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| Free 1910s Cape Pattern – click here! |
Hi! If you’ve been following us on Instagram you may have seen the explosion of capes. We’ve released a free PDF gridded pattern for a fabulous 1910s cape. It’s very easy to make and is a quick weekend project.
Update for 2021 – We have discontinued our Patreon, so the free cape pattern is now hosted for download on AmericanDuchess.com.
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| Nicole modeling the 1910s wrap cape. It also have a distinctly vintage vibe to it – works wonderfully here for 1930s! |
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| The pattern is based on this original 1910s cape. Appears to have been sold by Martini Consignment. |
We hope you enjoy the cape pattern! We’d love to see your makes too – tag us @americanduchess on Instagram or Facebook and use the hashtag #ADCapeCult .
23 Comments
Pal K
September 1, 2020 at 8:24 PMWitness to Fashion has a whole long post on this style cape
https://witness2fashion.wordpress.com/2018/10/28/unusual-capes-1912-to-1920/
Historygal
September 15, 2020 at 8:27 PMIs this pattern in 1/2 scale?
Lalu
September 23, 2020 at 4:12 PMHi, am I just too dumb to get it, or do the shoulder seam markings not line up? Also the shoulder seam on the back piece is shorter than on the front wrap piece.
kire
March 10, 2021 at 6:58 PMI have the same problem. It seems if you print the guide and cut the pieces out of the paper, they line up exactly. But the grid size is different on the page with the sleeve, so if you go by the grid to measure it out on the fabric, the sleeve will come out too large compared to the other parts. Or maybe we're both doing it wrong? 😛
Kaja
October 15, 2021 at 8:25 PMI found that I had to print Cape body enlarged 450% while the sleeve needed to be enlarged 480% to get the 1″ grid. Hope that helps.
MG
September 11, 2022 at 10:29 PMThis was very useful. I double-checked these percentages just to go over the process, and they are correct. Thanks!
Munro
February 3, 2021 at 6:07 PMHi. Is there any way to get this pattern now. Thanks
Unknown
February 9, 2021 at 4:56 PMThey line up. For me they're the same length.
Lauren Stowell
February 9, 2021 at 6:16 PMpattern is now available in this post – updated
Munro
February 3, 2021 at 6:30 PMApologies as am coming to this endeavour late; is it possible to find the pattern somewhere? The links lead to frustratingly blank pages.
Anonymous
February 6, 2021 at 9:08 PMI am not the blog author but try again maybe? It worked fine for me today.
Mistress CJ
February 8, 2021 at 6:21 AMhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/11Zb0Sx823OX2KxhUqNn-lsBEwYT3n0be/view
Unknown
February 9, 2021 at 6:09 PMHopefully this will work. I made a copy of the file and turned on link sharing, let me know if you have access to the document: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rL9PXvl5zCU6sZeRoPbiZkQ3F9sDFZ_F/view?usp=drivesdk
Van
August 2, 2021 at 3:53 PMHi, I’m a beginner at sewing, so apologies if this is obvious! How do I print out the pattern? It doesn’t seem to be divided into pieces that would fit on an A4 paper.
Thanks!
Lauren Stowell
February 9, 2021 at 6:16 PMapologies – I have made the folder publicly accessible, which may have been the problem. Hopefully that fixed it.
Tabi
April 11, 2021 at 9:23 AMHi there, Recently, I came across this pattern and I loved it. However, I am having the same problem with this pdf. Is there a step I am missing to make this an adult pattern? Please help. Thanks
Angela Brown
May 23, 2021 at 2:44 AMWhere would I add length for a significantly bigger bust?
Ra
October 9, 2021 at 12:54 AMHow much material does this need?
Jess
October 16, 2023 at 12:38 PM2-3 yards Worsted Wool and 2-3 yards lining as per the PDF pattern.
anne
May 28, 2022 at 11:14 AMhow do i print this? do i just print out the seven pages or is there something else i need to do
Jess
October 16, 2023 at 12:37 PMThe only thing you need to do is make sure the scale is correct and make sure that you add in seam allowance when cutting the pattern other than that there shouldn’t be anything special. I included the link that A.D. does have regarding scaling here: https://blog.americanduchess.com/2019/04/how-to-scale-up-gridded-sewing-patterns.html
Vincent
October 28, 2022 at 11:32 AMWhat is the grain line for the pieces?
Lauren @ American Duchess
November 2, 2022 at 11:50 AMThe grainline goes with the grid