Friday, April 11, 2014

A Cape fit for a Superhero

I customized this cape for Ella to wear to a superhero themed birthday party.  What You Need:  Plain cape (I found this one at Michael's in one of the bins.  It was like $3), Silver thread, Felt.  Because the cape was red, I chose to go the All American route so I chose white and blue felt for the "stars" and the letter "E".  I pulled a star pattern from my applique stash and traced it on the back side of the felt and cut them out with heavier scissors.  I then placed and pinned the largest star in the middle of the cape and pinned the white E within the star.  Then I placed and pinned the smaller stars around the E star on the cape.  Once I got the stars placed how I liked them, I sewed them all on with silver thread and hemmed the cape so that she wouldn't trip on it.  LOVE!