If you remember, I sewed a cape over spring break for a friend of mine who turned ten. Bee, my little friend, has many siblings--one of them is her older brother, whose Star Wars interests go beyond all bounds. (He owns six lightsabers.)
Now, some months ago--I think it was over Christmas break, maybe--I had promised this little boy a homemade Jedi cloak someday. I knew it would be easy, but I wasn't about to spend Christmas break sewing something like that, for no good reason. So I told him he would have to wait quite awhile.
When I gave Bee her blueberry cape, her older brother was jealous, of course. After all, I'd promised him a Jedi cloak long before I'd decided to sew a cape for Bee, and first things should come first! Right?
So, his birthday was this month, and I fulfilled my promise as soon as ever I got unpacked from moving back home after my sophomore year at college. I dyed the fabric Tuesday; cut it out Wednesday; sewed it yesterday; and delivered the gift this morning. He was quite satisfied. :)
This latest sewing project brings my cape-capers to five:
--my classic blue winter cape
--my burgundy rain cape, which was mostly sewed by my grandmother but finished by me when her fingers got too gouty
--a cape I sewed last summer for a friend of mine, upon the occasion of her wedding
--Bee's cape
--and now her older brother's Jedi cloak.
There is one more thing. On Wednesday--the same day I was preparing to sew the Jedi cloak, thus already immersed in Star Wars minutiae regarding Jedi outerwear--my mother discovered the sheet music for Star Wars.... and a friend of mine greeted me over IM with a Star Wars quote. Talk about ubiquity.
P.S. To complete the story down an entirely different rabbit trail, a quite random acquaintance consulted me this morning about cape-making matters, citing my "legendary wisdom" as a "great cape-smith of lore" (translation: one of my apartment-mates had told him once that I'd made my share of capes). And no, I did not make that stuff about "legendary" and "of lore" up, not in the least!
Now, some months ago--I think it was over Christmas break, maybe--I had promised this little boy a homemade Jedi cloak someday. I knew it would be easy, but I wasn't about to spend Christmas break sewing something like that, for no good reason. So I told him he would have to wait quite awhile.
When I gave Bee her blueberry cape, her older brother was jealous, of course. After all, I'd promised him a Jedi cloak long before I'd decided to sew a cape for Bee, and first things should come first! Right?
So, his birthday was this month, and I fulfilled my promise as soon as ever I got unpacked from moving back home after my sophomore year at college. I dyed the fabric Tuesday; cut it out Wednesday; sewed it yesterday; and delivered the gift this morning. He was quite satisfied. :)
This latest sewing project brings my cape-capers to five:
--my classic blue winter cape
--my burgundy rain cape, which was mostly sewed by my grandmother but finished by me when her fingers got too gouty
--a cape I sewed last summer for a friend of mine, upon the occasion of her wedding
--Bee's cape
--and now her older brother's Jedi cloak.
There is one more thing. On Wednesday--the same day I was preparing to sew the Jedi cloak, thus already immersed in Star Wars minutiae regarding Jedi outerwear--my mother discovered the sheet music for Star Wars.... and a friend of mine greeted me over IM with a Star Wars quote. Talk about ubiquity.
P.S. To complete the story down an entirely different rabbit trail, a quite random acquaintance consulted me this morning about cape-making matters, citing my "legendary wisdom" as a "great cape-smith of lore" (translation: one of my apartment-mates had told him once that I'd made my share of capes). And no, I did not make that stuff about "legendary" and "of lore" up, not in the least!
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