[MR] RE pricing a full length cloak (was Northern Principality)

[Grey Goose]

Good folk -

I beg to differ -

I spent $45 on 10 yards of blue silk by careful shopping on ebay.  Out of
this I made a pair of half circle heraldic cloaks for our barony. These are
of a rational length for an item to see regular use, therefor *not* floor
length. Add an additional $25 for the silks used for applique and throw my
labor in for free as I made these for love, not money.  Reasonable care has
kept them from needing to be cleaned for 4 years.

So ....  making a silk cloak is not so out of reach as you might think!
Now about that principality.

Janina

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Catherine Clark <clothier16c at hotmail.com>wrote:

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>  Assuming a full circle cloak for a person over 6 ft tall:  the fabric
> alone could be over $600. And that's for plain silk and lining.  And then
> there is labor....
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> And then there is the care of it....
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> Chrstienne
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> >> ------ Original Message ------
> > Received: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:18:19 AM EDT
> > From: Gail <ladysayher at gmail.com>
> > To: atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> > Subject: [MR] Northern Principality
> >
> > > Hey not fair........there are still those of us who would like to see a
> > > Northern Principality, but not with polyester.
> >
> > Have you priced a full-length full-circle cloak in silk? Lined, of
> course.
> >
> > --
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