Post by Faylana Torena on Nov 10, 2005 21:24:07 GMT -5
I'm not sure if this is the exact right place for this post, but since it pertains to robe material I thought it was likely acceptable.
If anyone is planning on making a new robe www.Fabric.com has cocoa brown Gabardine Wool on sale at $6.71/yard until Nov 14, they have 66 yards left as of this post.
I purchased 4 yards of it for my first robe, I'm going to pick up some $1/yard fabric at Walmart for a test robe before I cut into the wool since I'm making my own pattern based off my observations of the construction of the robes in the movies - seams up the side and under the arms and seam up the middle of the back. I think that's how OuterRobes makes their robes, but they use flannel for their robes and I dont want to be the pill Jedi or static-cling Jedi heh.
I'm not sure if the gabardine wool is actually darker than shown in the picture or if that is the actual color, I'm guessing it may be likely that the lighting used to take the photo may have been bright to show detail and made it look lighter than it is. But if it isn't I'm not worried about it since not all robes were exactly the same and I'm not trying to replicate any specific Jedi.
Fabric.com also has Melton wool in 2 brown colors, one is cinnamon stick and the other is cocoa brown. Mystikmerchants uses a cocoa brown melton that they say is a great match for Obi-wan's robes. Both sell for $10.95/yard and have around 30yards left in stock of either.
If anyone is planning on making a new robe www.Fabric.com has cocoa brown Gabardine Wool on sale at $6.71/yard until Nov 14, they have 66 yards left as of this post.
I purchased 4 yards of it for my first robe, I'm going to pick up some $1/yard fabric at Walmart for a test robe before I cut into the wool since I'm making my own pattern based off my observations of the construction of the robes in the movies - seams up the side and under the arms and seam up the middle of the back. I think that's how OuterRobes makes their robes, but they use flannel for their robes and I dont want to be the pill Jedi or static-cling Jedi heh.
I'm not sure if the gabardine wool is actually darker than shown in the picture or if that is the actual color, I'm guessing it may be likely that the lighting used to take the photo may have been bright to show detail and made it look lighter than it is. But if it isn't I'm not worried about it since not all robes were exactly the same and I'm not trying to replicate any specific Jedi.
Fabric.com also has Melton wool in 2 brown colors, one is cinnamon stick and the other is cocoa brown. Mystikmerchants uses a cocoa brown melton that they say is a great match for Obi-wan's robes. Both sell for $10.95/yard and have around 30yards left in stock of either.
