Cats Costumery | Making an Edwardian Cape | beginner friendly historical clothing project! @CatsCostumery | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 57 minutes ago.
Hello everyone and welcome to a new video!
I had such fun making this cape! It was an easy make, from pattern drafting to construction. The hardest bit was finding a way to cutely finish the top edges of the capes altogether, because of the bulk there. Otherwise, it was smooth sailing! I also wanted to show, in this video, the slow process of making things, so I've left in some of the sounds of sewing and I didn't speed up any of the sewing clips. I hope to wear this with the two matching skirts and other bits - I also had a thought of maybe making a matching coat from the leftover fabric, and then I could wear it over the coat as well!
I think in total I used approximately 1.5 meters of the mixed suiting and the same for the lining, but because these are cut as circles, they're pretty inefficiently cut, so if you're willing to do a seam or two and some piecing, this can be squeezed out of less fabric for sure! I also used under a meter of some black tape I had in my stash, to finish the top. As mentioned, the pattern was from the November 1904 issue of the Edwardian magazine, The Voice of Fashion, reproduced in Frances Grimble's book (linked below). The information from the magazine even adds, 'Make of any desired material', which really shows the versatility of this pattern! You could make this out of a lightweight cotton, or linen, or even lace for a summer version (I might just do that!). I also think that if it was less bulky (the wool made it very bulky, heavy, but also warm), it could work very easily for a historybounding project. I don't think any of the construction I did was anachronistic, as sewing machine usage was wide spread by this point in time - and I ended up doing most of it by hand haha. Other construction methods, like the right sides together and turned out, will work better for lightweight fabrics, and you can always understitch those seams to hide the lining!
I didn't go over the adding a piece of cording to the hem idea, but I've done to a couple of skirt hems in the past and I really liked the effect. It adds a little stiffness and structure to the hem. Maybe I can cover that in another video!
-- THINGS MENTIONED --
The Voice of Fashion: 79 Turn-of-the-Century Patterns with Instructions and Fashion Plates by Frances Grimble amzn.to/3HNEHNb
-- MORE --
Patreon (exclusive videos), patreon.com/catscostumery
Instagram (perhaps overactive stories): @catscostumery
instagram.com/catscostumery
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/V7V7HRLN
Blog: happilyevertaffeta.wordpress.com
Facebook: facebook.com/catscostumery
-- All Amazon Links are affiliate links! I also have a list of all my useful sewing things here: amazon.com/shop/catscostumery --
For business inquiries, email catscostumery@makrwatch.com
Music is from Epidemic Sound.
Hello everyone and welcome to a new video!
I had such fun making this cape! It was an easy make, from pattern drafting to construction. The hardest bit was finding a way to cutely finish the top edges of the capes altogether, because of the bulk there. Otherwise, it was smooth sailing! I also wanted to show, in this video, the slow process of making things, so I've left in some of the sounds of sewing and I didn't speed up any of the sewing clips. I hope to wear this with the two matching skirts and other bits - I also had a thought of maybe making a matching coat from the leftover fabric, and then I could wear it over the coat as well!
I think in total I used approximately 1.5 meters of the mixed suiting and the same for the lining, but because these are cut as circles, they're pretty inefficiently cut, so if you're willing to do a seam or two and some piecing, this can be squeezed out of less fabric for sure! I also used under a meter of some black tape I had in my stash, to finish the top. As mentioned, the pattern was from the November 1904 issue of the Edwardian magazine, The Voice of Fashion, reproduced in Frances Grimble's book (linked below). The information from the magazine even adds, 'Make of any desired material', which really shows the versatility of this pattern! You could make this out of a lightweight cotton, or linen, or even lace for a summer version (I might just do that!). I also think that if it was less bulky (the wool made it very bulky, heavy, but also warm), it could work very easily for a historybounding project. I don't think any of the construction I did was anachronistic, as sewing machine usage was wide spread by this point in time - and I ended up doing most of it by hand haha. Other construction methods, like the right sides together and turned out, will work better for lightweight fabrics, and you can always understitch those seams to hide the lining!
I didn't go over the adding a piece of cording to the hem idea, but I've done to a couple of skirt hems in the past and I really liked the effect. It adds a little stiffness and structure to the hem. Maybe I can cover that in another video!
-- THINGS MENTIONED --
The Voice of Fashion: 79 Turn-of-the-Century Patterns with Instructions and Fashion Plates by Frances Grimble amzn.to/3HNEHNb
-- MORE --
Patreon (exclusive videos), patreon.com/catscostumery
Instagram (perhaps overactive stories): @catscostumery
instagram.com/catscostumery
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/V7V7HRLN
Blog: happilyevertaffeta.wordpress.com
Facebook: facebook.com/catscostumery
-- All Amazon Links are affiliate links! I also have a list of all my useful sewing things here: amazon.com/shop/catscostumery --
For business inquiries, email catscostumery@makrwatch.com
Music is from Epidemic Sound.
