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Children's Super Hero Cape Tutorial
Ever had your child raid your fabric drawer and run around the house with a yard of jersey over his/her head? It turns out kids really like to dress up in super hero capes and it gives them a distraction from your formerly folded fabric stash. However, if you do have a little munchkin pulling on your pants 24/7, you need a fast solution that doesn’t require too much work. This was my solution. It is super fast, and you don’t have to cut any curves. If you can sew a blanket, you can make this cape in no time.
Supplies:
- 2 yards of fabric in contrasting colors. If you don’t want a lining, 1 yard of fabric is fine. I suggest a fabric that is easily washable. If you don’t want to do any hemming, jersey knit works great. No fray!
- Elastic
- Scissors
- Velcro
- Basting spray
- Lightning Bolt and/or Letter template (Optional).Lightening bolt template is provided under Step 7. I drew the letter ‘C’ free hand, but you can find all kinds of funky and funk fonts on Google to print out and use as a template.
- Tracing Marker (optional)
Step 1
Sewing Machine- Place fabric right sides together and sew a ¼ inch seam. Leave a small opening large enough to turn fabric right side out (just like you would with a pillow case.) Sew opening closed (either by hand or by flipping edges under and machine stitching).
If you have a serger, you can just place fabric wrong sides together and serge ends using a 4 thread over lock stitch.
Step 2
Sewing Machine - Turn lining up 2 inches on top and bottom ends of cape and straight stitch.
Step 3
Cut 10 inches of elastic. Pull elastic through casing, stitch down just the ends of the elastic on both sides.
Step 4
Cut a 4 in by 8 inch rectangle, fold in half (hotdog style) right sides together, sew 3 sides. Turn right sides out.
Cut in half (hamburger style) and sew down open ends. You should have two strips.
Step 5
Sew strips to ends of collar.
Step 6
Sew Velcro to neck straps. You could also use some sticky back Velcro.
Step 7
Trace lightning bolt and letter on lining fabric and cut out. Use basting spray to secure lightning bolts and letter on right side of cape. Stick in a few pins just for a little extra hold. Use a narrow, short zig zag stitch to attach.
Step 8
Sit back and relax while you little one flies around fighting forces of evil.
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