Reclaim your worth

A step by step guide to pricing for repair artist's

You’re not trying to charge ridiculous money, you just want to feel fairly paid for the time, skill and energy you put in.

yes! I do want that

It’s a self-paced pricing guide for repairers and tactile creatives who want to make sense of their numbers, stop second-guessing every quote, and finally feel confident in what they charge.

What you’ll learn

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  • No more guesswork. Learn how to calculate an hourly rate that supports your life—not just covers your costs.

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  • From mindset shifts to building a price list that feels fair and sustainable this is about finding your rhythm.

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  • Scripts, prompts, and gentle reframes to help you talk about pricing like a pro (without ever feeling pushy or awkward).

this is for you if:

→  You’re already offer a repair & alteration service or are curious about how you can make money from your skill
→  You’ve been undercharging for years and you know it but every time you go to raise your prices the guilt kicks in
→ You’re tired of guessing what your time is worth and hoping it balances out in the end
→ You want a pricelist that not only feels good to you but also your customer

let's build your pricelist

Hi, I’m Gay.

I’m a repair artist, educator, and mentor based in Nottingham, working from my back bedroom and sewing on the good side of the fashion industry.

I ran a busy sewing studio for years… fully booked, on paper thriving… but behind the scenes I was completely burnt out. In early 2024, I closed the studio, went home, and built a business that now works for me. Since then, I’ve mentored creative business owners around the UK and beyond, spoken at events and universities, and built a slower, purpose-led business that finally feels good to me and supports my way of living.

Now, I want to help you do the same.

Learn more about me

FAQs

  • Nope. While I do go into the practical stuff - like working out your hourly rate - this guide goes much deeper. It's about mindset, values, language, and building a pricing structure that actually feels like you. Numbers are just one piece of the puzzle.

  • Then you're in the perfect place. This guide is designed to support new and emerging repair artists just as much as those who’ve been going a while. You don’t need a fancy studio or years of experience to start valuing your time and skill properly.

  • It’s been created specifically for menders, visible mending artists, repairers, darners, and slow fashion folks who are offering repair and alteration services in some form.

  • You can move through it in a weekend if you like but I encourage you to take your time. The guide is self-paced and designed to fit around real life. Each step builds on the last, and there are prompts and exercises to help you reflect, calculate, and create a system that works.

  • You will have the foundations of how to build a pricelist at the end yes, then the technique I use to start pricing each alteration/repair.

If you’re tired of figuring it all out alone…
If you want to feel more confident, visible, and valued…

Then come join us inside the repair artist’s way. a membership programme for tactile creatives, sewists and repair artist’s

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