Like Kirsten, I tend to hand sew everything, mostly because I’m not comfortable using a sewing machine. This means my stitching is painstakingly slow. Granted when I wasn’t the best at sewing, I had a lot of help from my boyfriend who spent hours sewing my gown that feels too nice to wear to get dirty… I haven’t really spent the time to add in a labor wage to my budget yet, as it wouldn’t be a fair judge of cost since I haven’t had the experience of making a clothing item for someone else on the clock yet. I started to break my wardrobe down by clothing item, and then broke it down even more by pattern, material type, the yards, and the vendor where the materials came from. I wanted a wide range of options, but I wasn’t necessarily looking for the cheapest option… However, since I am only about five feet tall my material cost will vary from someone who is of average height. I calculated how much it would cost with and with out the pattern provided we, being “veterans”, were sharing our resources with new followers. The first part of the spreadsheet is the wardrobe. If you reenact all year round your wardrobe might look something like this…Īs a disclaimer: I wanted to note that my math may not be right as I get easily confused by numbers, so forgive any mistakes that you may find.
Of course you don’t have to go to the sutler stores, to buy your material. We just know that its going to be of good quality and in our best interest to purchase from friends and support small business owners. There are hundreds of other fabric stores and locations where you could come by 100% natural material and it might make the final price cheaper. But as I explained this is as if someone were to buy from the sutlers as many of us do.
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