Grateful, I suppose

[mmcnealy]

I suppose I should just be grateful that there is brocade fabric out there like that seen in so many of the Lucas Cranach the Elder's paintings

And not be bitching that its $71 a meter with a 10 meter minimum order


Talk about a period-style barrier to copying the fashions of the upper-crust. *big grin*

Of course there's lots of other 'almost good enough' brocades on there for much less, just not the one I want!

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[silverstah.livejournal.com]

But... if you get more than 29 meters, then the price drops down to $67.54! What a bargain! ;)

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

I know! Such a screaming deal! Of course I'd have to spend a house payment to get it.

Ack! I have super expensive tastes on a cheap cotton budget.

[silverstah.livejournal.com]

Ack! I have super expensive tastes on a cheap cotton budget.

You and me both. *woe*

[joysdaughter.livejournal.com]

Is this place any use? I can't work out the exchange rate at the moment - having a senior moment!

http://www.mperkins.com/

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Oh, that has some nice stuff!
I can't find the price sheet though, do you know how much in pounds would a meter of this be?
http://www.mperkins.com/two_colour_fairford.htm

[joysdaughter.livejournal.com]

£36.20 per metre under 30 metres. £26.50 per metre over 30 metres - no VAT as you don't live in England! I don't think that is any better is it? I've used these brocades, Fairford is the green Elizabethan dress on my site - and they are very good fabrics.

[cathgrace.livejournal.com]

the only trouble is that it's over $2 a pound right now, making it cost more then the first one!

[joysdaughter.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, that's one of the cheaper firms for church style fabric. One church place I know charges over £150.00 per metre - yep - one hundred and fifty pounds sterling!!

[cathgrace.livejournal.com]

That doesn't even make me blink, I do a lot of italian stuff, and fabrics from a good house there can be 1,700-2,500 euro a metre. I usually won't pay more then $35-70 a yard for silk damask, but it has to be pretty special at $70 and I will only use 1-3 yards of it for guarding.

[joysdaughter.livejournal.com]

Silk damask in the ordinary good fabric shops here is about £70.00 per metre - whatever things cost in the U.S. is usually the same in pounds! But buying ifrom th eU.S. involves customs sharges and postage and ......and............ so much hassle for customers! For me, I get stuff sent to a friend, who then sends me a gift!

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Where do you usually find your silk damasks?

[cathgrace.livejournal.com]

G-street in DC, Ebay, and a couple of other online places. I have a couple of killer pieces that I got on clearance at G-street, a black and gold silk damask that was $80 a yard on clearance for 19.99, with an extra 25% off, and another that was $75 and they put in on the wrong table and I asked about it, and was told the wrong price, and when I had already had it cut and went to pay, they tried to charge me $300 (and that was with my 30% off coupon,) so my hubby told them what we were told was the price, had a fight with the manager, and they had to honor it.......wait for it........$8.00 a yard!

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Nope, its not any better of a price, but oh well! Not making the dress I'd need this for right now anyway.

[landsknecht-po.livejournal.com]

That is a great on-line store. I have oggled the fabric there for a while. They are actually based out of Calgary, but unfortunately don't have an acctual storefront.

Interesting though to compare the cost of fabric today with that in period, makes $71/meter seem quite reasonable at times.

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Uh, they may be based out of Calgary but they ship out of Russia.

I'd really love to see this stuff in person. I've seen other examples of their fabric in person and worked with them, and it really is nice stuff to work with.

[landsknecht-po.livejournal.com]

kseniia_antir was the one who told me about the place and she has a coat she made with fabric from them. It is very nice - having a Russian persona helps too.

I must spend less money on photography and more on fancy fabric...

[spikywheel.livejournal.com]

La Lame has lots of ecclastical stuff if that is what you are looking for
http://www.lalame.com/html/catalog.html

The cataloge is $5 but if someone reminds me next month I'll dig around for my old copy. Religious stuff doesnt' change that much.

And they have a store in NYC.

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Cool, I'll put it on my calendar to remind you next month about it.

...and you have friends in NYC! :)

[queenalia.livejournal.com]

...who can either visit shop with digital camera or host you and kidlet on a very comfy aerobed... just in time for the xmas displays! whee!

;)
me

Re: ...and you have friends in NYC! :)

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

Oh that sounds like so much fun!

Unfortunately given the current financial situation, not likely to happen, but I can think of how much fun it would be to pop Henry in the car and drive up to NYC on a whim!

[gailsedotes.livejournal.com]

drool black and silver! it's only 35squids to me! still too much!

[aclisto.livejournal.com]

well you know me and pretties. I always at least try to keep an eye on stuff. I have heard that even though Istok lists as silks some of the fabric is a poly silk blend or not even silk at all.
http://www.manhattanfabrics.com/catalogue.cgi?ddisplay=1779
http://www.leandrofabrics.com/newarrivals.html
http://www.iluvfabrix.com/upholstery-fabric/damaskfabric/7-2.htm
http://www.decorativesilk.com/Scripts/default.asp
http://www.luigi-bevilacqua.com/
http://www.e-luxus-fabrics.com/soie_us/index.htm
http://store.schindlersfabrics.com/glsiupwefa.html