Hi
septic,
I understand your questions. I was trying to explain the reasons for this in the revised first post.
For customers ordering just the shirt, it comes with no wings or shoulder patches attached. This is because some customers:
- Have their own wings and shoulder patch.
- Purchased from me in the past and would like to attach those themselves.
- Do not want any patches on the shirt (To wear for work or other events).
In addition, the blue wings are machine embroidered and are priced appropriately at $10 while the bullion wings take about 3-4 hours to make each individual pair. So $40 per wing with a shirt is a Bargain. In addition, I will sew every shoulder patch on and use ultra thin velcro for the wings, at no extra charge. (so that they can be removed for laundry.
The shoulder patch almost did not happen at all until this August, and it was not cheap in time and money to get right, or at least significantly better and closer to the original than anything done so far.
Regarding your last question about the shirts, It's very hard to tell. Over the past 10 months the cost of fabric, (linen, cotton) has shot up. The cost of almost every other supply has gone up.. So right now I am concentrating on making this present run happen, so I really can't say If I will do another one or if I will have "stock" at the end. I just don't know...
Hope this answers your concerns/questions.
Adam