Kayla and I have started her favorite part of the costume...Elsa's cape! Kayla says she loves the cape the most because it is so "twirly" and because she wants to fly of course. So I took her to JoAnn's and let her pick out the fabric for the cape (and I loved her choice!). She ended up picking a light blue chiffon, and we bought 3 yards to make sure it was extra long.
I cut the fabric in half (width) and cut both pieces diagonally from one corner to the other to make 4 panels. Next I lined up the panels like this:
Once I got the panels together I sewed a seam on each side. For the top, I measured from under Kayla's armpit, around her back and to the other armpit (10 inches) This is where the cape will sit. I left 1/2 inch extra on each side to allow for the cape to wrap in the front a little more like Elsa. So I cut the top off the cape where it was 11 inches wide and sewed a seem.
Once all of the edges (except the bottom) had seems I pinned it to Kayla so I could trim the the bottom.
Now I will sew the bottom, and Kayla and I will start working on the finishing touches.
At first we wanted the cape to be really sparkly (we still do) but that sparkly spray that I got makes the fabric sort of stiff and less flowy. So we are still coming up with different ideas on how to finish the cape.
For now here is what the cape looks like with the skirt and top (the bottom of the cape is not finished in these pictures):
And of course, the cape had to be tested for flowiness before it was approved:
There will be another post once we finish the cape.
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