It was very easy – an excellent beginner’s project. If your fabric is wide, the cape itself is one piece of fabric, with a lining and collar. The instructions say to use hooks and eyes on the collar as closures. I hate tight things at the throat, so I made a loop from my fashion fabric which I sewed into the seam between the fabric and lining, and used a fabulous vintage button, and put the closure more on the shoulder. She gives a pattern for a period decoration using soutache trim; she describes the quantity needed as “lots and lots.” If I were going that direction, I’d want more guidance than that!
Frannie –
It was very easy – an excellent beginner’s project. If your fabric is wide, the cape itself is one piece of fabric, with a lining and collar. The instructions say to use hooks and eyes on the collar as closures. I hate tight things at the throat, so I made a loop from my fashion fabric which I sewed into the seam between the fabric and lining, and used a fabulous vintage button, and put the closure more on the shoulder. She gives a pattern for a period decoration using soutache trim; she describes the quantity needed as “lots and lots.” If I were going that direction, I’d want more guidance than that!