Let’s talk about cloaks and why we don’t wear them anymore. I’ve never worn a cloak, but I really want to. I love the way they look, they remind me of fairy tales. I don’t know why we don’t currently wear them. Since I’ve never worn one, I can’t attest to their practicality. There are no arm holes and maybe they aren’t very warm. It might be a pain in the arse having to hold it closed, and how would you carry your handbag while wearing one (if you carry a handbag). Cloaks were the furthest thing on my mind until I went on YouTube.
Rachel Maksy’s most recent video popped up in my subscription list, she was making cloaks and wearing them. She showed the pattern she used and I bought it on Amazon. I’m going to wait until the pattern comes before I buy the fabric. I’ve got to try this cloak thing out!
I also made cards this week. The two pictured above were my favourites. I made the other three below as well. Jay liked the Thanks card the most.
I cut the Yes!? part off the cat stamp (it was part of the big cat stamp). I didn’t think it went together so I chopped it off. I tried Ann Melvin Positivelypapercraft‘s laminator hack, to make the cat window card. Mine was a little bubbly, I’ll need practice. I’ll post a video of the cutting dies, stamps, and embossing folder I used to make them, below.
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Lol!! can’t wait to see the Sherlock Holmes cloak! And I love the grow card best!!
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HAHA I will be making one that doesn’t have the shoulder ruffles, but no idea what fabric I’m going for.
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Red like Little Red Riding Hood? Or black like Sherlock Holmes? Or purple paisley as a tribute to Prince? The choices are endless… LOL
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I was thinking about a thick plushy black velvet with a teal satin lining, or a camel coloured wool blend with matching satin linging. The black velvet might be too vampire and the camel coloured fabric was really expensive for the amount of fabric I need (but would probably look a little more modern). It also grabbed every particle of fabric around it, it might look really shoddy after awhile. I’m still shopping around.
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