Hooded Cloak

It is best to use crushed velvet when making this pattern. You want the material to be heavie= r as lighter fabrics don’t tend to h= ang well

Materials:-

4 yards of 60 inch wide fabric.
Cotton.
Some sort of jewelry to fasten the cloak

Tools:-

Chalk for marking out.
A length of string (5 ft)= .
Sharp scissors.
Pins.
Sewing machine. You can s= ew this pattern by hand if you don't have a sewing machine but it will ta= ke a long time.

Fold the fabric along the = line that will form the centre of the cloak back. This helps to ensure that both halves of the pattern are the same.

To mark out the body sections use a length of string and a pin to act as= a giant compass. Also, by doing= this you reduce the amount of fabric you need (see diagram below).

3D"Cloak

This pattern produces a cloak with a lined hood. The instructions here assume that the hood will be lined with the same material that the cloak is made from so that it will appear the same from both sides. If you want to l= ine the hood with a different material simply cut two sections for the hood from the main material and two from the lining material you wish to use.

Hood Sections (Cut 4).=

3D"Cloak

If you are using a fabric which has a right and wrong side such as velvet cut half the pieces so that they are mirror images of the other half. If you are using a plain material it doesn't matter as you can just turn the pieces over to obtain the mirror images.

Next take the sections for the hood. Sew two of them together along the longer of the straight edges to form the shape shown below and repeat for t= he other pair (If you are lining the hood with a different material you should have one pair of the main material and one pair of the lining material). Now sew the two sections you have together with the back of the material towards the outside leaving it open along the edge indicated.

3D"Cloak

Now turn the hood the right w= ay out. The next stage is to sew the hood onto the body of the cloak. Take your time lining the hood up so that the seam up the back of the hood lines up exactly with the seam along the back of the cloak or the cloak will look odd and the hood will tend to twist round while you are wearing it.

Once you have attached the hood hem the cloak up all the way down both s= ides and all the way along the bottom edge (this is where the sewing machine rea= lly comes in useful).

Finally attach the fastener just below where the hood joins the body of = the cloak.