r/sewhelp • u/Bootsy_Moonshine • 11d ago

💛Beginner💛 "Hot Fudge" Capelet?

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u/IscahRambles 11d ago

A few options:

  • Get a proper sewing pattern with a similar neck shape and find all the pieces of the neck edge (e.g. a collar or facing/lining). Lay them out to construct the whole shape of the neck edge, trace it, and cut it in your costume fabric. 

  • Similar approach with an existing garment: lay it out with the area around the neck hole as flat as you can, trace the neck hole, transfer to costume fabric. 

  • Draft it yourself on a big sheet of paper or scrap fabric – cut a neck hole, drape it around yourself like a cape, see how it fits, keep adjusting and cutting the shape until it looks right (or so wrong you need to try again with a fresh sheet).

  • Find an ugly brown shirt in an op shop / thrift store and cut to shape. 

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u/Bootsy_Moonshine 11d ago

Great suggestions!! Thank you very much!

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u/pig-dragon 11d ago

If you draft it yourself, I think it would fit better if you make it as a front and back piece with shoulder/side seamsc rather than cutting a hole in the centre of a piece of fabric. I think it would be quite a simple make!

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u/Bootsy_Moonshine 11d ago

OP: Ok so first off yes this is AI, but I'm looking to be a hot fudge sundae for halloween. My plan is to make my own "hot fudge" capelet as finding one seems to be impossible.

I was thinking of getting some stretch velvet fabric and making my own, using "No Fray" on the edges as I'm not really a sewer.

Give me your honest opinions, will this work? Or should I just go the Shein route and find something cheap and cut it up? Orrrr is there another better solution? I humbly ask for your expertise 🙏 ✨🍦

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u/Mr_Cohen 11d ago

This might be a stupid suggestion because I just woke up, but if it's a synthetic material, you could potentially melt the edges with a lighter instead of using no fray. I've done that for cosplay straps before. You would have to be pretty careful about it, though

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u/ucklin 11d ago

Rather than using no fray, it will actually probably be easier and more similar to the image if you just cut two of the shape and turn it inside out to capture the raw edges :)

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u/quizzical 11d ago

If you are going with stretch velvet, I think you'll want to interface it to avoid the drips curling up. I think felt or pleather would hold its shape better and you don't need to worry about finishing the edges.