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Girls Capelet Pattern - Free Caprice Pattern

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Spring is in the air and this month's free sewing pattern is the 'pretty as a picture' Caprice free girls capelet pattern. With its shabby-chic look, it is sure to impress whether for party or play. Keep reading to find out how to make one for your little girl.

Free Girls Capelet Pattern
Free Girls Capelet Pattern

Contents

  • Free girls Capelet Pattern
    • Sizes Included
    • Suggested Fabrics
    • Extra Supplies Needed
    • Fabric Requirements
    • General Notes
    •  Printing and Assembling Pattern Pieces
  • Girls Capelet Pattern - Instructions
    • Step 1 - Ripping the Ruffles
    • Step 2 - Marking
    • Step 3 - Join Back
    • Step 4 - Turn and Topstitch
    • Step 5 - Join Ruffles
    • Step 6 - Ribbon
  • Girls Capelet Pattern - In Conclusion
  • More Free Projects for Girls

Free girls Capelet Pattern

Sizes Included

One size fits most girls age 3 to 10.

Suggested Fabrics

This free girls capelet pattern is suitable for light to medium-weight, non-stretch washable fabrics. It looks great in cotton and cotton-blends. I made my cream sample from calico and the pink sample from quilting cotton. If you are going to leave the edges of the ruffles raw like my samples then check that the fabric rips easily. Densely woven fabrics usually rip well.

I suggest you pre-wash your fabrics in case it shrinks. If you use a light-colored fabric make sure any contrasting fabric is colorfast so it doesn’t run on the lighter fabric when you wash your capelet.

Free Girls Capelet Pattern
Free Girls Capelet Pattern

Extra Supplies Needed

42 inches (1.05m) of ½ inch (12mm) ribbon for the neck ties.

Fabric Requirements

  • ½ yard fabric for the capelet (0.45m)
  • ¼ yard fabric for the ruffles (0.25m)

General Notes

  • Seam allowances of ½ inch (12mm) are included in the pattern.
  • I recommend backstitching at the beginning and end of all seams and ruffles to secure the stitching.

 Printing and Assembling Pattern Pieces

Download your girls capelet pattern by clicking on the link below.

>>DOWNLOAD PATTERN

The pattern pieces print on 8.5” x 11”(letter) or A4 paper.  You can check your pattern has printed in the correct size by measuring the two-inch (5.1cm) test square.  Each page is marked with a number 1 to 6. There are 3 rows of 2. Tape the edges of the boxes together, trimming where necessary. Read my article on how to print PDF patterns.

Free Girls Capelet Pattern
Free Girls Capelet Pattern

Girls Capelet Pattern - Instructions

Step 1 - Ripping the Ruffles

In order to give a shabby-chic look to this capelet, I ripped the edges of the ruffles. The easiest way to do this is to make a small cut in the edge of your fabric the width of the ruffle and then rip. A densely woven fabric will rip easily.

Then trim the strips to the lengths of your ruffle pattern pieces. Pull at the loose threads. It will get to a point where the edges are fluffy and the loose threads stop coming.

You will have quite a pile of threads when you are finished! If you don’t like this raw look you could, of course, serger the edges or finish them with a zig-zag stitch. Pinking shears also give a nice look and stops fraying.

Ruffles for the Girls Capelet Pattern
Ruffles for the Girls Capelet Pattern

Step 2 - Marking

On the RIGHT side of one of your caplet pieces, mark the ruffle guides from your pattern piece.

Marking for the Girls Capelet Pattern
Marking for the Girls Capelet Pattern

Step 3 - Join Back

With RIGHT sides together, stitch the caplet pieces all the way around leaving a 1 inch (2.5cm) gap as shown at the straight edge.

Joining for the Girls Capelet Pattern
Joining for the Girls Capelet Pattern

Trim the seam allowance to ¼ inch (6mm) and clip the corners and curves.

Clipping for the Girls Capelet Pattern
Clipping for the Girls Capelet Pattern

Step 4 - Turn and Topstitch

Turn your capelet the RIGHT way out through the gap and press well. Topstitch around the capelet close to the edge. This will close the gap.

Topstitch
Topstitch

Step 5 - Join Ruffles

 On the top edge of RUFFLE E, stitch a row of gathering stitches. (longest stitch length.) If you don’t want to remove the gathering stitches later then use matching cotton. I’m always looking to save time! 

Pull the bobbin threads to gather RUFFLE E to match the length of ruffle guide E on the capelet.

Gather the Ruffle
Gather the Ruffle for the Girls Capelet Pattern

On the RIGHT side of the cape, pin RUFFLE E to the bottom guide E. The top ruffle raw edge should touch the guide. Stitch on top of your gathering stitch through all layers.

Stitch the Ruffle
Stitch the Ruffle

Repeat steps 6 to 8 for RUFFLES B,C,D. Make sure you are matching the correct ruffles to the correct guides.

Stitch the Ruffles
Stitch the Ruffles

Gather RUFFLE A with a gathering stitch down the center.

Gather Ruffle A
Gather Ruffle A

Stitch the center of RUFFLE A to the marked guide A. You will be aligning the center gathering stitch to the marked guide A. Stitch on top of the gathering stitch through all layers. 

Final Ruffle
Final Ruffle

Below shows how it will look from underneath. You can see the ruffle comes off the edge.

Underneath of Final Ruffle
Underneath of Final Ruffle

Step 6 - Ribbon

Match the center of the ribbon to the center back of the capelet. Sew the ribbon on top of the gathering stitches of RUFFLE A. Stitch along both edges of the ribbon.

Stitch Ribbon
Stitch Ribbon

You can stop most ribbons from fraying by cutting the ends at an angle or using a stop fray liquid.

Girls Capelet Pattern
Girls Capelet Pattern

Girls Capelet Pattern - In Conclusion

Congratulations you have finished the free capelet pattern!

free cape pattern
Free Girls Capelet Pattern

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