How to make a Circular Cloak. Cosplay tutorial.

[@sandracapps5543]

I love the cat!! And the fact they SIT on WHATEVER you are doing!

[@AliceinCosplayland]

Every single time 🤣

[@astererratum6546]

I'm planning on doing a skykid cosplay this is just what I needed! Especially since I'm doing a two tier one! Also...probably hand sewing this too...wish me luck.

[@AliceinCosplayland]

Good luck! Just watch a film while you sew and you will be fine 😉

[@o.cody02]

Oh me too! I'm cosplaying the performance guide. :)

[@Linnzy]

Not me replying to you 8 month after your comment just to dsay that I am in the same boat.....I habe no sewing skills, no fabric, 2 weeks to do it (I do have a sewing machine tho)...... Also, did younmake a mask?

[@sofiarocha9907]

Great tutorial! I've been thinking about doing a Hornet cosplay and now I feel much more confident in trying to make it

[@AliceinCosplayland]

Go for it! And thank you ☺️

[@maximum397]

This is the only free guide I've found for this specific cloak, tysm! I'll be working on an Oliver cosplay!

[@AliceinCosplayland]

I hope it helps!

[@eivionel4370]

That's what I was searching for! This video will be my inspiration for my wedding cloak. Thank you! ❤

[@AliceinCosplayland]

Oooooh congratulations!!! I'm sure you will look gorgeous ❤️

[@Jackp2006]

Finally, I have one made of black satin fabric and red satin fabric for the lining, with a length of 1.2 metres from the neck, a stand-up collar and sewn-on buttons, so I'm wearing this for Halloween.

[@AliceinCosplayland]

I'm sure it will look amazing!

[@Jackp2006]

@@AliceinCosplayland I now have it!

[@rentsukasa2860]

I'm putting together a Phantom of the Opera cosplay that I plan to use for any and every costume event for the foreseeable future, and with a few personal tweaks, you have the perfect video for his cloak right here (As I'm going for Gerard Butler's version of the role). And you are absolutely right. It's never too early for Halloween. Another question though; how would you go about measuring out the cloak? Do you do it by eyesight, or is there a formula?

[@AliceinCosplayland]

I do have a pattern available for the cloak linked in the video. It is all drafted using pattern making techniques and formulas as well as trial and error and tests to get the shape right 😊

[@lastofthehouseplants3590]

WAIT bc that’s why I’m here too! I’m working on a genderbent version of the phantom inspired by Rafscrap’s Phantom of the Opera covers and the Takarazuka Revue production.

[@aliekavdzee6200]

Hey, nice tutorial! I was wondering how much fabric you used :)

[@AliceinCosplayland]

This calls for 10 meters of fabric! But it depends on the width of it and if you are lining it. I used 3m of the double width fabric and 5m of the single width lining fabric. There are cutting layouts for both options in my pattern 😌

[@Eva_Weesing]

Where did you buy that lining fabric? It looks gorgeous and I am looking for a good lining fabric

[@AliceinCosplayland]

I actually bought it online and super cheap. The shop is called cheapfabrics.co.uk but I can also recommend you to use satin lining for a super shiny elegant finish!

[@KEGrant]

Hello! Where is the charm for the clasp from? I have been trying to find something similar but no luck so far. 14:49

[@AliceinCosplayland]

This is a combination of bits and pieces I had at home, I'm afraid I don't even know how to call them 😨, but you can look for bead caps, charms or findings on eBay. I hope you find something similar!

[@ribinder3052]

Is this an Spy X Family cape? I was searching the web for ways to sew on cape chains since all I was finding was clasps and I found this video 😂 I plan on doing Anya and Damien as teens with the capes. Do you know where I can find a tutorial on just sewing on the chains? Or where to buy them?

[@AliceinCosplayland]

It is! You don't need to sew the chain, sew two buttons and then put the chain around them 😁

[@ribinder3052]

@@AliceinCosplayland thank you! I was trying to figure this out! This is a really big help! Also, I think you did a really great job on the capes, it looks straight out of the anime

[@AliceinCosplayland]

@@ribinder3052 Thank you so much!

[@IgnaCosplay]

Poniéndome al día con tus videos!! Este me va a servir para un cosplay que quiero usar en un evento de por acá :D lo bueno es que es una capa transparente xD así que será más fácil jajajjaja

[@AliceinCosplayland]

Suerte! A mí me encanta hacer capas

[@lugaruna]

Hearing im late for halloween: *checks calender* damn your right!

[@AliceinCosplayland]

I know right? Gathering broomsticks and skeletons already 👻

[@lugaruna]

Time to get out my cute halloween owl garlent and find more cozy sweaters:D. I also need more halloween decorations but im also trying to get rid of alot of stuffXD. Not the spoopy stuff but just stuff in general:).

[@AliceinCosplayland]

@@lugaruna there is always space for cute Halloween stuff 🦇

[@lugaruna]

Partialy trueXD, i still live with my parent's. Im just glad i have my own tiny living room next to my bedroomXD.

[@AliceinCosplayland]

@@lugaruna that is very lucky then! I had my sewing room inside my bedroom when I lived with my parents 🤭

[@chestergonzalex4966]

🤔 If I'm using the not as wide fabric do I need to fold it still I'm a little lost sorry it says I need 5m but then folded so do I need 10?

[@chestergonzalex4966]

Also including the lining would I need to make like 4 individual hood pieces 2 inside red and 2 outside black or would it be 8 individual? If it's double layeres

[@AliceinCosplayland]

If it is a single fabric you don't need to fold the fabric, but can do lengthwise to get each semicircle, beware to cut them one by one. You need 2 pieces for the lining and 2 for the shell fabric. All this is explained in detail with drawings on my patterns ☺️

[@nuggiesaurus6120]

where did you get the gold chain from, alice? hoping to do an aged up anya forger cosplay!! :)

[@AliceinCosplayland]

I think it was from eBay, it has been in my stash for a long time so sadly I don't have the links anymore 😢

[@Steve-of8zo]

I recently made a half circle 58" cloak with a caplet that is also a semi circle and approx 25" from collar. I find the caplet doesn't lay well. Maybe you can give me idea why. I thought possible the neck wasn't large enough. Any thoughts I'd appreciate

[@AliceinCosplayland]

Well, I'm afraid it is very difficult to know without seeing it. It could be the fabric being too stiff. It could be the shape of the collar. I honestly don't know, but 25 inches sounds like a lot to me, so that's probably it

[@JV-cy6gu]

Oh hun its amazinh❤😍

[@AliceinCosplayland]

Thank you!

[@Ded3nake]

Around how many yards / meters would u recommend to not run out ?

[@AliceinCosplayland]

That very much depends on the width of your fabric. For a normal width fabric you will need about 5 meters. You have more details and sketches on how to position your pieces on the instructions of the pattern 😇

[@markkylerussell7263]

I’m gonna be Zorro this Halloween season can you post a video on YT about how to make a cape or cloak? so it’ll come out good as soon as I make one or buy one can you Alice?

[@AliceinCosplayland]

I made a short cloak for my latest cosplay. The tutorial is on KZbin. , Feel free to check it out 😊

[@markkylerussell7263]

@@AliceinCosplayland ok any other videos that you made with making design your own Spanish hat with a chin up string?

[@AliceinCosplayland]

@markkylerussell7263 I'm sorry that is a bit specific 😅 but I think Kamui cosplay has a foam pattern for a hat like that. I would personally buy or modify one if I were you

[@markkylerussell7263]

@@AliceinCosplayland yeah that what I was saying but thanks anyway I just needed some information that’s all I guess I have to find my own way to get my own hat for Halloween in the way I like it.

[@AliceinCosplayland]

@markkylerussell7263 good luck!

[@sachsoup]

we have to make a costume so this is nice

[@AliceinCosplayland]

Glad it helps!

[@paradoxworkshop4659]

Up next: how to make a vest with sleeves! (What you made has a name: it's a cape)

[@AliceinCosplayland]

Vests don't have sleeves and capes don't cover your shoulders 🤭 capes are for super heroes and not functional 🤗

[@paradoxworkshop4659]

@@AliceinCosplayland the term "cape" means hood: Cape May, Cape Town, Cape Horn, Cape Cod, from the Greek "kappa". A "cloak" is a thing that covers, cloaked in secrecy, Cloak and Dagger, that sort of thing. A cloak with a hood is a cape. A vest with sleeves is a jacket or coat. Maille is armour made of little chain links, "chain mail" is redundant...

[@AliceinCosplayland]

@paradoxworkshop4659 that's great, in sewing terms it is different 🫡 a cape is ornamental, a cloak is functional to keep you warm when it is cold. Ultimately it doesn't matter what you call it

[@paradoxworkshop4659]

@@AliceinCosplayland patternmakers aren't always linguists, and I am well aware of the modern desire to use a cooler sounding word, since comic books got it wrong 70+ years ago... Historically speaking, these are all 'mantles' we bear... Now, let's talk about the "kilts" they wore in Braveheart. No. Actually. Let's never do that.

[@AliceinCosplayland]

@paradoxworkshop4659 oddly enough I am an English teacher and studied linguistics, I bet you also know language evolves and eventually the users will change the meaning of the words. Currently, I stand by my definition, not like it matters as long as people understand what you mean 😁 You can call it whatever you want as long as you are happy with it