For her second birthday, we decided to throw a "Super Second Birthday Party." For this, we needed super-wear! I am going to make a few capes for the attendees, however I had to make one very special one for my little birthday girl!
First, I started with a pattern. I made it based on some I had seen online as well as just sort of common sense about what a cape looks like.
I let baby girl pick out her fabric at the store. I have never worked with this sort of fabric, and it didn't work quite as well as I would have liked, but the construction is solid and she loves it! I chose to do two colors and to make the cape reversible, rather than just one main color and one accent color. I also used some scrap white fabric I had to make the letter I eventually put onto the back of the cape.
Please excuse the extreme messiness of my bedroom, but I had to snap a picture when baby girl decided to put on the unfinished fabric cutout and run around the house!
As you can see above, I had a little bit of trouble with this fabric puckering. I'm sure that if I had more practice and knowledge, I could have done better, but I really don't do much with this special occasion type of fabric, so it isn't a major concern for me. I put baby girl's initial on both sides so that she could wear either a blue or a pink cape, depending on what she may prefer and depending what else she may be wearing.
Here is an iPhone pic of the cape when I first finished it.
Here are a few photos I took for her birthday invites and decorations to show off the cape!
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