So last night, I got my table runners back from the woman who was sewing them for me. We VERBALLY talked about the width of the runners, and spoke about the LENGTH in emails - the length was correct, but the "runner" is much more like a "cloth" it's 42" wide!!!! I told her I wanted a foot of the orange swirl pattern I picked out with 2"-4" of brown burlap poking out underneath.
I emailed her last night telling her that they were wrong and she came back with an e-mail telling me she wanted to fix the problem, but "severely underestimated the time it would take her to complete the runners" and would need to charge me an ADDITIONAL $250 to fix them!
If she had done them the way I requested - not only would I have only had to buy about $125 of fabric (vs the $350 I spent) but she wouldn't have had to spend as much time on them. I'm already EXTREMELY tight on my budget. I didn't expect to spend $200 on my runners - let alone $550 I've ALREADY paid or the $800 she's expecting from me!
She's been so nice and accommodating, but honestly I think this is poor business practice - but she's just a woman who sews, not a business of anysort. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I should do?