Fabric Big Enough for a King Sized Comforter

W*lmart [holding nose] sells clothing that has been made with HUGE production runs and huge contracts with manufacturers where the cost of running a business is negligible compared to in the US and therefore a lower production cost for each item.

Realistically speaking, you cannot compete price-wise with standard-sized items when you are going to have a significantly smaller production run.

If you are looking at affluent people as your vertical (pun intended) target market *AND* if your market research supports the need for a commercially-available product, then you might be better off starting a business doing custom work and charging accordingly rather than trying to compete price-wise with W*lmart, because you will never find

*consistent* sources of the fabric you want in small (read: in quantities under thousands of yards) quantities for anywhere near the low prices that bigger manufacturers get them at.

OP, my "little" brother (6' 7") is on a Formerly Known as UseNet group called alt.support.tall. They trade ideas about auto selection, shoes, ski boots, bicycle frames, and the like. You might want to check them out.

Bro just visited, spending two nights on my futon mattress. I took a look at his blanket situation (being in Michigan, and he now lives in Houston. He was curled up like a "Z" and I don't believe that was due to temps or bed length. They have a kingsize waterbed at home.

HTH

--Karen D. stopped growing at 5'6"

I Don't know where you buy your king size bed but mine is a standard king at 80" and my queen is the same length as i s my extra long full size bed. So that leaves you with 5 inches. Juno.

True, some are. But if I make a bed that is as long as I need it to be, where do I get fitted sheets for it? Electric blankets? Comforters can be used as a quilt, but they tend to be overly expensive for the amount of insulation involved, but they will work. Maybe I can find a regular sheet, but haven=92t found any blankets that size. And there may already be a source for these, just I haven=92t found them yet.

Agreed. I did not intend to compete with Wal-Mart in any way, as they do not provide anything that is of sufficient size. I wanted to fill the niche that they totally ignored. Like the Big Tall shops did with clothing. I can price it pretty cheep, and still make sufficient profit for my needs. Not as cheep as Wal-Mart sells there bedding that did not fit. But cheep enough to make it worth buying one set in 5 years so that they can be comfortable. The bed can last a lifetime, and the mattress was not overly more then normal. Just that it was a foam pad and not a Sealy posturepedic.

Exactly my plan. The Wal-Mart connection was simply showing what is commonly available, and that my size was not commonly available, because Wal-Mart did not carry it.

alt.support.tall?

Thank you, sincerely. That is going to be a real help to me. I may even advertise there to gain a few original customers. In any case, it will be a big help in finding things that fit that are already in production.

Check your math again. I need 81 inches to be flush with the foot of the bed and have my pillow pushed right up against the head of the bed.

86 inches to actually have moving room like a normal person.

And my measurement was on a full sized bed, as I do not have a king.

Hotels have extra long beds. Maybe you can check some sources from them to see what's available. College dorms also have extra long beds for basketball players, check out sources that supply them . Juno

They seem most available for twin-sized mattresses:

Wonder if there's any market for extra-short bedding. ;->

Beverly

Flour sacks.

Just found this site, beds up to 96 inches with blankets and comforters to go with them

Now you've gone and done it! Assuming he's not over 8 feet tall, OP will have nothing to whine about. ;->

Beverly

Good! I had never given this a thought before the OP began talking so much about it; I did some research in my family.

We are all a "TALL' family, men over 6' and most women at least 5'8"; I also married a tall man, 6'3". DF was a mere 6'2", but both my brothers grew to be 6'4" and the 2 sons are 6'3''; a DSIL is 6'7' and two DGS are both 6'5" already at ages 18 & 20. The other DGS is also 6'6"; and one DGD is as tall as her Mom, about 5'10". I was curious about the comfort of sleeping on a bed that is a mere 80" long and asked DSIL. He said, "It's never been a problem with me." He continued, "Who sleeps stretched out all the way? Don't most people bend their knees some?" Enough said on this for now. Emily

You know how I am Beverly, a real spoil sport. I guess he never heard that google is your friend. Juno

There are TONS of things that are commonly available that W*lmart [holding nose] doesn't carry.

Don't you dare advertise there. You will lose potential customers.

Please Google for the Advertising on Usenet: How to do it, how not to do it FAQ and for the Boulder Pledge to find out why you should follow my admonition here.

This has been part of the Usenet FAQ Penny S. put together:

Advertising on Usenet: How To Do It, How Not To Do It

is a link to the Boulder Pledge:'m not at all convinced OP will take heed of the warning.

Beverly

LOL! In another post he was provided information about a newsgroup for tall folks. He immediatly wrote "I may even advertise there to gain a few original customers." :-( Perhaps he'll learn why he should not if/when he gets his internet account terminated for AUP/TOS violation(s).

NMP!

Beverly