Very Easy Costume Cloak
This week’s Project
Level - Very Easy
Skills - pattern-less costume
Reversible
Which of the Four
Basic Patterns - Simple Cloak
I staggered into the small
lecture room with a throbbing head, hoping I would make it through the
presentation without passing out in front of the class.
“Today,” I started, “we are
going to make my favorite easy cloak pattern.”
It really is this simple …
One: Buy, borrow, scavenge or otherwise, legally acquire
a rectangular shaped wool or wool-like synthetic blanket in a solid color
suitable to the colors of the time-period and persona you are dressing to
represent.
Two: Cut
a coordinating fabric of the same dimensions – this can be another blanket, or
in the case of our example, some finer fabric that matches your time period.
Three: Face
the right sides of the two fabrics together and sew all around leaving enough open
to slip the garment inside out (wrong side to right side). For this pattern I suggest leaving a four to
five inch long opening.
Four: Pull the right side of your cloak through the
four to five inch opening you've made.
Five: Slip stitch the opening closed so that the
cloak is finished and reversible. You
can top stitch if the cloak if for a time period after the sewing machine was invented,
but an invisible stich is more attractive.
Six: Think about how you would like to tie or
close the cloak. Again take the reversibility
of the cloak and the time period into account.
The example below has a round piece of hardware (taken from an otherwise
broken hand-bag) and ties.
I love this pattern because
the finished garment is appropriate for many uses.
This is especially useful
for cool-weather events as it can be made to be quite warm if you use two heavy
fabrics, just remember to check that the doubled fabric will fit through your
sewing machine and that you have heavy gauge needles for sewing heavier woolen
weights. You can buy machine washable
natural looking synthetics or you can dry clean this easily.
Enjoy your new cloaks!
Dove’s adventure starts here:
http://automatadove.blogspot.com/2013/12/doves-adventure-begins-with-how-to-make.html
