Easy-to-make Dracula cape

Everything starts with a great design... So my daughter made this sketch for her to-be Halloween disco outfit.

 

 

And off we went with the design to Eurokangas (a fabric store in the Helsinki area where they have great service!). We bought red cloth for the lining and black one for the top layer.

 

As I have never done a cape before, I consulted a more seasoned cosplay cape-maker on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBIa24-CPD0

 

I cut two half circles (the ones below are folded into quarters of a circle) out of both pieces of cloth and made a round neck line.

 

 

 

For the collar I used buckram ("kovikekangas"). The collar needs to match your neckline on the cape of course - measure. Otherwise you are in trouble.

Below is how I cut the collar and the three pieces I sew together.

 

 

 

In the design there is a white frill on the neck. For that piece I just gathered few layers of white lace and put an elastic band around the neck.

 

 

The outcome....

 

 

.. is Cool!

 

 

 

 

 

Halloween gear: Ear band for a werewolf

So it is Halloween period and my girls need outfits for their yearly Halloween disco. I started the job with ears for a little werewolf ("ihmissusi").

I took a normal hairband and covered it with a brown crochet ribbon

 

 

I crocheted ears and filled them with cotton wool.

 

 

 

And this is how it looks on me... the ears are not adult size, clearly.