The Good Captain

After my darling son wore his various Darth Vader capes to school every day for the past month, his friend came up to me and asked, in total faith, if I could make him a Captain Jack costume for his birthday. I spent HOURS looking at pictures of Johnny Depp...serious hardship there...

And came up with this:

Basically all that really resembles Captain Jack is the bandanna (I found some amazing coins to attach to it). But my young friend's faith does not change the following facts: I am not really that great at sewing, I really like making capes, it's the only pattern I had, and I only had two days notice. Luckily, he seemed totally thrilled and wore it proudly. And really, I think he may even be cuter than Johnny. Yes, I said it :)

The Start of Something BIG....

 

This was my first cape. 

My son is currently obsessed with Harry Potter, Star Wars and Sharks. He needed a cape, "IMMEDIATELY Mommy". We tried on one of the official Hogwarts robes at Indigo, but he immediately had an allergic reaction. Hives and itchiness and rash like he had a bad spell cast on him. So that was out of the question. So Mommy had to remember how to sew. My sewing machine and I only speak the same language 50% of the time, but for my darling boy I'll try anything (including holding a snake that tried to take up residence in my bra....seriously). 

So I got out the machine and looked up the YarnPirate's post on her unbelievable 22 capes! and got to work.  I used this pattern from The Long Thread.  I let N go through my entire fabric stash (shockingly large considering I really don't sew much, I just wish I could....) and he came up with....Santa Fabric. No problem, Santa can be a super hero right? He certainly is in this house :) The only change I made was rather than a velcro attachment, I used snaps. Not really for any reason other than I had them on hand and my local craft store didn't have any velcro. And it seemed safer than buttons or a tie.

 

I am particularly proud of the lightning bolt. And apparently my efforts were a success: 

Because it has not been taken off since!