To be unclear about this quote?

[LakieLady]

I've got a quote for making up some curtains from fabric I will supply.

It says

"Make 590
Lining £30"

I was expecting it to be a couple of hundred, but not nearly £600! Then it crossed my mind that the 5 might be a typo and it might be £90.

That's wishful thinking, isn't it? £90 seems unbelievably cheap.

I'm gobsmacked at £590 though, it's a Sanderson cotton fabric with a 4" repeat and I only want basic tape that you gather up, not pencil pleats or anything, and no tie backs or anything.

What would you think if you got that? I'm embarrassed to ask her to clarify, in case she thinks I'm a cheeky twat or someone who hasn't set foot outside the house since 1953, when you could go out with half a crown, have a really good night and still come home with change.

Curtains properly should be hand sewn the gems and sides and only the tape sewn by machine ( though there if your having a certain style of pleating that can be done by hand

I still think £590 steep, and I see

@Notjustanymum, I've got a sewing machine! It was my mum's. Sadly, I've probably got as much chance of working out what to do with it as I have of flying a jet fighter plane.

Anyway, another curtain maker, who only makes curtains with fabric she supplies herself, gave me the number for a 3rd curtain maker, who is doing it for £90. Bit of a bloody difference!

She was horrified by the quote, too. And she laughed when I told her that most of my cars have cost less than the price quoted for these curtains.

I'm taking the material over to her tomorrow. She reckons she may be able to get them done in 2-3 weeks.

That sounds much more like it!

@Oldraver

Curtains properly should be hand sewn the gems and sides and only the tape sewn by machine ( though there if your having a certain style of pleating that can be done by hand

I still think £590 steep, and I see

Ours are done by machine down the side because it’s folded over and just sewn onto the lining. So you don’t see any seam. They weren’t very expensive though. Not arguing with you, just musing.