Enamored with Capes.

This winter I was a little preoccupied with other projects, and didn't get to make my usual seasonal coatl. My original concept was to make a cream-coloured fur-trimmed coat suitable for a winter wonderland... but instead I opted for something a little more condusive to multiple seasons.
I picked up a .69 cent pattern from 1989, and started with the 'mini-cape' as practice to make apt use of some beautiful purple and black check fabric I was given by my mom (and Bemberg lining to boot).

Luca even helped...

But the mini-cape did not fully satisfy my desires.It was time to move on. I had on my mind an idea of a belted jacket with big bell-sleeves. The pattern I found was just the ticket. Aside from a few bumbling errors of my own, putting it together was a breeze.