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Title: Fabric Linen sale
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2010-10-05, 18:47:06
http://www.fabrics-store.com/first.php?goto=showarticles&menu=f&article=2&n=0&printed=

heavier weighted stuff. nice prices. good I think for surcoats, coat of plates etc. maybe even for clothing, I usually wear like the 5 or 5.3 stuff
Title: Re: Fabric Linen sale
Post by: Sir Edward on 2010-10-05, 20:07:26

Wow, they actually have several different blues this time. I bought some ugly blue a while back before finding better stuff (the "true blue" they have on page 2). I still need to use it before I think about buying more though.
Title: Re: Fabric Linen sale
Post by: Sir Matthew on 2010-10-05, 22:46:38
I need to remake my gambeson, after like 5 or 6 years it's finally starting to unravel at a few places. Maybe I'll order something from here to use on the outer layer since when I wear it with the Brig and Vambraces you can see it around the elbows. Might be nice to have a splash of color there instead of black.
Title: Re: Fabric Linen sale
Post by: Sir Patrick on 2010-10-06, 01:47:05
We can always count on Sir Wolf to come up with a great deal or a cool site!
Title: Re: Fabric Linen sale
Post by: Sir Brian on 2010-10-06, 16:22:39
 :o

ARRRRRRRHHHHH!
And I just paid full price for my heavy linen a couple of weeks ago!

Well I did manage to buy the dupioni silk on sale at Hancock fabrics last night at $11.99 a yard instead of $15.00 a yard. ;)
Title: Re: Fabric Linen sale
Post by: Sir William on 2010-10-07, 19:39:00
Oh wow...what'll I do with this material?  I'm no seamstress...and the one I do know of, has never made anything medieval so I'd rather she try her hand using lesser materials...still, thanks for sharing Sir Wolf.  I can always dream about such a surcoat.  lol
Title: Re: Fabric Linen sale
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2010-10-07, 20:18:53
i would say order the fabric and contact Sir Edwards future sister in law (tee hee that sounds funny after all these year) and see what you can work out for her to make you something! she's gggggggreat
Title: Re: Fabric Linen sale
Post by: Sir Edward on 2010-10-07, 20:25:30

Yep, like I said, I don't know what her schedule is like. She does an awesome job, but doesn't need to advertise because by word of mouth she gets more work than she has time for. She's in the wonderful position of being able to turn down work. :)
Title: Re: Fabric Linen sale
Post by: Sir William on 2010-10-08, 13:46:05
Maybe Sir Edward will provide the introduction so that I may pose that question one day?  I would like to have a full-on silk/linen surcoat...but what colors/devices should I use?  Thankfully, I have time to think about it.  This'd like the ultimate tho.  At least until the next one happens along!
Title: Re: Fabric Linen sale
Post by: Sir Edward on 2010-10-08, 14:16:53
Yep, we can ask her about it.

But yeah, you'd definitely need to figure out all those details. :) It took me a while to settle on my heraldry. We drew up over 40 shield designs, and gradually narrowed it down to about 5, then I got stuck for a while. I wanted to be sure I was happy with it before committing it to paint.
Title: Re: Fabric Linen sale
Post by: Sir William on 2010-10-08, 19:07:05
Understood...nothing worse than getting the final details together only to find that you just DON'T LIKE IT.