This pattern is again a little more complex that the basic rectangular pattern but it does produce a very nice cloak without too much effort.

Materials:-

• Fabric.
• Cotton.
• Some form of fastener.

Tools:-

• Chalk for marking out.
• Sharp scissors.
• Pins.
• Sewing machine. You can sew this pattern by hand if you don't have a sewing machine but it will take a long time.

Take the fabric and cut out the pieces of the cloak. This pattern produces a cloak with a lined hood. The instructions here assume that the hood will be lined with the same material that the cloak is made from so that it will appear the same from both sides. If you want to line the hood with a different material simply cut two sections for the hood from the main material and two from the lining material you wish to use.

If you are using a fabric which has a right and wrong side such as velvet cut half the pieces so that they are mirror images of the other half. If you are using a plain material it doesn't matter as you can just turn the pieces over to obtain the mirror images.

Firstly take two of the body sections and sew them together down the straight edge to form the back of the cloak. Now take the other two and sew one onto each side of the back along the curved edges to form the rest of the body.

Next take the sections for the hood. Sew two of them together along the longer of the straight edges to form the shape shown below and repeat for the other pair (If you are lining the hood with a different material you should have one pair of the main material and one pair of the lining material). Now sew the two sections you have together with the back of the material towards the outside leaving it open along the edge indicated.

Now turn the hood the right way out. The next stage is to sew the hood onto the body of the cloak. Take your time lining the hood up so that the seam up the back of the hood lines up exactly with the seam along the back of the cloak or the cloak will look odd and the hood will tend to twist round while you are wearing it.

Once you have attached the hood hem up all the way down both sides and all the way along the bottom edge (this is where the sewing machine really comes in useful).

Finally attach the fastener just below where the hood joins the body of the cloak.