For the past two weeks I have continued working on the first cloak for my hunters designs. The cloak pictured below is a work in progress for the longer of the two designs. As shown in a previous post I attached layers of white threaded fabric to the base cloak using circles and free machine embroidery. To then build up the next layer I introduced a dark leather that when up close includes raised fur sections. This then allowed for a shaped edge to be cut to help blend the different sections of colour together through over lapping fabrics.
Building up layers of fabric has given some weight to the garment but as this will be worn by a male artist who is not dancing allows for me to continue using this method. Although some weight has been added I still don't want to keep adding more and more fabric as he will still need to move and I do not want to swamp my artist. For this reason I have chosen to pinch a large section on the left shoulder and tie it back away from the body. This should hopefully free the body underneath but also spread the weight so that it sits on both shoulders.
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