[I originally posted this on the Facebook group here https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1B7WkMQ7oa/ on 10th August 2024.]
This “might” be useful for anyone who is curious to know exactly how many hours they’ve spent cumulatively on a sewing
Project.
I sometimes use a Timesheet app to track time spent on a sewing project.
I can then write into the “Notes” section of a Project that it took “X hours to complete”.
Sometimes we get a whole day or weekend free to knock out a new dress or
and it’s easy to say “𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐦𝐞 𝟕.𝟓 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞”.
Other times, we trace the pattern, 3 weeks later we pre-wash the fabric, half a year later it’s finally time to get to stitching that baby up . So, from start to finish it “seems” like 214 days to complete a Project
.
99% of StashHubApp users aren’t going to be worried about tracking hours spent working on a project. So, IMHO a time-hours tracking *feature is highly unlikely to get added to the app. (*Currently, you can see date started + completed for a given Project in the app.)
But, sometimes if we could inform the non-sewers in our lives the total number of hours worked and kinda told them what an hourly pay rate would be to make that thing they say “𝐎𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 - 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲!” that would be eye
opening to people who thinking making your own clothes is cheaper!
So… sometimes I use a Timesheet app to track time spent on a sewing project. (Those apps are often used by gig workers or freelancers to accurately charge for their hours worked.)
There’s loads of free + paid time tracking / time management apps to choose from
https://uk.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/best-time-tracking-apps