In honor of our Sewing School event, we are migrating some of our favorite sewing tutorials from the old website. Hayley from Welcome to the Mouse House wrote such a fun tutorial for sewing a detachable felt cape! We thought this was the perfect kick off to Sewing School, because even if you’re brand new to sewing, you can start to create, and have a fun finished project, with just a tiny bit of sewing!
Hey guys! My name is Hayley and I blog over at Welcome to the Mouse House. I am so excited to be back over here at Project Run and Play. I was a part of Season 5 and had so much fun and loved meeting new people! Here was a recap of my season: RECAP of Project Run and Play. Today, I am going to share a super easy and super FUN detachable cape that can be embellished (or not) to suit every child’s imagination. Introducing The Switch Out Cape! The free pattern includes sizes 3, 6, and 9.
*Supplies:
Yardage of felt in various colors
t-shirt
sew-in Velcro/hook and tape (soft and flexible kind is best)
FREE cape pattern/tutorial HERE
*Print out the free cape pattern HERE.
*Choose from size 3, 6, and 9. (Ainsley’s is a size 6)
*Cut the cape on the fold of the felt, as instructed on the pattern piece.
*Open the cape up.
*Sew the velcro on the back of the cape and the back of the t-shirt, using the placement on the pattern piece as a guide. Be sure to use the soft Velcro pieces for the tshirt and the scratchy pieces for the cape. (This is so that the t-shirt remains wearable even without the cape attached.)
*Attach the cape to the shirt and enjoy!
Make lots of them in fun colors! How fun would this be for a birthday party?!
Now, here comes the fun part…. you can either leave it plain… but how great is it to embellish them!?!
Thank you Hayley!! You can follow Welcome to the Mouse House on Facebook and Mouse House Creations Facebook group, and on Instagram too!