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Turn an old trench coat into an adorable cat cape!

Posted by Cat Morley from London, United Kingdom • Published 6th May 2019 • See Cat Morley's 1135 projects »

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Step 1
For this project, you'll need a trench coat with a hood. My one was looking a bit ratty but this would be the perfect refashion to bring it back to life.
Step 2
Decide how long you want the cape to be and mark a rough line with tailor's chalk.
Step 3
Use a French curve to get this line perfect.
Step 4
Cut along the line, saving some of the excess coat fabric for your ears.
Step 5
Check the length of your cape.
Step 6
Cut the sleeves to the correct length.
Step 7
Use a seam ripper to unpick the seams underneath the arms and then, with the wrong side facing out, sew the sides of the underarm to the front and back of the jacket.
Step 8
Finally, pin ribbon or hemming tape around the bottom of the jacket to give it a neat edge.
Step 9
Sew the hemming tape in place.
Step 10
Now it's time to pick out some nice new buttons for your cape.
Step 11
Unpick the old button and thread a needle with embroidery floss in a colour that matches.
Step 12
Stitch the new button in place.
Step 13
Repeat for the remaining buttons.
Step 14
Cut a length of ribbon to make a tie for the cape. Luckily, I was able to thread mine through the old button holes but feel free to add new eyelets or slits if needed.
Step 15
Now for the ears, cut a piece of foam into the shape of a cat ear and check the size against your hood.
Step 16
Cut a second matching ear.
Step 17
Fold a piece of coat fabric in half twice and pin the foam ear on top.
Step 18
Cut this out leaving a 1/2" seam allowance around the top edges and an 1" at the bottom.
Step 19
Unpin and then match two sets of the fabric ears, with the wrong sides facing out and pin the foam ears back in place.
Step 20
Sew around the outline of the ear, being careful not to stitch through the foam.
Step 21
Unpin the foam.
Step 22
Trim off the excess fabric from the top edges.
Step 23
Turn the ear inside out and insert the foam.
Step 24
Neatly fold in the bottom seam allowance and pin in place.
Step 25
Sew along the bottom edge.
Step 26
Sew an inner ear line about 1" in from the edge of the ears.
Step 27
Repeat for the second ear.
Step 28
Pin the ears to your hood. Checking the look good when worn.
Step 29
Stitch the ears in place with matching embroidery floss.
Step 30
Your cape is ready to wear!

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Helen W. · Carlisle, England, GB · 55 projects 20th May 2019

So cute!

Carla B. · Gravois Mills, Missouri, US · 1 project 6th May 2019

I SO. LOVE. THIS! I think this might be my new all-time favorite project, Cat!