An elderly neighbor gave me what must have been at one time a fantastically expensive ankle length Mink coat. For whatever reason, she took out the lining of it. I stuck it in a closet and took it out several times, but in the last 20 years or so never got around to it. It fell in the closet once and Koko, my rescue cat, instantly claimed it so now he has probably the most expensive cat bed in town.
One of these days I may steal enough of it to make a doll cape, or maybe a doll coat. I have an old 1800s pattern somewhere reduced for large dolls.