Larry Jaques on Tue, 04 Jul 2017
06:12:28 -0700 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
On Mon, 03 Jul 2017 17:57:53 -0700, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Gunner Asch on Sun, 02 Jul 2017 22:47:19 -0700
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

I hunted around for an industrial grade sewing machine so I could
repair sails on the boats I fix up..and perhaps sewing your own might
be a better thing to do. Material is cheap enough. Heavy duty canvas
duck is surprisingly cheap if you hunt around a bit

Can also make a road trip to Janzen Beach. Lot of fabric using
companies there, so sometimes you can get finds. (I know a
"liturgical tailor" who scored a bunch of cordura in black. Just the
thing for 'work cassocks' for priests and deacons who wear one on
construction jobs. "Accidentally nailed it to the joist, just pulled
the nail - good as new." But I digress.)

snort I won't ask.

Long ago, I did a website for a lady who made liturgical vestments.
I had absolutely no idea they wore Cordura, nor that they were
laborers and carpenters.

Depends. Some Eastern Orthodox Deacons & Priest have side jobs to
pay the bills, especially if the parish is small or a mission. And
some prefer to wear the cassock all the time, so "I need a 'work'
cassock."
What was interesting was her story of trying to make a set of
vestments for an Army Chaplain - with neck holes which would fit over
his helmet. And in "subdued" colors. 8-) Managed.
--
pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."