u00a0that article touches on how to price and drive traffic to your online Etsy shop. But, let's\u00a0face it, we are not all on Etsy selling what we sew and many of the readers of So-Sew-Easy work from home with a more limited amount of time.<\/p>\n

Before getting involved with So-Sew-Easy.com, I did a fair bit of sewing for money but I worked only with people that could afford my skills.\u00a0 I don't mean to sound snobby or anything but I made seasonal\u00a0storyboards, drafted patterns, made dresses and costumes, and designed accessories and jewelry and my prices were not the cheapest in the market.\u00a0 Why? It was not a decision I made overnight, and it was less about the money and more about weeding out the bad and difficult customers.\u00a0 And there are plenty… I had my share of scowling ungrateful, hard to please, obsessive, and horrible pain-in-the-butt customers.\u00a0 It took me a few years to realize some people will never be happy, not at home, not in life, not ever, and you shouldn't waste your time and energy trying to please them.<\/p>\n

How to avoid this sort of thing, how much to charge when sewing for money, and how to get fairly compensated for your work are obviously questions on the minds of many of our readers.<\/p>\n

As an example, I will use Nita's question she left as a comment on the\u00a0Selling what you sew – how to price your work<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Selling what you sew – how to price your work<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n