How to make a Delicious Cape,
Suitable for all bounty hunters
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ingredients: Ketil Peat and Light Gray Marbled Boiled Wool (I KNOW a lot of people use black, but I LIKE the gray so that's what I'm going to use.)
Oh yes and some thread
I bought two yards of fabric, which turns out to be a piece 189cmx152cm. I just followed along what the Galactic Armory did for his cape. My shoulder width is 47cm, and it's recommended that you add about a foot to that for the width of the cape. Half of 152 is 76, which is close enough to my desired width, and I'll be able to get two equal pieces out of this fabric.
Next I cut out a space for my head. I forget the actual dimensions but I laid it on a cutting mat with measuring squares, so you could find out if you were really interested.
[ATTACH=full]215430[/ATTACH]
NEXT! I'm sure many people on this site have done what I am about to do. Basically, I followed the tutorial here: The MANDALORIAN- Din Djarin Costumers Guild : Heres our short guide for pleating/draping the cape
to make and sew down the pleats in the cape. I didn't have a mannequin but it's not too hard to just do this on a table.
[ATTACH=full]215432[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]215431[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=full]215433[/ATTACH]the back of a chair helps too!
[ATTACH=full]215434[/ATTACH]
Oh yes and then I used some e6000 to stick on some velcro. I could have sewn these too but I didn't want the stitching to show through the other side.
Then I sewed on some more velcro to the flight suit.
[ATTACH=full]215435[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=full]215436[/ATTACH]
You look fabulous kiddo!
I will make a small modification to the vest of the flight suit. Right now it fits a bit loose, I think a simple cut and addition of some velcro will fix that problem. After that I just have to tie up some loose ends (finish sanding those itty bitty detail pieces, a bit of gluing, OH YES THE GUN!) and then I will be able to paint and start putting it all together!
