In a finished work, what about costs for thread, seed beads and needles?
For beading wire or thread, seed beads, broken or bent needles, and items that do not have an item ID, the “Est. Add’l Cost” field in the Finished Work screen is designed to allow entry of your best estimate of costs. If you use a third of a spool of thread, you can estimate the cost. Add a bit for items you might not think of adding to the cost of a finished work, but which you must stock to do beading. This includes needles, thread conditioner, beading mats, tools, etc. Some of these wear out more quickly than others, but they all should be included in the “overhead” of your costs. You can either record these estimated costs as one lump in the Est. Add’l Cost field, or individually on component lines as described above. Do not do both, as this will double-total the costs in the Artist Cost field.
