So--what can I say. After 8 months (granted, three of those were on hiatus) its, well, over. There's always such an anticlimatical feeling about that. The purpose of a project like this is to be a project--a thing-in-progress. When it's finished--well, then it's just a thing.
So--it's done.
Last blog post I was cutting and sewing and weaving endless trim. So then it was all sewn, and all of that trim sewn on. And the big fur collar that started all this was sewn on (I thought about making it tie on, or even snap on, so that the cape could be worn without it, but a) when am I going to wear this at all, and b) when would I wear it without the collar.
One thing still remains--I have copper penannular broaches that I made for fasteners--but I need to tie something between them. I've tried a necklace that I have, and just some cording--don't like either of them. Maybe I'll learn Viking knitting (which makes a flexible wire tube). I have until Halloween to decide. And now I need to make a dress to wear under it. Which will be ironic. This Great Cape Caper, in financial terms, cost me nothing. I already had the fleeces on hand (in some cases, for a decade or two). I had the dyes. I even had the heavy copper wire for the broaches. So the cape was free (except for the couple of hundred hours I put into it). But it needs a dress or some sort of costume under it, and the only fabric that I think is the right texture is linen. At $12 a yard. So the accessory to the "free" cape will cost me $60-$80 (and more time). For something I might wear once or twice. Sigh . . .
But it's done. And I absolutely love it. Despite the heavy appearance, it's lightweight (a couple of pounds). Lovely drape. Heavily textured but subtle fabric. Dramatic. I took it to a party and people did the proper "ooh" and "ahhh" over it (and some even tried it on, despite the fact that it was close to 100 degrees.
Ahhhh. *Now* on to the next project.
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