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Super Hero Capes                             

Materials Required:

o               0.9m x 0.75m Satin

o               cotton

o               42cm of 13mm wide elastic

o               fastener – dome

o               pins, safety pin and needle

o               iron (on low setting)

o               sewing machine

 

Instructions:

To save time each cape has been hemmed along 3 edges so the craft is creating the casing for the elastic top and fastening for the cape.

  1. Turn top edge of fabric over as shown in the diagram.
  2. Press with iron (low heat setting) & pin
  3. Sew along edge leaving room for threading through elastic
  4. Use safety pin to thread elastic through casing
  5. Sew line

     
    Sew each end (machine or hand stitch)
  6. Hand sew on click n dick

 

Costs:

item

no.

cost

 total

Satin (m)   Fabric Barn

15.2

$7.99

$121.45

Elastic  Fabric Barn

6

$1.90

$11.40

Domes  Fabric Barn

5

$2.10

$10.50

Thread   Fabric Barn

4

$2.90

$11.60

Safety Pins

1

$1.59

$1.59

Pams Sandwich Bags

1

$1.25

$1.25

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

$157.79

 

 

cost for 30 mums (actually makes 34 capes) =$5.26

per cape = $4.64

 

 

Other:

Sewing machines, ironing boards and irons need to be provided.

Needles and pins already in MOPs cupboard.

Spare capes could be made up for moppets use or packs sold to mums at end of the session

 

How it went:

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Further Notes from questions about this craft:

 

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