Selling myself short

Jude commented on Casting off another way

 

First of all….those look VERY complicated to even think about doing. You are excellent at your craft. Those mitts should be worth about 80$ or more if someone were to purchase them.!!!

I do it all the time.  Well, when someone asks me to knit something for them and then asks how much I would charge.

I had no problem coming up with a price for a crocheted item a friend of mine made for someone else.  She asked me for my opinion and said with the time invested and cost of the yarn, I wouldn’t charge less than $35.  And she did.  And the person paid the price.

A friend commissioned me to make the Drinkers Mitts for her and I gave her a price.  A very low price. It’s not high enough for the amount of work involved but I felt bad charging what I would charge a complete stranger.

Do you charge a flat fee?  Do you use some type of formula to come up with a price?  Or do you sell yourself short?

Making it mine

My friend commissioned a box bag.  I emailed her some fabric choices and she told me what she liked but to surprise her with the final selection.

So I experimented with a two-tone bag.

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I like to coordinate the lining with the outer prints and didn’t want to run to the fabric store (only to be disappointed).

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So I printed my own.

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With a star rubber stamp and Sharpie “Stained” fabric marker.

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Random stars on plain fabric.

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I love how it turned out.

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Added a little bling and a care tag.

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Box bags galore

Birthday Wishes Leah was collecting handmade items for a fundraiser so I sent a box of box bags and a few smaller cosmetic/what-not bags her way.  I suggested that she keep some of the bags for her five children family and donate the rest.

Bags for crayons, markers, pencils, pens…

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The different colored pull tabs and zippers add some variety.

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Owl print bag…

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Purple print  bag…

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Flower print bag…

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Camo bag…

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Small blue print bag…

Blue-bag-1

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Pink and black bags…

BW-bags

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Black-bag-1

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12 bags in all.

Bags galore!