I think a living wage is a good idea for the recap. Promoting the idea of the costs with a living wage for things isn’t unreasonable, once you find the cost then you can multiply it by your “profit” margin of say 30% which is minimal but remember that you also have overheads the cost of machinery and maintenance of machinery, the electric power to keep your workspace well lite and livable. It’s always more expensive than we think. But kudos to you for including the cost of making things. Edit: that’s a reasonable price for Folkware patterns.
Agreed, I think it is so important to think about what things should cost if we were actually paying people living wages. I have been debating getting an attachment to my machine to read how much the power cost is lol
When sewing with Velvet, I have found that a walking foot really helps. If your machine has an adjustment for the pressure on the presser foot, set it to the lightest pressure possible.
I love your dedication to getting the word out about the true cost of a garment. I know my limits when it comes to sewing but binge watching you since I had Covid last month has made me want to take it back up. I also love your quirkiness, humor, honesty and watching the interaction with The Fabulous Spooky. You are amazing when it comes to your attention to detail…and educating your audience. Take care and be well!
More helpful tips for velvet is cutting it wrong sides together can be helpful. Not always but sometimes the wrong sides have more friction against one another. I always test slippery fabrics both ways to find the easiest cutting. And a thick high pile towel works great as a velvet board for ironing. Plus you can drape it over a ham for darts and curves and such
Blouse is so perfect, the whole outfit works really well. And you chose the perfect spot for the reveal - very Scandi. Australian equivalent wage would be $20 usd.
The makeup problem can be taken care of by putting a scarf over your head and the makeup and sun screen will be on the scarf instead of the blouse or any other tight necked garment. The best to you.
Hi Haley Marie. The top and the dress is lovely but you are right about the buttons. You could try dark green or buy ones to match the flowers in the dress. I think one of these would work better.
Oh my goodness I just made my second dress on my channel and it was a unicorn dress! Twins!! Though mine isn't as fabulous as yours I'm still proud of myself xx
This turned out very cute! I love the blouse, I’ve been interested in making some shorter blouses for wearing under things to cut down on bulk. Also, I’ve been curious every time you bring up the living wage thing so I finally looked it up. According to MIT the living wage in Seattle area for a single adult is close to $22/hr, add in a child and it goes up to $38/hr. This is fascinating to me because I’ve lived my most of my adult life in Utah where the living wage is closer to $18 and $34, respectively. I’m not trying to make any statements, I just found it interesting that there is such a difference. I looked at the wages for several other states too and it really was quite fascinating.
Yeah living wage is hugely different across the US, what I make in Seattle would be upper middle class almost anywhere else in the US but in Seattle I can't even afford a home/mortgage with it. And I actually did research on living wage in Seattle and found the same thing as you. What is wild is $21 is not a living wage here, I've lived off that here and it requires like 3 roommates to have any extra money and not worry about making rent and I don't think something that makes you have to live with that many roommates in a small space is a living wage. I was curious if you feel like $18 an hour is actually livable in Utah? Very curious about how they actually arrived at their numbers.
@@HaleyMarieVintage I mean it all depends on what you personally consider to be the standard of living. Like living in an apartment in Salt Lake City is quite expensive versus an apartment in the college towns of Orem/Provo - where I lived in college. The economy was obviously very different 7 years ago, but I was making less than $9/hr my first couple years in college and was literally living paycheck to paycheck. I felt so rich when I started making $11/hr lol. I’ve been on salary for a while but it equates to roughly $19/hr and it’s definitely enough to live in a modest apartment and pay your rent, bills, buy groceries, etc. and put a little away each month. It comes down to what you feel is the ideal living situation; number of roommates, location, age of building, etc.
Even in Portland, $25/hr feels really hard to stretch. When I was making that little here I couldn’t afford a 2 bedroom apartment for my son and I, and that was years ago. Rents are much higher now. I love the idea of switching to living wage. Also curious what a living wage is for the people who make fast fashion garments. It would be interesting to see the contrast from your labor cost and theirs.
Yes $25 there is soooooo hard to stretch, most living wages for people making garments is obviously lower than in the US, There is one video I talk about what living wage looks like in China, but I don't know which one it is lol
Yeah I am from Washington state and actually grew up in Kitsap County and down in Vancouver by Portland and I can’t take the gray anymore. I’m now in New England so even though it’s the same latitude basically we have the same like six hours of freaking day late but at least when there is daylight there’s also often sunshine. But I can’t see it get dark at 4:30 and then not feel like it’s time for bed.
@@HaleyMarieVintage We have the same thing! It's beautiful here, but I'm a night owl by natures, so I'm only seeing maybe 4-6 hours of daylight as its full dark by 430 pm.
Haya. Wow, looking amazing 🤩I really like how you used the different fabrics, they really complement each other 🤩I have a few Folkwear patterns as well 😀Gotta have my Spooky fix, soooooo cute, at the end when you were talking & all I could see was Spooky's tail swishing, probably saw something out the window 😺Thanku 'sew' much for sharing x 🪡🎅🧵🎄
