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Les Costumes - Les Manteaux Circulaires
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Les Costumes - Les Manteaux Circulaires
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These are the oldest cloacks Can be done without any sewing at all. These
come in three types
If take a semi-circle and divide te strait edge in half, then place
the edges side by each with the center point at the vertex, you will make a
cone. But we are not shaped like cones, so do not exspect to be completly
covered by your semi-circular cloak. There similar geometrical probleems with
full-circle cloaks. A conic construction will work fine frome the shoulders, but
between the shoulders we are rectangular. So when you are cutting your
full-circle cloak think of it as having three parts together. a rectangular
middle part as wide as the top of your shoulders and as long as the disttance
from the floor over your shoulder near your neck and down again to the floor.
Then on iether side a semi-circle with a radius of the distance from the top of
your shoulder to the floor. Giving you a slightly oval shape which will fit
you.
one of the problems with semi-circular cloaks is that it is difficult to keep them on the shoulders without a cloak pin.
Three-quarter-circle cloaks are easy to make, and will stay on the shoulders without a pin
Thia is
This is a good cut for a MANTEL
Though this will use almost as much fabric as a full circle cloak, and you may want to go the extra effort to do that instead.
As the name implies this is a full circle of fabric with a hole in
the middle for your head/neck. And with this one ther should be no problem
keeping it on your shoulders. If you have any problem it will be carrying the
thing around as it will be a lot of fabric and if mad of heavy fabric it will be
heavy to carry. However when you wear it the weight will be spread out more and
you will notice the weight less. But it will look stuningly beautifule this
cloak it is most important that you not cut the final hem intil after it has
hung for a while the heavier the fabric the longer you should hang it this purly
round pattern is best used for shorter cloaks the look of the hem will not be
strait it will curv up because the sides are pulled by the shoulders giving a
curve upward look to the hem when viewed from the front and back.
This is what the pattern ends up looking like when you cut the hem of
a full length circle cloak at the floor, it forms an elips. this will compensate
for the rectangularness of your shoulders. Becuse we are not built like cones
nor like balls As your cloak gets longer and you make it with lots of fabric and
hem it after hanging the shape end When you have done the hem of the cloak it
will endup being an elipsoid shape. The two small addithion symbols indicat teh
peeks of the shoulders and act rather like the vertixies of the elipse
When you consider the shap of the wearer we have a rectangular part
between the shoulder and semi-circular parts off of each shoulder. So when
cutting out you may want to try this. Think of the pattern as a pair of
half-circle radiating from two centerpoints, which just happento be th points of
your shoulders. Then between these half-circles of the pattern in sert a long
thin rectangular peice as wide as the distance from the points of the shoulders.
this rectangular part is were your head hole will be and If you get fabric of
the rigt size you may be able to make this huge peice of fabric simply by sewing
tthe salvage together for only the back then the edges of the opening will be
salvage and the back seam will be the only seam you will need to sew, unless you
want a hood too.