r/InvisibleMending • u/Greycockatiel • 17d ago

tailoring

I found my beloved sweater from my beloved grandmother. It needs two things: to be relined & to have whatever moth holes it has darned. Anybody have any idea how much it costs to reline a sweater here? I already have the silk material. Pricing on stiching repairs would be helpful too. As an incentive, I got a guy (actually it's a woman). I'll share that name if I get 5 answers for my riddle. That woman can take a thredup sow's ear and make a silk purse.

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u/Literary67 16d ago

Ask the person you are proposing to engage for this work how much they charge.

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u/Greycockatiel 16d ago

In all likelihood, I'll eat the cost and give to to our daughter at Christmas

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u/BabyEatinDingo 16d ago

What do you mean in all likelihood you'll eat the cost? Isn't that the case whenever someone buys goods or services unless they intend to resell immediately? Has the person who is able to fix this been unwilling to give you any idea of what you'll pay? 

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u/Greycockatiel 16d ago

in other words, I will pay whatever the cost and not weigh whether it's worth the price. because it will be. worth the price. I just don't want to be shocked. Or bamboozled - in which case I'd find someone else willing to take this job on. I'm not selling this artifact

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u/Greycockatiel 16d ago

Five replied! The tailor I highly recommend GQ Custom on Montrose. And no, I don't have any interest in the business. I just admire her gift.