Okay im not even 3 minutes into the video and you are the ONLY one who has shown what to do at the BOTTOM OF THE CLOAK!! (curving it by measuring the way you do) THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
I love how you can see what your doing in your mind and draw it out..... I never see other people do that, I have sewed some pretty fancy dresses for my daughter and have never bought a pattern, as long as I have a “good idea of what I want” I can do it. I have found that totally freaks people out. This was so much easier for me to understand compared to watching a person use a pattern.... thank you, I am watching these videos so that I can visualize a cape and then sew one.... thank you!
GREAT tutorial! I have to admire 1.) Your ability to give instruction with a small child running around. I would have been talking gibberish! And b.) Your editing. We've done some cooking videos, and I think my husband has the hardest job filming and editing. So my hat is off to your husband, and I'm sure my husband would high-five him! :-)
You Rock!!! Watched several videos but no one would make clear about which sides were being put together, etc! Sounds so basic but for beginners very important! Thank you! Beautiful cape! I can do this. The pattern l bought was a confusing nightmare!
Thank you so much, this the clearest tutorial I’ve seen and now I’ve made a cloak for a small Star Wars fan. I love the background chatter from your little son too, so many times I’ve made things with children at my feet too. thanks again.
Re watching this and more then likely will watch it ten more times before I even lay my scissors to the cloth. I have a couple or more of these to make. Thank you for showing me some nice tips that other videos that have made cloaks left out or did not do at all.
Thank you so much for this video!! I started a cloak for Halloween but stopped mid way through. Now I will go ahead and finish it. You baby is so cute.
Brilliant! So clear and helpful thank you so much for posting this - just made my niece a very sweet Red Riding Hood cape. And all making my own pattern.
this is a great tutorial. I have no clothing sewing experience (quilter only) and found the visuals easy to follow, in-depth enough, and the end product was very appealing. I made 2 lined cloaks for young men doing LARP and they look awesome. Thank you!
Excellent tutorial, I found it on your website first. I'm a novice at sewing and was able to make an adult sized hooded cloak for me (Little Red Riding Hood) and a child sized cape for my daughter (Anna's green cape from Frozen). Both turned out beautifully and I'm going to make more for this Halloween. Thank you for this video!
OMG!!! This tutorial is so to the point!!! I'm definately going to try this out (even if I know next to nothing about sewing). Thank you!!!! Please make more videos! =D can you make a tutorial on how to add arm holes to the cloak?
Wow that was such a great cloak. I hand sew but never really tried big pieces like this. You made want to try since my Kindergartener is having a storybook parade at school on Halloween.
I love that you explain lots of details as you go. So many tutorials don't do this and it is very beneficial! Thank you! Very well done. You are talented at explaining what you are doing clearly!
Thank you so much for this! I'm a super novice but feeling very strong about making my Harry Potter (Slytherin House!). So many thanks to you and the other makers here on UA-cam helping to make sewing ventures less scary. This video was very helpful with learning how to line the cloak. Thanks!
Thank you so much for such a wonderful tutorial. I am helping my 10 year old male one of these for his sister for Christmas. This was my favorite cloak I saw on UA-cam, and your instructions are so helpful. We got our prices cut and can't wait to sew!
This was a great video, I loves seeing your little ones in the video, although I have a cape pattern, I was looking for a video so I would have a better understanding of how to make a cape for my little one, and seeing your son made me laugh so much, as my daughter is about the same age as he was when you filmed this! Beautiful cape, thank you for the video!
This is such an excellent tutorial! I am going to use it to make a cape for a ball-jointed doll, but I think the idea will be the same. You really have a lot of talent. Thank you for posting this.
+APlagueOfButterflies: I hope it went well! One thing I have discovered (because I have only recently begun making adult sized cloaks) is that it is important to use a wide-width fabric OR add an extra panel (the large one you cut on the fold) to make sure you get enough fullness, especially around your shoulders.
Great tutorial FYI ...velvet and satin tend to fray ..at the very least I would recommend fray check ..I personally like to use grosgrain ribbon or seam binding on the inside seams before I sew the lining to the outer cape ... I used really pricey wool and high end velvet fabric so I have been able to use my cape for everyday wear in the winter and it has held up beautifully!I used this tutorial back in 2015 and forgot to leave a comment and let you know it came out great! I am making another for a friend so I looked the video up today..I am so glad the video is still up.Thanks so much!
Thank you. I was able to make my first cape today. Found a pirate's of the Caribbean blanket and it's coming out just great thanks to you and your family for the education and entertainment the Greatest UA-cam how-to 👌🙌
I made this and I am happy with the results! Although I would advise anyone buying fabric for this to make sure that you two fabrics are the same yardage and width... I made the mistake of getting the lining a little too small and not being able to line the hood. It did come out well though.
Beautiful! I made one decades ago, and after awhile the lining and outer fabrics no longer matched. One grew. I should've hung them up for a day or two so I could trim the longer piece before sewing them together. With any curve I guess there's a bit of bias. Live and learn they say.
Thank you!! Love how you walk us through each step for the tutorial it's really helpful for beginners like me and I'm trying to make a cape for a cosplay outfit!
This is the first tutorial with a curved neck that i found, and it looks amazing! I'll try it out for my book convention cosplay (minus the lining since I suck at sewing), can't wait to start! :D
Thank you so much for making this simplified video. I'm making a doll cape with lining. The directions that came with the pattern are a bit confusing. You guess it, I've never done a lining before!
Awesome tutorial but I am having difficult time with measurement. How wide and long is the folded fabric you are using. My granddaughter is 80cm tall. How wide should my folded fabric be?
OK. I will start by saying like everyone else, loved the video and in fact it was some of the best lining i'd ever done by doing it your way. Excellent. WHAT HAPPENED TO ME THOUGH!? OK---I had the fabric set up just like you, and used the entire length of fabric to make all panels. so they should be, like, the same size right? SOMEHOW the back was longer by six or seven inches! Do you have any idea what happened? I usually use a different method to make cloaks, but yours looked so good that I said I have to try it. Now I gotta understand about this long back short side panels situation. the exact same thing happened with the lining, they were identical in their incorrectness LOL. I just cut it into a shorter, calf length cape which will be very pretty so no big deal, but I just don't get how this happened and would love some opinions. xo
Hi Jeremy, It may just be a matter of the way the fabrics lay or stretch when flat versus when they hang? I don't know for sure. I am sorry it was off by so much, but glad it was still workable.
@@hannahcastle6016 That was not at ALL a criticism of you-that is me doing something strange LOL. I just thought you may have had an idea of what in the world went wrong. I will *always* be grateful to you because you taught me a MUCH easier, and exceptionally clean looking lining technique. I was in absolute wonder at that! So thank you again!
Great tutorial my only question is the neck measurement. Is 15cm half of the total circumference or a third? My adult daughter's neck circumference is 38 cm so would I cut half of that? Thank you!
So, I cut the folded edge piece, then used that as my pattern for my single sided pieces. I put them on top of one another the way you show in the video, but after seeing the pieces together I have scalloping at the neck pretty noticeably and a tiny unnoticeable scalloping at the bottom. Is this because I had to much of a curve on my neckline? I didn't think it was too much, but looking at it now I'm thinking otherwise.
Meg- I'm sorry I didn't respond sooner. I think the curve may be a little to pronounced in that case. Hopefully you were able to just skim it off a little? Best of luck!!
Thanks for sharing! I'm making a lined cloak with sleeves... would I use the same attachment idea for the sleeves, as the hood, to make it work? -Thanks!
Whew! I haven't ever put sleeves on. I did recently make a Jedi cloak tutorial, which might help. But with adding sleeves to this one, I would probably insert them between the front and back panels on the sides, if that makes sense. I would probably put them on first, then see up the sides of the cloak. Then all around the front and bottom, then attach the hood.
Wizardwiwizard , Theoretically, yes. It would have a different shape (no fullness at the bottom hem), and the hard thing with a one-piece cape is to get it to fit over the shoulders and still cinch a bit at the neck. But you could definitely give it a go, especially if you have some 60” width fabric.
+J Serna: For the tutorial I used a 60" flocked taffeta and lined it with satin. I also have had great success with chenille, faux suede, and cotton. Velvet is lovely but tricky (plan to pin every single inch around the perimeter).
It depends on the length you need. If for a small child, and you only need to cloak to be, say, 24" in length, you could get by with 1.5 yards of fabric for each layer. For an adult cloak, I generally use 4-5 yards per layer. The volume of the hood is another consideration that can vary the amount needed.
It will vary so much depending on the person you are making it for. For a child, I take the length I will need to cloak to be and double it. This gives me enough fabric for the cloak and hood. For an adult, I triple the length I need to allow for another large panel in back to make the cloak full enough to fit around adult shoulders.
Oops, I thought this was an adult´s cloak! I want to make one for a cosplay (I need to be a hobbit for an event soon, getting a photoshoot with Sean Astin XD) and I have no idea, I have never made clothing before. I´m very slender (female), so maybe I can get away with the width without any extra panels...? How wide was the fabric anyway? I certainly don´t want a full length one in case it´s hot. What a pity you didn´t try it on yourself, that might have given me an idea if it would fit. I´m a size 34 (German size), I think that is a 6 in UK size, but no idea what it is in other countries. Very small anyway.
At this point, I haven't figured out a good way to explain how to free-form cut the armholes and sleeves. I kind of see it in my head, but my results aren't even predictable enough when I am alone, so I haven't attempted to teach anyone else. ;)
Whew! Because this was a child's cloak, and an adult cloak needs modifications (i.e. an additional large panel in the back-- so two large back panels, two small side panels), I would recommend 5 yards, though you could potentially get away with 4 1/2 if you have a wide fabric and you're making a very minimal hood.
Did you iron the entire cape/liner or just the seams before you stitched them together? BTW This is awesome I wanna make a cape for myself and another for a friend, couldn't have done this without your help!
You can use either, though of course 60 gives you more fullness. Just make sure your cape fabric and lining are the same width (if not, cut your shorter width first).
Hey Meg! In the grand scheme of things, the curve of the neck doesn't make a really big difference since it just kind of lays around your neck. If it ends up being WAY too curved (so that the neckline where the seams join come nearly to a point), I've been known to trim it before attaching the hood. The hem curve is slightly more important as you don't want scallops, but measuring it out slowly the way I show in the video should help you avoid that entirely.
CENTIMETERS! CENTIMETERS! SHE'S USING THEM! OMG THANK YOU!
Even many years later, this is still the best cloak tutorial I've found. Thank you so much!
Awesome! That hand stitch is called a blind stitch. You are amazing . Thank you for sharing 😊
I watched about four other cape making tutorials before finding yours, and I have to say yours was probably the most helpful and clear, thank you!
Thank you! I am so glad it was helpful!
I love seeing your bubby at the end of the video! So adorable!
Still the most clear cloak tutorial on YT! Thank you!
Great Tutorial for the cloak! But I have to admit, my favorite part was the little bloopers at the end with the kids. So cute!
Mine too!
Best and easiest tutorial by far! Thank you
"He's already had like 3 or 4..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for the awesome tutorial!
Okay im not even 3 minutes into the video and you are the ONLY one who has shown what to do at the BOTTOM OF THE CLOAK!! (curving it by measuring the way you do) THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Truly the most helpful video of sewing I've seen so far. Thank you!
I love how you can see what your doing in your mind and draw it out..... I never see other people do that, I have sewed some pretty fancy dresses for my daughter and have never bought a pattern, as long as I have a “good idea of what I want” I can do it. I have found that totally freaks people out. This was so much easier for me to understand compared to watching a person use a pattern.... thank you, I am watching these videos so that I can visualize a cape and then sew one.... thank you!
GREAT tutorial! I have to admire 1.) Your ability to give instruction with a small child running around. I would have been talking gibberish! And b.) Your editing. We've done some cooking videos, and I think my husband has the hardest job filming and editing. So my hat is off to your husband, and I'm sure my husband would high-five him! :-)
Thank you so much, Nancy!
Your little girl is such an adorable princess in her new cloak! Love the kiddos and the tutorial.
You Rock!!! Watched several videos but no one would make clear about which sides were being put together, etc! Sounds so basic but for beginners very important! Thank you! Beautiful cape! I can do this. The pattern l bought was a confusing nightmare!
Thank you so much, this the clearest tutorial I’ve seen and now I’ve made a cloak for a small Star Wars fan. I love the background chatter from your little son too, so many times I’ve made things with children at my feet too. thanks again.
Wonderful job!
God bless you and family!
Awesome material choices!
Bonnie Ohio
Re watching this and more then likely will watch it ten more times before I even lay my scissors to the cloth. I have a couple or more of these to make. Thank you for showing me some nice tips that other videos that have made cloaks left out or did not do at all.
Thank you so much for this video!! I started a cloak for Halloween but stopped mid way through. Now I will go ahead and finish it. You baby is so cute.
Brilliant! So clear and helpful thank you so much for posting this - just made my niece a very sweet Red Riding Hood cape. And all making my own pattern.
this is a great tutorial. I have no clothing sewing experience (quilter only) and found the visuals easy to follow, in-depth enough, and the end product was very appealing. I made 2 lined cloaks for young men doing LARP and they look awesome. Thank you!
I admire your consentration with little kids running arround. That is a skill!
Excellent tutorial, I found it on your website first. I'm a novice at sewing and was able to make an adult sized hooded cloak for me (Little Red Riding Hood) and a child sized cape for my daughter (Anna's green cape from Frozen). Both turned out beautifully and I'm going to make more for this Halloween. Thank you for this video!
I love it! Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know!
I bought a super soft blanket from Walmart and made my daughter a comfy beautiful cloak! Thank you for your simple directions!
This is.. magic. 0.o My brain can't quite get over how simple you made that!
OMG!!! This tutorial is so to the point!!! I'm definately going to try this out (even if I know next to nothing about sewing). Thank you!!!! Please make more videos! =D can you make a tutorial on how to add arm holes to the cloak?
I LOVE THIS LADY!!! This is by far THE BEST instructional video, I have ever seen! THANK YOU!
You're welcome! Are there any other tutorials I could make that would help you with any projects?
Thank you. I purchased B5819 and I was totally lost. Fortunately, you made sense of everything. You are a gem. ❤️️
Wow that was such a great cloak. I hand sew but never really tried big pieces like this. You made want to try since my Kindergartener is having a storybook parade at school on Halloween.
I love that you explain lots of details as you go. So many tutorials don't do this and it is very beneficial! Thank you! Very well done. You are talented at explaining what you are doing clearly!
Thanks so much! Are there any other tutorials I could make that would help you with any projects?
Thank you so much for this! I'm a super novice but feeling very strong about making my Harry Potter (Slytherin House!). So many thanks to you and the other makers here on UA-cam helping to make sewing ventures less scary. This video was very helpful with learning how to line the cloak. Thanks!
Thank you! I am so glad to help.
Thank you so much for such a wonderful tutorial. I am helping my 10 year old male one of these for his sister for Christmas. This was my favorite cloak I saw on UA-cam, and your instructions are so helpful.
We got our prices cut and can't wait to sew!
This was a great video, I loves seeing your little ones in the video, although I have a cape pattern, I was looking for a video so I would have a better understanding of how to make a cape for my little one, and seeing your son made me laugh so much, as my daughter is about the same age as he was when you filmed this! Beautiful cape, thank you for the video!
This is such an excellent tutorial! I am going to use it to make a cape for a ball-jointed doll, but I think the idea will be the same. You really have a lot of talent. Thank you for posting this.
Excellently done. Best tutorial.
What a fantastic tutorial! Good job! (and thank you for posting it!)
excellent tips for how to figure out how much one needs to measure out in their free form pattern. thanks a bunch!
Thanks so much Aurora!
Beautiful cloak!
Stunning. Thanks for easy to understand directions also
your talent is impressive, thank you for a great tutorial. I'm going to try to make a cloak for myself today. wish me luck!
+APlagueOfButterflies: I hope it went well! One thing I have discovered (because I have only recently begun making adult sized cloaks) is that it is important to use a wide-width fabric OR add an extra panel (the large one you cut on the fold) to make sure you get enough fullness, especially around your shoulders.
Beautiful and your babies are adorable . Loved the material you used colour and design were lovely so was the dress you made :)
Thanks so much!
Great tutorial FYI ...velvet and satin tend to fray ..at the very least I would recommend fray check ..I personally like to use grosgrain ribbon or seam binding on the inside seams before I sew the lining to the outer cape ... I used really pricey wool and high end velvet fabric so I have been able to use my cape for everyday wear in the winter and it has held up beautifully!I used this tutorial back in 2015 and forgot to leave a comment and let you know it came out great! I am making another for a friend so I looked the video up today..I am so glad the video is still up.Thanks so much!
Thank you. I was able to make my first cape today. Found a pirate's of the Caribbean blanket and it's coming out just great thanks to you and your family for the education and entertainment the Greatest UA-cam how-to 👌🙌
I made this and I am happy with the results! Although I would advise anyone buying fabric for this to make sure that you two fabrics are the same yardage and width... I made the mistake of getting the lining a little too small and not being able to line the hood. It did come out well though.
Thank you! Very useful! I had a pattern but it was really intimidating without any visual explanations... Hope the cloak I'm doing will be as nice! :)
Beautiful! I made one decades ago, and after awhile the lining and outer fabrics no longer matched. One grew. I should've hung them up for a day or two so I could trim the longer piece before sewing them together. With any curve I guess there's a bit of bias. Live and learn they say.
Great help! Need to make these for a birthday and Halloween party this year.
+SupaMario81 : Good luck!
Thank you!! Love how you walk us through each step for the tutorial it's really helpful for beginners like me and I'm trying to make a cape for a cosplay outfit!
Great tutorial! Just what I was looking for!!
This is the first tutorial with a curved neck that i found, and it looks amazing! I'll try it out for my book convention cosplay (minus the lining since I suck at sewing), can't wait to start! :D
Good luck!
This is a great video I appreciate your tutorial!
Thank you so much! After much searching I finally found your video. Exactly what I was looking for!
Thank you for making this! It helped a lot for a cosplay of mine :D
I am so glad!
Thank you so much for making this simplified video. I'm making a doll cape with lining. The directions that came with the pattern are a bit confusing. You guess it, I've never done a lining before!
Very well explained. The best part are your children having fun.
I was waiting to see the cloak on you!! other than that great tutorial!
WOW!!! Great help!! WOW WOW!!! Toddler on top of the table?
beautiful little girl that you have. I adore the idea to make one for me daughter. ... my little princess. ..
congratulations
What a great tutorial, thank you for sharing.
Awesome tutorial but I am having difficult time with measurement. How wide and long is the folded fabric you are using. My granddaughter is 80cm tall. How wide should my folded fabric be?
Beautiful fabric
I wish you done more sewing videos!
OK. I will start by saying like everyone else, loved the video and in fact it was some of the best lining i'd ever done by doing it your way. Excellent. WHAT HAPPENED TO ME THOUGH!? OK---I had the fabric set up just like you, and used the entire length of fabric to make all panels. so they should be, like, the same size right? SOMEHOW the back was longer by six or seven inches! Do you have any idea what happened? I usually use a different method to make cloaks, but yours looked so good that I said I have to try it. Now I gotta understand about this long back short side panels situation. the exact same thing happened with the lining, they were identical in their incorrectness LOL. I just cut it into a shorter, calf length cape which will be very pretty so no big deal, but I just don't get how this happened and would love some opinions. xo
Hi Jeremy, It may just be a matter of the way the fabrics lay or stretch when flat versus when they hang? I don't know for sure. I am sorry it was off by so much, but glad it was still workable.
@@hannahcastle6016 That was not at ALL a criticism of you-that is me doing something strange LOL. I just thought you may have had an idea of what in the world went wrong. I will *always* be grateful to you because you taught me a MUCH easier, and exceptionally clean looking lining technique. I was in absolute wonder at that! So thank you again!
Great tutorial my only question is the neck measurement. Is 15cm half of the total circumference or a third? My adult daughter's neck circumference is 38 cm so would I cut half of that? Thank you!
I loved this, hope to see more!
I'm working on it!
very nice! loved it
Thanks!
i see you sometimes go insane in the most sane way...beautiful
wat a hero with the children as well
Your blog for detailed instructions wasn't available can you send the link..
❤
Loved it!! Thanks for sharing this video :)
THANKS!
Is there any way you could let me know how wide the material is when folded over? I'm not sure how wide to make it?! Thanks
Loved it! Thank you!
Awesome job
Super awesome video! your babies are too cute!
Thank you!
So, I cut the folded edge piece, then used that as my pattern for my single sided pieces. I put them on top of one another the way you show in the video, but after seeing the pieces together I have scalloping at the neck pretty noticeably and a tiny unnoticeable scalloping at the bottom. Is this because I had to much of a curve on my neckline? I didn't think it was too much, but looking at it now I'm thinking otherwise.
Sewing* not seeing
Meg- I'm sorry I didn't respond sooner. I think the curve may be a little to pronounced in that case. Hopefully you were able to just skim it off a little? Best of luck!!
the website seems to be off. Does anybody have the "additional details" that was on the blog?
perfect instruction thanx
Hi! I was just wondering, how would you adjust the pattern if this were to be made for an adult? How big would you have to make the neck?
I was wondering this as well
Thanks for sharing! I'm making a lined cloak with sleeves... would I use the same attachment idea for the sleeves, as the hood, to make it work? -Thanks!
Whew! I haven't ever put sleeves on. I did recently make a Jedi cloak tutorial, which might help. But with adding sleeves to this one, I would probably insert them between the front and back panels on the sides, if that makes sense. I would probably put them on first, then see up the sides of the cloak. Then all around the front and bottom, then attach the hood.
I suck at these stuff so can i just cut a piece of fabric and sew in a hood?
Love the pattern btw
Wizardwiwizard , Theoretically, yes. It would have a different shape (no fullness at the bottom hem), and the hard thing with a one-piece cape is to get it to fit over the shoulders and still cinch a bit at the neck. But you could definitely give it a go, especially if you have some 60” width fabric.
I was wondering how to measure the neck part on my size 14 daughter
what kind of fabric did you use? and how much? thanks for the awesome tutorial. i am very excited about my daughter halloween costume.
+J Serna: For the tutorial I used a 60" flocked taffeta and lined it with satin. I also have had great success with chenille, faux suede, and cotton. Velvet is lovely but tricky (plan to pin every single inch around the perimeter).
+Finding Storybook Land How many yards of fabric would you suggest to make one layer?
It depends on the length you need. If for a small child, and you only need to cloak to be, say, 24" in length, you could get by with 1.5 yards of fabric for each layer. For an adult cloak, I generally use 4-5 yards per layer. The volume of the hood is another consideration that can vary the amount needed.
Hi, the link to the blog in the description is no longer working!
great tutorial!!! but did I miss how much fabric was used??
It will vary so much depending on the person you are making it for. For a child, I take the length I will need to cloak to be and double it. This gives me enough fabric for the cloak and hood. For an adult, I triple the length I need to allow for another large panel in back to make the cloak full enough to fit around adult shoulders.
Oops, I thought this was an adult´s cloak! I want to make one for a cosplay (I need to be a hobbit for an event soon, getting a photoshoot with Sean Astin XD) and I have no idea, I have never made clothing before. I´m very slender (female), so maybe I can get away with the width without any extra panels...? How wide was the fabric anyway?
I certainly don´t want a full length one in case it´s hot. What a pity you didn´t try it on yourself, that might have given me an idea if it would fit. I´m a size 34 (German size), I think that is a 6 in UK size, but no idea what it is in other countries. Very small anyway.
How many yards and width of fabric do you need to make this?
wow ! Well done! Can You make The dress tutorial too ?
At this point, I haven't figured out a good way to explain how to free-form cut the armholes and sleeves. I kind of see it in my head, but my results aren't even predictable enough when I am alone, so I haven't attempted to teach anyone else. ;)
I will use this
Thank u for upload dz tutorial...... Dz help me to make for my lil sis
Awesome! Thanks for letting me know!
How do you make the hood stay in one place? I have 3 but they fall over my face!
What measurements would you use for an adult??
How much material did you start out with?
What kind of fabric did you use for the outer layer??
I love it!
How big is your fabric?
Please help! I want to make this cloak for a 6 foot adult. I don't know how much fabric to purchase. About how many yards of fabric would I need?
Whew! Because this was a child's cloak, and an adult cloak needs modifications (i.e. an additional large panel in the back-- so two large back panels, two small side panels), I would recommend 5 yards, though you could potentially get away with 4 1/2 if you have a wide fabric and you're making a very minimal hood.
Did you iron the entire cape/liner or just the seams before you stitched them together?
BTW This is awesome I wanna make a cape for myself and another for a friend, couldn't have done this without your help!
I generally go ahead and press everything if there are wrinkles. Otherwise, I don't bother.
What was the size of the fabric? 60 inches or..?
You can use either, though of course 60 gives you more fullness. Just make sure your cape fabric and lining are the same width (if not, cut your shorter width first).
Good Lady thankyou
How do you make sure the angle of the curve for the neck is the same on the back and side pieces? Is it just a guess on the curve?
Hey Meg! In the grand scheme of things, the curve of the neck doesn't make a really big difference since it just kind of lays around your neck. If it ends up being WAY too curved (so that the neckline where the seams join come nearly to a point), I've been known to trim it before attaching the hood. The hem curve is slightly more important as you don't want scallops, but measuring it out slowly the way I show in the video should help you avoid that entirely.
Thank you! :) I'm making a tiny cape without a hood for my one year olds Prince Charming costume. You're tutorial was the best one I saw!