Dream Wardrobe: Cape

I finally had some time off for the holidays and decided to finally sew for myself. At the beginning of the year, I listed a "Wish List" and one was to make my dream wardrobe.  One of things I wanted to make was a pair of sailor pants out of seersucker! I still want to do that but the trousers have evolved.  Hopefully I'll get to the trousers before spring. One of the other dream items is a cape!  I bought this wonderful plaid wool and it had been sitting around for almost a year now. It was time! So I made a pattern using one of my pattern-making reference books and spent the next day to sew it up.  Well, it turned out looking like a bag- at least that's what the boyfriend said.  And besides that, my sewing machine started to act up! Arrgh! The one time I decide to make something for myself and now I have to get a new sewing machine! Anyway, since I have a limited amount of the wool fabric, I started to take apart the cape and alter it.  Here's what it looks like at the moment:

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Dream Wardrobe: Genteel Poverty

I've always wanted a dream wardrobe.  I'm not talking about costumes but more along the lines of key pieces of clothing of quality that will hopefully last my entire life and beyond.  I like long-lasting, well-made clothing but in order to have such things, one needs money, right?  I strongly believe that a person should be able to have beautiful clothes even if he/she doesn't make a six figured income.  It makes me angry that on my limited income, I'm not supposed to have well made, nice clothes. This is why I am choosing to make my own clothes because I've had it!  I alter my clothes to fit anyway so, why not make clothes I've always wanted.  I think life is too short and I think it's time for me to get what I want!