Sew Fantasy Cloaks from Scratch!!
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- In this tutorial, you'll discover how to make a versatile fantasy cloak, perfect for cosplay, LARP, or adding a touch of magic to your everyday. We'll guide you through selecting fabrics, basic sewing techniques, and customizable patterns, ensuring your cloak captures the essence of your favorite fantasy stories.
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Basting can be a number of types of stitches depending on how and where you need to hold things together, but a large, untied running stitch is common. securing it is the big difference, as basting is typically left loose for easy pulling out. So, running stitch is correct for what you do on the first cloak! My main hand sewing recommendation is to get a thimble that fits (making your own out of garment leather is a great beginner sewing project) and learn to use it on your middle or ring finger to help drive the needle. Faster, more consistent stitching awaits!
beat me to it! but yeah, tldr, running is a type/technique of stitching, basting is any loose temporary stitches, and also thimbles are for the finger pushing the back of the needle through thick cloth
I've been sewing for years and only just recently got some thimbles. I've tried using the metal ones in the past and they never worked for me, but I saw a pack on Amazon with a bunch of different kinds and I'm excited to try them all out and find what works for me. No more sore fingers or sewing with pliers!!!
As a sewist, I must say that I really enjoyed this video! Your excitement over the “small” things was so wholesome and definitely a good start to becoming an amazing sewist yourself 😁 Both projects turned out sooo well, I can’t wait to see what you sew next!
Ps, a basting stitch is meant to be a temporary stitch to hold the fabric together while you sew it, so what you did was a running stitch, even if it was a bit bigger than you’d normally see
We need a video on scavenging materials for real world items. Like getting fabrics from thrift store clothes and items. Or repurposing the leather from an old couch on the side of the road.
That's super fun BTW, I made a whole set of jedi costumes doing that. Curtains make great cloaks.
that be cool and challenge
Two sewing stiches to learn: Backstitch (running backstitch), and Whipstitch.
I've been sewing costumes as an amateur and professionally for over 15 years, I love seeing how excited you get when you learn something new reminds me, of myself when I was starting out and why I still love doing my job still to this day. You continue to make some incredible things while passing on your learning you are a true teacher.
Love that your craft style is the intersection between over-engineered and optimized simplicity
First time ever comenting but this one is actually my jam so i hope this helps someone. 1st. You did a beautiful job with the buttons. If you use embroidery floss and 2 or more threads you can make very pretty button holes without having to be as precise with the stitches. Fraycheck under the stitches will help longevity. Buttonhole stitch works for eyelets too.
Perfect running stitch. Basting is almost never knotted or secured and for me at least unless its a complicated curve my baste stitches are almost an inch long quick and dirty hold. For security add a backstitch every 5-10 or so running stitches and it will last longer and hold up better and if you do pop a stitch you wont loose the whole seam.
I love learning so much from you. Thank you so much for all of your beautiful hard work.
If you are going to cut it up the middle anyway, you could leave the neck hole smaller since you won’t have to pass it over your head.
That was the comment that defines genius. Now that you said it is so obvious. Lol!
Like other sewists, I really enjoy your sewing videos. It's great to watch some of the very experienced sewists do their thing. However, what I like about yours is how you logic out what needs to be done. The way your present the steps is something that a novice could absolutely do and is presented in an easy-to-understand manner. it's great to learn things from various points of view. There's more than one way to do something!
1.) Nice new sewing skill logo
2.) The half-hour video length is way easier to accommodate than last week's chonky hour-long opus
3.) 20:11 'Diameter' is different than 'circumference' - which is what you measured.
4.) 24:33 If they're silver, buttons are portable wealth, too.
If you get into a pinch and have to trade a button for a night at the inn, you can make a wooden toggle to replace it. That could easily be another video.
PROPS to you! BIG UPS to you! You just taught me how to do buttons by hand! I always thought it was sorcery involved as well 😅
Rimming the hole with a piece of string makes it more pronounced and stronger.
For anyone that wants a musketeer cloak/cassock, but isn't up to drafting, there are commercial patterns available for it. I think reconstructing history has one.
You missed a great opportunity for a planty pun/play on words - "It means the world to us that you'll support us in this way and help this tree grow." I absolutely love that noble's swordsman cloak, it looks amazing in the fabrics you chose!
Generally you baste by doing a large running stitch (and use a contrasting thread for it, because you want the basting to be easy to find and take out). Basting isn't really a stitch itself, it's an action.
The part of the dress shirt that holds up the collar is the collar stand; collar stays are little thin pieces of plastic or metal that are meant to help the points of the collar stay pointy.
I got so concerned when I saw the lining choice because that can be kinda tricky when your new, but you did such a great job!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Kit, one thing I would add would be a black snap or magnetic snap right under your nose on the color so it will stay closed when you want it to
You got so close to saying “Thank you for helping our Skill Tree grow!”
Quick tip for getting rid of hems, making large on-grain rectangles of fabric, and making a good frayable edge, all super easily - snip a little bit into the fabric with your scissors, then grab either side of it and rip the two apart. It tears right between two threads of the warp, so it's guaranteed to be straight and is really, really fast. Also really, really satisfying. :D
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I love this episode, because it reminded me that I need to make a couple of similar pieces for the ren faire this year!
Also, a running stitch is a tighter stitch than a basting stitch, which makes it more permanent. What you did here IS closer to a basting stitch, but it still works for the purpose! Great job!
The Musketeer cloaks you based your cloak on are actually very similar to the 17th century cassock! And you have the right idea: the buttons are all over the piece so that it can be worn in lots of different configurations. You can completely close it up when it’s cold and rainy, you can open it and get a nice breeze, you can close parts of the sides and have sleeves-point is, the cassock is an incredibly versatile piece of clothing. It’s a Ruana, but with buttons!
Thank you so much for this explanation! I saw what I'd guess is the forerunner to the cassock in a medieval illustration ages ago and I've been running myself *ragged* trying to find out what it's called. You saved my brain - thank you 🙏
@@morgansmith1930 Happy to help!
From what I've found it's a Spanish Riding Cloak. I looked everywhere when the show came out. There is an Etsy seller who sells these but they're over $300
Love the idea of a larp starter kit. I'll be going to larp for the first time this weekend, but I'm already working on making an optimized Adventurers Pack
Tell us how it went!!! I‘m always curious to listen and read about new player experiences!
@@anblueboot5364 it was opening day for the season, so it was making characters. After that it was 6 hours of free in-character mingling and i didnt care for that. I didnt even have a name for my character yet so it was nearly impossible to RP with anyone. I ended up taking a nap in the car till the person with me was ready to leave
I've worked my way through every single video and caught up to current right when you announced the channel overhaul, and I HATE IT!! I have to wait for episodes now??!! Where's my instant gratification, gorramit?!?
In all seriousness, huge fan of what you guys do and I'm so jazzed to be along for the ride! The channel updates have been awesome! I have never seen a youtuber that's got your momentum and gaining such popularity radically pivot to focus on the fans! Typically, it's the opposite and they become more distant and unapproachable, focusing on statistics and number of subscribers. You're focusing ON the subscribers and it is a breath of fresh air among the smog of influencers! Thank you! 😊
(P.S. One of my favorite moments of all time is when your wife left you in your duct tape suit as punishment after you tricked her in the last video and said "She doesn't watch these, heeheehee!" I think about it all the time!😂)
It's always great to see you geek out in these. Amazing work and passion.
This is such a good project, especially for beginners! Buttonholes scare all of us- you did great! I think one detail that could really elevate the project would be a top stich around the edges to make sure your lining stays really clean and flat, and it'll help reduce the strain that constant button use will put on the hem of your garment to improve the longevity of the piece. Really good work!!
My wife and I watch your videos all the time and love what you do. It’s funny you said sewing while watching stuff is relaxing, while we watched this one she is sewing eyelets into a kirtle she is making. Almost button holes.
The main differences between a running and basting stitch is the length of the stitches and the final result. A running stitch is sewn more tightly to create a secure and permanent bind, whereas a basting stitch tends to be looser because it’s meant to eventually be removed. The purpose of a basting stitch is to temporarily hold fabrics together.
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If you want to learn anything about hand sewing look up Bernadette Banner. She does historical sewing with historical techniques.
Burnley & Trowbridge is a great source for wool fabric if you don't have a local store. Working with wool or linen fabric and linen thread is really lovely for hand sewing. Also, a tight running back stitch is my go to for general seams, back stich for high stress areas, and whip stotch for hemming.
Watching this as I'm hand stitching hooks and eyes onto a gwahzee coat for my upcoming SCA event. I am deep in the prep work and watching all of your vids is getting me hyped.
😂 love the random bottle of glue and gremlin in the back😂
I mean, if we're going for easiest, you can tuck a blanket into your shirt. Boom. But in general, you can get two small rocks and some string, and make a rudimentary clasp.
I had to laugh at the sewing machine sew-icides. I actually forbade my sisters from using my machines because one broke 3 needles and the other actually broke one of my machines
I feel like it would be incredibly helpful if you linked where you get your every day clothes from because I absolutely dig your shirts and sweaters 😅 Please?
I'm really liking the simple version followed by the "extrapolated" version style videos you've been doing
Missed opportunity, could have put a magnet in those collar points and used them to hold it up when it covers your face. That way you don't have hardware showing
Quilting needles need a bit thicker thread, but are 3”-4” long. This lets you sew long swaths.
To get a fabric allowance behind the button: lay a needle on the top of the button that lies between the pairs of holes. While you are threading the buttons make sure to go over the needle before going back down into the opposite hole. Once you have gotten all of your main threads through, remove the needle and let your final main thread exit come out between the button and fabric. Wrap your excess around the main threads a few time then either tie through the main threads or tie of in the back like you did.
if you notice on your button, which was made for a thick fabric, there is a ridge around the edge. According to my fashion design teacher, good buttons have a ridge or depression where the holes are to let you figure out the fabric allowance. i don't know if this is completely accurate, but it almost always works for me.
In a similar vein to the fancy cloak, American civil war jackets look similar with all the buttons.
hey kit, great vid, you sould take both to a larp and use the white orkish one in the day to make yourself look heroic and rangery and wear the black one at night so that you can be part of some misterious gang and have your face covered.
still hope one day you will make actual lamellar armor :D its easily the best 'proper' armor for beginners and people with not alot of money
What was the purpose with the beer prop? Went through a lot of trouble to have a bottle of beer on the set for seemingly no reason..because it remained the same amount for the run of the video...
Despite removing the label...I think we all know what Clever is drinking
This looks amazing! Absolutely love the buttons. I also have a button foot on my singer but it looked intimidating and confusing so I never looked into it. I can’t believe how simple it was!
You are correct; a basting stitch and a running stitch are only different in the stitch length, and that is because a bsting stitch is meant to be temporary.
A basting stich is indeed a type of running stitch, just looser/longer stitches so its easier to take out after you properly stitch things down.
A more secure type stitch thats equally fast would be a running back stitch. Basically, you do that rocking motion where you take multiple stitches at once then do a small back stitch before you go back in for the next 3-4 stitches.
That way if your runnning stitch gets cut or falls out, it will only unravel back to where you did the latest back stitch.
A full back stitch would be even more secure.
you just made me wanne make that fancy ruana cloak just cause i can it looks so great and would be a nice add on for any larp costume
5:40 not an expert, but as far as i know, the main difference between a basting and a running stitch is the function. With a basting stitch you only secure the fabric temporarily, where as with a running stitch you sew the fabric. And for easy removal the basting stitch is longer :)
On a side note the musketeer cloak has sleeves but yes they can button up very similar to what you just did. Love your stuff man keep going
That trick you showed for making a knod, I learned it from my grandma
You know, a built in mantle might have been another cool addition to the second cloak
This is so much better than I hoped from the post that you did! I will DEFFENTILY be re watching this video after I get my material next week and doing something similar. Thank you!
I heard you mention “orc costume.”
*nods solemnly in npc*
Yep. Generally a basting stitch is just a long running stitch that is easily pulled out.
When the black cloak is cross-buttoned, it makes me think of some kind of a martial arts tunic.
Basting stich is indeed just a running stitch with wider gaps. Basting stiches are usually for temporarily holding together a garment to get the fitting right as they are easy to remove.
The running stitch is easy and serves the purpose, but it's not super secure and uneven stitches are pretty noticeable. A better alternative is the backstitch. It takes a little practice, but it will give you a more secure seam that looks a lot neater and more professional.
Also yes hand sewing while watching tv or videos is so relaxing. I often watch streams while hand stitching the final pieces of my plushies together.
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I've thought about buying a cloak, but this got me wondering if I could just make one, hmmmmmmmmmm
can always try with some cheap fabric first, see how you like it!
The black one is the same vibe of those collared knit sweaters you already have!
Great idea with the cross buttoning! Keep up the great creativity!!!
You are far too kind, my friend! Thank you SO much!
I am 100% going to have to make one of these if I can find some wool for it. That looks so amazing.
Look for an old US army blanket, they can be dirt cheap and are a nice olive/moss green and can be dyed darker colors. The older ones were 100% wool, i got one, split it up halfway the long way and blanket stitched the cut edges and have been wearing it for about two years now, its super comfy and versatile.
@@emilyrobinson6080 I can't find ANY army surplus here in mid Missouri, even in pawn shops or places like Goodwill or Salvation Army, let alone a wool blanket. And to order it online is either expensive or sketchy.
@@jmoneyjoshkinion4576 i got mine for $5 at a big annual flea market/swap meet in Virginia, flea markets might be your best friend. But as with any old wool blanket youre going to want to clean it thoroughly and air it out.
Bro I love you but how tall are you? 52 inches is only barely more than 4 ft
🤣 it didn't go down to the floor. Just shoulder to mid shin. I am 5'11"😁
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Oh yeah! New level to work on!
First time seeing any of your videos. So hectic but with huge amounts of accurate information. Your cloaks looked amazing. I am tempted to make something similar.
Were you at the Flyers vs. Blackhawks game last night Thursday 2/22? Swear I saw you in a green cardigan along the half boards glass?
I've been watching your videos getting ready to go to Renaissance festival. Lots of great ideas. If you ran a top stitch around the coller. It will hold its shape. And level up the look.
Yay im early!
I'm currently making a Leper cosplay from Darkest Dungeon, so this is amazingly helpful. Thanks
What exactly was that fabric called? Most hardwear stores in Sweden seem to have just synthetic tarplike things.
Bro, doing button holes is WILD. There is even an actual stitch FOR making button holes, called a Button Hole Twist. Its ever so slightly more twisted than the one you showed, creating a kind of knot along that inner edge. The stitch you used is called a Blanket Stitch which definitely, obviously works just fine. The twist is just "fancier" and a bit stronger/longer lasting. Way to go for making your own buttonholes!!!
That black cloak is, without exaggeration, the coolest cloak I've seen.
The Legend of Linens! The Fabric Fanatic! The Hero of Hemming! I really gotta get my machine set up and hit up my local, I've been fawning over the Ruana since your first crack at it.
My first project that I JUST bought the fabric for is a double sided blue/green cloak and hood that I'm making with my grandmother who already knows how to sew.
Epic just doesn't do it justice....This would make an awesome Rogue's cloak. Different colours/fabrics in and out. Stiffened slits into floating pockets between the fabrics for numerous storage areas. Different buttons on each side panel so when its flipped or buttoned differently, the look is changed. So may ways to wear it and with a colour or fabric change, people will just glance and move on. Next project could be a hat you can turn inside out to dramatically change styles :)
Thank you for reminding me how much fun one can have with sewing! I'd done it a LOT many years ago. Indeed, I learned it in high school (Home Ec classes) and from my mother (who sewed a good portion of our wardrobes...she wanted to be Edith Head when she was young). I made quite a few really nifty pieces. Your wonderful video was a great reminder of the fun and creativity. Now...to buy a sewing machine. Thank you again!
Hey! Seamstress here! The simplest way I can put it for you for the difference between a running stitch and a basting stitch is the tightness of the stitch. A basting stitch is used to just barely attatch pieces together for them to stay put and in their place before doing your other stitches and placements. A running stitch is used to keep the pieces together and it has to live through the wear and tear of the clothing. Therefore, it must be tighter.
I keep editing as the video goes on XD
So! If anyone wants to sew something like the nobleman rowana cloak, I suggest using a backstitch instead of a running stitch, especially if it's for larping. The backstitch is a very strong stitch that will help keep everything very secure for all that movement and tugging that could happen at a larp.
All in all, the Nobleman's Rowana Cloak is really nice! Kinda want to make one for myself now and fit it a bit more on the shoulders to make it even more posh O_O Would look great with my magician character since I don't only spend my time in the library, but I also fight with a rapier :) Thanks for the inspiration!
Also, don't beat yourself up over how the seams look :) You're learning and it looks as good as it can for a begginer. Your machine work is very good as well! Keep leveling up!
Finding a good needle prep video is impossible! I had to watch a dozen and piece all the little bits together when I learned.
Some stuff you'll want to look into: running back stitch, thimbles, tying the knot over the needle, hiding the tail in the garment, and running thread through beeswax.
Would you do a collaboration on hand sewing skills maybe? I think Abby Cox is in your neck of the woods, relatively, and she's amazing with that sort of thing.
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The head hole! WAY too big. Better to start too small and make it bigger as needed. The fact that you were going to cut the front open means the hole would be much smaller. It will fit and stay in place better, you figured that out and fixed it in the 2nd one! WELL DONE!!
This is so funny, I pretty much learned how to stitch the same way 😂 I made a nasty looking cloak, then a cassock( its the official name of the cloak you where showing from the musketeers show) It's sort of the same idea, except it has an extra pannel in the arm portion, which can be tied into a full cape or even individual sleeves! Once it's in "jacket mode", you really see where the look of the greatcoat/peacoat came from. I am so proud of my two cloacks, and then, in my LARP, I became a musketeer! So I made another cassock, this time based on that exact picture, and I love it too!
I would like to preface this by saying that I'm not having a go, criticising or anything like that. I'm just a seamstress with nearly 30 years experience, and I have trouble communicating clearly. (my husband made me out this in because apparently I sound terse, so I'm sorry about that).
what you did was a large loose running stitch. basting stitches aren't tied off, for the purpose of allowing easy removal. also, there are different types of basting stitch depending on the fabric/use/need.
you probably should of used a facing instead of just folding over the edges at the front, because it will allow you to keep the width of the fabric, rather than loosing 3-4 inches like you did.
your button holes should be the other way around. you don't ever really want to make verticle button holes as it allows for up and down movement of the garment, which affects the drap, and in this case, your ability to use it in certain configurations. button holes shoukd be horizontal, which keeps the fabric in place vertically, but allows for breadth of movement width wise.
when attaching a button, you should make a foundation in the fabric first, before putting the button on. so making a couple of passes of the cross (of the button holes), then put the button on, and sew it down. it allows for stability this way. well done for remembering to wrap the button though!! with either hand or Machi e sewing your button holes, you can also out a small dab of fray check or something similar onto the cut line after you've sewn it.
you should always bury the tails of any thread, not just from your running stitch, but from your button holes and buttons, as well as from machine stitching.
in regards to your sewing machines, when did you last have them serviced?? with older machines you can service them yourself because they come apart.with newer machines you have to take them to a professional. either way, you should do it/ get it done every 12-18 months, for continues, smooth operation.
This video unironically just helped me solve my obstacle in my witcher jacket project. Heres hoping i didnt waste all of my fabric with the many prototypes
Well done on your first time button holes, try learning a backstitch,and whipstitch,I’ve been sewing since I was 6 making my own dolls clothes , and then growing up kept doing it , and I’m still at it at 57 , keep going your doing great
Love Musketeers and have also found great inspo from their incredible costumes - cloaks, hats, the colors, the leather - love it! I have fashioned some of my ren faire & piratey pieces after things in Musketeers. Good stuff - love the dropcloth fabric, great source for rough/peasanty things as well as practice runs. I learned that from you - thanks!
FYI, it's usually better to set a neckhole slightly forward.
Just a tip, if you run a stitch 10mm(3/8") or so from the edge once turned right way round, it will keep that seam where you want and reduce the need for ironing down the track.
You could even use a contrasting(eg, gold) thread as an accent.
For painting/graffiti this must be ideal. How many coats has not been ruined, during sessions. A painting coat cover. Fits in ur backpack, with the spray cans.
Now I have a secret weapon; the same singer sewing machine he used (that didn't die)
Although be careful with that sewing machine! It has a "I'm just gonna send it" attitude, which is great most of the time, but leads to more shattered needles than normal.
You're gonna have a lot of fun with it! Wear safety glasses for 4+ layers
Basting stitch (also called a tailors tack) is used to temporarily hold fabrics together, for example, when you want to check the fit of a garment before sewing the actual seam.
Running stitch is a simple stitch consisting of a line of small even stitches that run in and out through the cloth without overlapping.
I really miss your strange creations like your expanding backpack, thief gauntlets and the dnd robe you made recently is cool . But I'm sure those are more difficult to think up. I'm building a handcart as a mobile workstation maybe you could use somthing similar as a mobile base?
Very nice video, I think the "new skill tree" is coming along great!
A little tip for neat edges with lining is so called topstiching. After you sew right sides together and flip it back right sides out, you iron it (you did that, that was good) and then you stich (in the same colour as the fabric) very close to the edge. That way there is a visible stiching line, but you can only really see it if you look very closely and it prevents the lining from "rolling over" to the outside. I think your interfacing and the buttons/button holes help in this project to keep everything in place but topstiching is a good tool to know when sowing.
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nice cloak Cl3ver.i might have to look at making my own with a few buttons. Ill be seeing you guys at Reckoning. lets hope for clear sky's
Great work as always, love the inspiration you provide (although the leather and tools I was inspired to buy, are still waiting for me to be brave).
One thing I like to do with button holes, is to make the stiches prior to cutting. I am no expert in sewing, but that helps stop the fabric fraying.
What you do at @10:50 to demonstrate what you are doing for the button hole is actually used in embroidery as a decorative edging, although it needs to be more evenly spaced. I learned it for applique quilting and it makes things pop.
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That looks like such an infinitely variable clothing item. Materials, exact cut, decoration, it could be adapted to pretty much any kind of character. Your choice of chiaroscuro brocade was perfect for your purpose.
One small criticism that may or may not apply to your character- in the model you showed, the buttons and holes go all the way up the side slits. Looks to me that it’s intended to be used as a stereotypical cloak when buttoned all the way up to shed rain, but that would imply a woolen or wool blend fabric that might not drape the way you wanted it to. I have to think about that.
Just a side note - don't forget to finish the hem! Do the double fold and top stitch on the outside fabric AND the inside fabric (with the inside length just a tiny bit shorter). New stitching lesson - hemming and felling stitches.
Also, for long seams that will have some wear, take a little back stitch every few needles worth of running stitches. Lots of reinforcement for very little additional time or hassle.