One More Thing Before I Go...

A little friend of ours is turning four. Lucy suggested that we make him a superhero cape. (I have made three other dress-up capes for little friends turning four, but this one takes the cake.) Our little friend's name begins with a T.

Here is Lucy modeling the reversible dress-up cape. One side is "Knights in Shining Armor" and the other side is "Superhero/Spaceman". Everyone had artistic input - particularly on the Superhero/Spaceman side. Many opinions on design and colour choice were given and considered.

Here is a close-up of the collar piece. I shamelessly copied the collar from one of the dress-up capes at our local drop-in centre.

I like to try new sewing techniques or fabrics whenever I can - particularly when I am revisiting something I have done in the past. There were many new things on this cape: I used princess satin, panne velvet, tissue lame, and foil. I used Wonder Under to help place the appliques. I used metalic thread and a metalic thread needle to stitch the gold and silver letters in place. And last (but not least) I used piping.

This was a very fun project and I am glad Lucy had the idea.