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snip, snip, snip Welcome back! Starting work on the cloak this time. Don't have a pattern for this, but I do have a general idea of the shape. Or at least a starting point. Picture courtesy of fanplusfriend.com   This is noticeably different from the original sketch, but it'll work a bit better with the actual jacket. At least it shouldn't need the weird belts and straps pulling from the opposite shoulder. Assuming I can pull something like this off.   Honestly if this was red, not black, I'd be giving serious thought to just sucking it up and buying it. No shame in just buying a thing--but it's not red. So I won't.   Anyway, capes are generally just semi-circles and rectangles. The general idea, if you were curious, is this: The level of award winning illustrations you've come to expect from this blog.   So! With that in mind, time to pull out the computer paper and muslin and start playing with shapes. The "8-bit" version, if you will.   Basic sh...

 Apparently the thing that was stressing me out the most was the hat. Alright then. Let's start on that. Meow.     First up is this piece of costume jewelry I found that would make a great accessory. Let's hear it for your local junk vintage shop! Despite the size of it, it's extremely light. Very easily bendable too, which makes me think it's made of tin. Not a big deal. Though it makes me a little nervous it'll get broken. No idea what that "19" is about. Rest assured, it did not cost $19.   First step is to get rid of the loop up top. We're not going to hang this like a necklace, so we don't need it. The pendant is indeed tin, so snipping of off and sanding the edges smooth takes half a jiff.     "So how are you going to attach it then?" Hush, I'm getting to that. This thing long ago lost whatever (probably plastic) widget went in the center. So we're going to remake that widget and embed a shank button into it. For example, t...