Thinking about CAPES

Net-a-Porter

It certainly isn't the weather to be thinking about capes. It is the middle of Summer and we are having scorching hot days.  But I am.
I have been eyeing off this cape from APC which is currently heavily discounted on net-a-porter.com.  If it is reduced again I might need to buy it.
So it was with this little cape sitting in the back of my mind that I read the news excitedly this morning, that Oliver + S (Liesl + Co patterns) have released the digital woodland stroll cape sewing pattern, oh and a matching pattern for little girls. It is very cute and is lined!

Photo courtesy of Oliver + S

I just about clicked BUY, when I thought about the hood that I so love on the APC cape, which is unfortunately missing from the Oliver + S model. I then remembered the New York Cape Pattern by Tessuti  which has a hood, but is not lined.  Sew brunswick has a lovely version of the New York cape.

Photo courtesy of Tessuti

So, a cape has now been added to my 2013 sewing plans.  I'm not sure which pattern I'll use or whether it is indeed a realistic plan, but it is on there nonetheless!