And again and again this cape...

The cape is almost done - I need to do the lining and some details but it is not that long.
First an image of the fusing - note that on a later stage I fused the whole back. I had to do it because it needed to be stiffer next to the sleeves. The silver stuff are organza stripes I used to reinforce the seams. I think you can do without, but I imagined the seams needed some stiffness too. I also used the organza to reinforce the puff sleeve - the large bat wings are pulling it a bit down.



Further on putting the pieces together in the next post.
Another change I did. Remember I cut the shoulders a bit narrow. It happened I couldn't live with it - I just wanted to fix things as far as I can so I added a piece at the shoulder. I actually like it as a detail. Happy ending...



So now to the collar. I took Paco's advice and I saw now a bit the one of Ana Carina's (is the same collar as the CE but without the pleats) - I made just a simple stand collar that can be folded down if I want it.






The cape without the belt and with the folded collar.



Funny backstage fact: As Matthieu saw this he said that it is too short and the sides are open and all at all it is not really practical. Hehe.

The First Step

So the first post will be about an almost done project that I will try to publish step by step. I made the pattern myself and intend to publish it as an open source thing on the www.burdastyle.com web page. So I thought it will be useful to explain the process. I guessed I made some mistakes too...
So first a sneak peek at the finished design:

Then the pieces without the collar, which I cut at the end after i measured the neckline again, cause distances tend to change when you sew. Front piece cut 2 times:
Front revers piece (not sure what it is actually called - is the piece that basically is sewn on the back side of the buttonholes...) - cut 2 times:

Back piece - cut 1 time:
and least but not last off course - the sleeves piece - cut also 2 times, since i have 2 arms...
So as you see I tried really hard to do things properly this time starting with the fusing. The light gray fussing is a light to middle weight, the black and white ones are of the same weight - middle to heavy. The sleeves fold is not fused, cause i intended to make a cuff, which didn't happened at the end - so they were indeed fused later on. At the round edges i applied a very thick stripe - the best is to take cotton tape for it i think - it is all about stopping the garment from getting baggy. So don't fuse if you are after the baggy style ;).


My infos of how to do that properly i got from those links:

Couture et Tricot
Paco Peralta
Assorted Notions
Fashion Incubator
Threads

So I must add that it is highly satisfying to have the feeling that you are doing things properly even if it takes time.
cheers.