I saw this last night and thought of you. If you can sew and can get the fabric cheap enough, like this lady did, it would be awesome and settle your caftan issues. It does seem fairly simple to sew.



http://sosewsomething.com/2011/09/03...-sewing-day-3/

EDIT: I took the image out because it was way too big. Follow the link and you can see the caftan there.