Pattern and Instructions: The Drama Club Cape
Just in time for fall (and all of your vintage Halloween fantasies), the Drama Club Cape is here!
This belted beauty looks prim and proper from the front, with raglan shoulder seams, pockets, and a wide 1930s-inspired collar. But from the back, it brings all the drama!
The Drama Club Cape can be sewn in both cool-weather and warm-weather fabrics, with optional bound buttonholes and a full lining, making this statement outerwear piece perfect for any occasion.
My nurse Ratched look is sewn using navy wool with a green satin lining, and Susie's perfect Mary Poppins was created with a blue plaid with a burgundy jacquard lining. This cape is so flexible, it can even be made in linen or cotton twill for warm-weather adventures. I can’t wait to see what you make!
xoxo,
Gertie
P.S. This month’s Glamour Circle+ pattern release is dropping later today, so you’ll have enough time to sew for Halloween! The Glampire Cape is an expansion of the Drama Club Cape pattern, giving you a second cape front option, a large (optional) dramatic hood, and a length that falls to the floor!
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You'll find the tiled file (for printing at home on A4 or letter size sheets and taping together) and the A0 file (for printing at a copy shop like ThePlottedPattern.com). Please note that we have two size blocks, so make sure to download the correct files for the size you're making. If you have any questions about which size to sew, don't forget to read our blog post with all the details!
Don't forget to share your makes with the hashtags #dramaclubcape and #charmpatterns!
Comments (115)
Just want to say I’m at the “hang the lining and the cape for 24hr” part of this and I am coming here to say THANK YOU for the amazing video and the fantastic pattern. It looks SO good. A gift for my sister so once it’s gifted I’m going to post about it on my insta but I am in love - thank you thank you thank you
Which skirt are y'all wearing here? I need to copy the whole look!
I'm wearing a Betty Dress (with the pencil skirt option), and Susie is in a Stanwyck Pencil Skirt.
Finally a adaptable coat suitable for a wheelchair. I'm making a back for the coat front because in a wheelchair a shorter jacket is more comfortable (Brooklyn Jacket is my favorite go to top) and as is it will be unbalanced and drag. But just because I'm in a chair doesn't mean unstylish
This is precisely why it caught my eye!
I really want to make the cape part of this floor length or midi length. Would I just lengthen pieces 7 and 4? And how do I tell by how much? I’m 5”2. Thanks!
Again, is A0 file not added anymore?
I think the patterns without the tiled behind it are the A0 files.
Will there be a crowdcast this month
I have an amazing reversible raincoat fabric that I’ve been envisioning for a project like this. I know the pattern is intended to be lined. If I bias bind the seams, is there any reason I can’t construct it to show off the reverse side of the fabric on the inside of the cape?
OMG. I love it. I want to make it. This is so beautiful.
Has anyone done a mockup? I hate mockups. The waste of fabric and time, but hearing everyone talk about Gertie patterns needing fitting makes me nervous. Probably why I haven't made anything yet even though I joined the beginning of the year. I HAVE to have this cape.
maybe get an old sheet set or something like that from a second hand shop so you aren't worried about fabric waste
I’ve wanted something like this for years and living in Florida it is definitely perfect for fall/winter cold snaps. I’m wondering if the team has any feedback or suggestions on how to possibly reduce length on the back so it’s a less dramatic and more everyday
I wasn't going to renew my membership, thinking I never have time to sew these days..... then I saw this pattern - wow! So elegant, I'm back!
I am obsessed with this cape! I have wanted to do one for years, but didn't have the skills or the pattern....but now I'm set!! I have a question...does anyone know, if you sign up for the glamour circle tomorrow, would I be able to access the expansion patterns? I'm not really sure how it works?
Yes, you'll get access to the archive of patterns, including the Glampire Cape!
Ooh i have wanted a cape like this for a few years
This is SO COOL. Totally my style. I have so much on my sewing table right now and seriously want to abandon it all for this!!!!!
Thank you, this is just what the Doctor, I mean Nurse Ratched, ordered. :)
A thousand times yes! I recently spotted a lovely wool cape at a museum that I was very inspired by seemed quite costumey for me-the tie in the front makes this design seem so wearable because it has more of a trench coat look. I can’t wait to sew it!
Omg I LOVE this!!
Wow gorgeous xxx
Oh my gosh I love this
I can't verbalise how much I love this this. Thank you!
This is gorgeous and I have been hoping for years that Gertie would release a glamorous cape! Yay!
I am sooooo excited for this one! This is my dream piece!!
I like this but of late the patterns have required a lot of fabric. Kind of expensive for me these days. 😞😥
I made a swing coat from a vintage wool onkaparinga blanket I found at an op shop for $5… you could try hunting down a blanket? A single was plenty of fabric for the short swing coat which uses less than this (because sleeves).
OMG THIS IS WHAT I BEGGED FOR ON THE SURVEY LAST YEAR! my jaw dropped....
Yesssss! I’ve always wanted something like this
Ok, I'll admit, I didn't see this earlier, just the glampire cape. This is lovely.
I HAVE DIED!!
WOW !!!!
This is unreal. The best pattern of all time! 😍😍😍 I’m thinking white tweed with silk lining, and do inset pockets to keep it completely sleek and posh!
LOVE
SWOOOOOOON!!! I’ve been contemplating drafting one of these all month and POP!!! Here is this stunning creation!!!! THANK YOU GERTIE AND TEAM CHARM ♥️♥️♥️ *runs to fabric stash
Gertie are you wearing a Stanwyck pencilskirt with tha new Cape?
Looks like it to me, kick pleat in the back.
Oh my gawd, it’s gorgeous! 😍
Yes yes yes yes Yes!!!!
Wow what a great fall item! Love the plaid! Thank you ☺️
Totally awesome. Obsessed with the plaid look and the lining is soooo pretty
Wow😍🥰
This. Is. AMAZING!!!
Yes yes yes and yes!!! Finally 😍😍😍😍 i begged so hard the last survey. AND i bought the perfect fabric in the perfect amount a few weeks ago
OMG!!💗💗
YES!!!!! This is stunning!!!! Thank you!
Utterly fabulous
I love love this thank you so much I’m obsessed 🔥🔥
I’m going to be so excited when I regain consciousness. This is AMAZING!!!
CAN WE HAVE A LINK TO SUSIE’S LINING?! I’m sorry for yelling, I AM JUST SO EXCITED!
Linked in the instructions! https://www.moodfabrics.com/wine-and-blue-bi-color-polkadots-jacquard-lining-431027 It’s so pretty!!
So yes, you guys are awesome beyond words. I’m aghast! I was just watching a 1960 Hammer movie, Brides of Dracula (‘‘tis the season), and the main female character had a hooded Victorian coat that put me on a Pinterest binge to plan how to reproduce it. Now I have a plan! It was plaid and it was awesome.
DRAMA CLUB 😭 this is truly gorgeous. as a long time cape collector and lover, this makes my heart sing. you both look so amazing! i want susie for my nanny! 💙
Well now my new winter coat is gonna be 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Oh my goodness. I think I must revisit my jacket/coat plans. How fabulous!!!!
This is so not what I was expecting, and I’m obsessed with it!!!!
Oh my word! I was literally about to cut fabric to make the Scout Capelet, and now this comes along!! 😱🤩 What to make??
I lost my wolds!! ♥
Oh Lord...now I've cut out a short swing jacket and a rizzo out of my Prince de Galles gabardine I am going to have to find something in my stash to make this beauty 🤔 I don't get to wear warm coats much in my part of Spain but I think I am going to have to use a lovely royal blue wool drape from my stash for my París trip end of October 😄
I am going to Paris in January....now adding to my list!
LOSING MY MIND!!! Already mentally going through my fabric stash...
Yessssss! 100 degree Austin weather, be damned --I'm all over this!
linen for the win!!
😍😍😍😍😍
OMG 🤩🤩🤩
Gunna need fabric. Which skirt is this paired with??
Looks like maybe Stanwyck?
GORGEOUS
GAAAHHHHHHHHH ❤️
Shush up!!!! This is gorgeous!!!
Ooo gonna figure out how to give this an Art Club twist! 💜💜💜
This is perfect for those of us going through the year long summer!
Absolutely love this!!!! So excited by this month's pattern! 😍
OMG! This is what I requested on the survey! Yay!!! Can't wait to do this. (Must get my list of costumes finished first) 💖💖💖
Oh my goodness! And drama club! And Suzy as Mary Poppins!!! I love 💝💝💝
OMG I’m obsessed !!!
Love it!
This is STUNNING! I really wasn't expecting this. I would expect to find this for sale on Charm patterns website not a monthly pattern. Thank you so much Gertie and team. 💝
I am the only one thinking in a femme Third Doctor Cosplay.
This is so beautiful both in solid and plaid. This is the one I need in my extensive coat wardrobe 😍
O. M. G!!!!! I've been dreaming of a cape for ever! Thank you!!
Suzie in the plaid version... I'm 100% sold!! It's AMAZING!
I LOVE IT!!! I was searching for this pattern since few years now ❤️
This is GORGEOUS! Thank you, Gertie! <3
Just what I was hoping for, I've already got fabrics and colours in mind for this.
Omg omg omg omg 😱😱😱😱
This is stunning!!
Absolutely gorgeous!
Ahhhhh are you kidding me!?!! You knocked it out of the park with this one, Charm Team!
I’m crying because I’m so happy!!!
Susie looks amazing
I'm melting in my seat, here as I sit. Thank you for the cape!! 2 cape styles actually. I'm so excited to get started.
Omg! This is flipping fabulous! Yes!!!! Love it!❤️
😮😮😮😮😮😮
OMG....I'm screeming I was hoping it would be nurse Ratched's iconic coat.
Incredible!!!!
You’ve just made me so happy Gertie!!! I love this fitted cape look! 💖💖💖
I absolutely DO NOT need this level of outerwear in south central Texas but you bet I'll be sewing it on a nice classic color because I WANT IT 😍😍😍😍
I hear you! BUT I am sewing 3! I'm in Arizona! HA!
This is absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much Gertie!
Love it!❤️
The Cape of my dreams 😍
Shut. Your. Mouth! This is AMAZING! I can't wait to make several of them! I've been desperate for more dramatic pieces! Thank you sooo much!!!!
OBSESSED
Gorgeous 😍 perfect for October!!
I wish I could like this more than once, I LOVE it!!!!😍
yes. Yes. YES! <3
Oh my!! This is way beyond what I expected!!! Day-um, this is amazing!
This is simply THE BEST! Thank you! 👏🏼📣
IT’S THE CAPEEE!!! 😍😍😍 gorgeous
Beautiful!! It is a cape!!
Oh my gosh, I fell over! Love this!!!!!!!
I had a feeling it would be a cape and I am here for it! Immediately shopping for fabric! 🖤