- The quickest, easiest way to do a superhero cape
is in Spandex because you don't have to hem the edge.
When you cut Spandex, it doesn't fray.
It just stays like it is.
So, there'll be no sewing on this cape,
unless you wanna put some of kind tie on there.
So, first thing I'm gonna do is measure
from Amy's spine, basically, to the edge of her shoulder.
So, roughly that's nine inches. So ...
- 'Cause I'm so broad-shouldered.
- Let's write that down.
So nine inches.
Then I'm going to measure,
put your arm out,
from her spine to her wrist, and that's about 26 and a half,
so I'm just gonna say 27.
Then I'm gonna measure how long I want the cape.
So I'll just go straight down,
I think I'm gonna do it, (clears throat)
like, mid-thigh, so 34.
Okay, so,
you take your spandex, - This...
- Huh? - That's the wrong color
for my Electra Woman costume.
- Oh, is it?
- Wasn't it ...? - What color is she?
- I think she's orange and yellow.
- I think... - We were gonna
do Electra Woman and Dyna Girl for Halloween,
but we'd never get it done.
- Yeah. Okay so take your spandex
_ C'mon, it's a good ...
- (laugh)
- I mean, look at...
- And your stretch honestly doesn't really matter
on the superhero cape.
So I'm still gonna to do my stretch
where it's going this way across her back.
Just because it's what you would do normally.
So my stretch is this way on my material,
so I'll fold that in half.
- Okay.
say when.
- My widest measurement is 27.
Let me make sure I have ...
I have to fold it way more.
Okay, 27.
I am just going to use a chalk marker.
Sometimes I like to use a blue Mark-B-Gone,
but mine's out of ink, so ...
- Which happens. Those things dry out really quickly.
- Yeah. Okay, so 34 is the length.
So I'm going to measure down 34 ...
'Kay,
34.
Then, my 27, we already know,
is going to be the bottom of the cape.
So where I measured to her wrist,
that is the length of the bottom of the cape.
Now, when I measured her shoulders, it was
- Nine. - Nine
Let me mark that.
Now you just take your end of your mark
at the bottom of the cape,
and your mark at the top.
This is when a yard stick comes in handy.
And then just connect those lines.
- [Off Camera] - Mike E. had a question.
- Yes.
- [Off Camera] He was wondering if you were
going to hem or stitch spandex,
would you prefer a serger
over the stretch stitch for a regular machine?
- Serger's gonna be faster and easier,
especially if your going to leave that raw edge.
- Yeah.
- But if you are...
That's certainly the fastest technique.
For the better look, I would probably roll it and
- Yeah
- And use a stretch stitch.
Stretch stitch or a zig-zag.
Zig-zag is going to look a little rougher.
- Yeah.
- But I probably use ...
I'd probably roll it with a stretch stitch
to make it look great.
- Yes.
- But actually if I'm doing a Halloween costume
I'm just going to overlock it.
- Yeah, It's gonna leave that, the thread on the edge,
but it almost looks like you intended it,
like it's embroidered on the edge.
- Right
- So if that's the look you want
then definitely do that.
If we were doing this for a movie,
and we're actually using a spandex,
making a spandex cape,
which probably wouldn't be for a movie.
They'd probably use some other specialty material.
- Yeah
- But it would probably be lined,
and the seams would be on the interior.
So, kinda be a pillow case it and turn it inside out.
- All right.
(scissors cutting)
So I'm just cutting my cape out.
Now, at the top here,
where her neck will be.
I'm gonna go in about two inches
and then, I'm just gonna
do a little curve right there.
You could even use, like a plate, if you want to lay it down
and trace the edge of a plate to get it nice and round.
Cut that out.
And I just don't want the edge of this spandex showing
so I'm going to cut it off.
And that is the quick way to do a cape.
- Goes well with my, ah ...
- Yeah, so, two things you can do.
You could take Velcro and put it on here
and put it on your top
and just Velcro it right to your costume,
or you could just take a little tie; sew it on,
and you could just do that with hand stitching
really fast, if you wanted to.
But that's your cape.
- That's my superhero cape.
Or, this would probably be a good spot for snaps, too.
You could put a snap on each shoulder.
- Yeah.
- Or ...
- And you can even round out the edge,
like, when it's on her it kind of
goes like this
when you cut it straight across,
so you could actually curve up the edges
to make it whatever look you want.