Sewing Sewing Cape with hood - SD 60 cm

Cape with Hood - SD 60 cm girl
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1. Materials:
- 50 cm of cotton
- 50 cm of velvet
- 1 button 1.5 cm diameter
- 30 cm of matching frill ribbon
- matching thread
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2. Instructions:
- Copy the pattern from the images provided
- Main part: it is basically a quarter of a circle with the neck cut out
--> cut the pattern on fold twice, one out of velvet, one out of cotton
- Place two pieces of material right sides together and pin
- Sew side and circle parts
- Turn inside out then press seams open
- Sew around the edge about 1 cm from edge


3. Hood: ( pattern was created for a smallish SD head , you might have to make it a bit bigger)
- Cut out twice from velvet and twice from cotton
- Sew each part separate first cotton parts then velvet parts
- Press seams open
- Put the two pieces right sides together and pin, baste if it becomes too fiddly
- Sew around edges and turn right sides to outside, press seams
- Sew along outer edge
- Sew the frilly ribbon around the hood edge

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4. Putting hood to cape:

- Cape: fold the seam allowance at the neck in and baste
- Fit the hood seam allowance inside the cape neck part and baste
- Sew the two pieces together, you might need to make two parallel lines of sewing.

5. Finish:
- Sew button in place and sew the fastening part with thick cotton thread or embroidery thread
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Please ask if you need more detailed explanations.


Good luck with sewing the cape!