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July 29, 2012 by Tien Chiu

Draping the cape

I didn’t make it to the Gaultier exhibit today, electing instead to work on the Celtic Braid Coat.  After much fussing, I managed to get the cape edges sewn, turned right side out, and pressed.  There is still a lot of understitching, trimming, etc. to be done before the cape is complete, but at least it now looks like a cape!  Previously it looked like a shapeless bag, so this is a great improvement.

And of course I had to throw it up on the dress  form:

semi-finished cape, with inset Celtic braid fabric
semi-finished cape, with inset Celtic braid fabric

I wasn’t sure if that was too much red, so I tried it with just plain black:

semi-finished cape, plain
semi-finished cape, plain

I haven’t really decided about this yet – the top photo, with the Celtic Braid panel, feels a little too busy to me, but the bottom photo feels a bit too plain, and lacks focus.  The panel really emphasizes the stripe and brings the focus onto the fabric.  So unless I think of something better, I’ll go with the panel in the final version.

Off to bed!  Tomorrow I’ll start understitching the cape lining.  Once that’s done, I’ll finish redesigning the vest, so I can finally cut and sew that leather!

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  1. Sandra Rude says

    July 29, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    Top photo, definitely.

  2. Pat says

    July 31, 2012 at 4:02 pm

    Will you always wear it buttoned? Otherwise do you want to think about what it looks like open?
    I like it both ways, but they have different feelings.

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