I sent this info to Allakhazam, but has anyone else heard of this or any
tailoring recipes that might require more than 8 items?

Ran across an interesting possible quest lead in Firona Vie last night.
Below is the relevant dialog. I could not get him to respond to any other
keywords.

Interestingly, and had I not had a lucky click of the mouse I would have
forgotten the whole thing, I clicked on the loom in his house. Much to my
surprise it opened up into a 12 slot Sewing Kit complete with combine
button! Now if I could just figure out how to get it into the bank... ;-)

Dialog:

You say, 'hail Dionin Needlespin'

Dionin Needlespin sets down a needle and thread and a bolt of cloth.
Greetings my friend. I am the tailor of this outpost. We have limited
supplies. I often have to preserve my tailoring supplies to [mend very
large items].

You say, 'How do you mend very large items?'

Dionin Needlespin says 'I cannot use a sewing kit to mend items such as ship
sail. I must use my loom outside. I have the only one available in Kunark,
but only I am allowed to use it. I can't have other breaking it. I have
heard there is an old one in an ancient and ruined library.

Kitasi Faegehearper