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I do not sell my work. I consider it a hobby, not a source of income. In fact, I do not consider it a compliment when people tell me I should sell my work. Generally people who insist that I should sell my embroidery have absolutely no clue. I can't even talk to them and explain why they are being fools. They just don't get it. I consider my embroidery to be something personal, near and dear to me. It's not for sale. I choose to make gifts of it to people that are very special to me. If you really think you could afford to buy a piece of my stitching, you must be related to Bill Gates. Complex embroidery is completed at an estimated rate of one square inch or less in one hour of work. An 8 by 10 piece is at least 80 hours of work. Skilled labor rates, such as you would pay an auto mechanic or plumber are currently $80 per hour. That 8 by 10 piece would cost you six thousand, four hundred dollars, unframed.
I stitch in public, such as on the Metro, in waiting rooms or the office lunchroom. There are people who have only ever seen embroidery being done for demonstrations at museums and historical buildings. They leap to the conclusion that any and every person doing embroidery is ready to spout off a teaching lecture at the first sign of a stupid question. Well, no. It ain't so. If they interrupt this Lazy Wench they just might get a snide remark. Do students approach each and every person that they see reading? I do not care to hear about the blanket their grandmother made for them and I am not going to teach them the difference between quilting, crochet and needlepoint. If they are another stitcher and drop that factoid into the conversation very early, I'm much more willing to chat.
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