BouffantBelle wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:57 amIt will of course be more expensive than usual, but a mini length shouldn't break the bank, I don't think?
Mini or longer, it doesn't matter that much. The price will increase with the length due to the amount of textile, but the time to make the skirt will stay virtually the same. And this is the biggest part of the price if you go to a local seamstress.
To give you an example, I made a linen circle skirt myself a few years ago. The textile did cost, say 30€. All the fabrication (from textile to final skirt with pockets, elastic waist, etc) would require 4 hours (*). Working weeks of 40 hours, 4 working weeks a month, if I ask 10€/hour my gross salary is 1600€/month for a full-time job. Taking in account all the taxes etc, I would have to ask at least twice that price to have a decent salary, making the skirt to cost 110€. It was a skirt that goes above the knees, reduce it to a mini skirt, the best you can hope is to get the textile 20€ cheaper. And I'm optimistic because when you buy textile, you often need to buy "at least that much" which can easily be way too much for a mini.
But you made me curious to try a double-circle skirt. When I'll be sure to have no big expense coming soon, I'll give it a try!
(*) By assuming it is made way faster than I do, actually it's more like 15-20 hours. I'm not a professionnal, just a guy who happen to have a few capabilities in this topic
somebody was sewing with me in mind! (well, probably not, but let's go with it anyway.)
