-My standard rate is £20 per hour and this includes consultation time. I will not undertake any job for less than £20, it is just not worth the amount of admin and communication to arrange the work. If you're interested in a big creative commission I am willing to offer quotes for the whole project rather than calculating the work per hour. 

 

-If you have a small thing that you’d like to learn to mend yourself please consider coming along to one of my mending workshops instead. Check out the mending page on my website to find out if I have one planned soon: www.avaosbiston.net/wellwoo

 

-I will offer a quote for the fee when I see the job. The final cost of the work may fluctuate plus or minus 20%. If it is looking like it will take more time than that while I am working on it I will get in touch to consult you before going over our agreed amount of time.

 

-I prefer to do visible mends that allow me to be creative, so I will prioritise those jobs. If you are wanting simple hemming etc. or invisible mends, I do also take on those jobs but they won’t be my priority.

 

-I use this sewing studio to do other creative sewing work that is not just mending and my time there is precious. Please consider this when you come in to discuss something you’d like worked on and keep your requests/consultations concise and acknowledge that I may be working on other things.

 

-Please remember that when you’re paying for mending you are also paying for rental of studio space, additional training and skilling up, materials, equipment maintenance, admin, communication and business development. Mending is tricky to make financially sustainable and I truly appreciate your business.

 

Please email wellwootextiles@gmail.com or complete the contact form on my website with information about the mending/alteration you would like.​ Please attach photos of the project to your email. This makes it much easier for me to say whether I am able to do the work for you.

 

Mending the clothes we already own is a radical act- Thank you for looking after what you already have!

 

All the stitching best,

 

Ava