Cape Caper

While I do love sewing for my girls, occasionally it's a wonderful thing to get something that someone else has made for them. I think it's a similar thing to the joy a stay-at-home mom gets when someone ELSE cooks a meal, or especially when someone else does the dishes. I don't mind doing these things on a regular basis, it just makes the treat of someone else doing it that much more wonderful.

So, back in the 60's (I can't remember the exact year he said) my Grandad bought several yards of Pendleton Wool for Choir Robes. After he'd received the fabric they changed their minds about what they wanted, and he ended up having an unreasonable amount of Pendleton Wool fabric on his hands. It makes me chuckle a little bit to think about it, because I bet at the time he had NO idea that someday his great-granddaughters would be wearing it. A few months ago he gave it to his sister, Aunt C, who is an amazing quilter and seamstress, and she put together Formal Winter Capes for my girls, and her grandaughters.

I just have to say, I LOVE her fabric choices--the Red Wool (which is NOT THE SLIGHTEST bit itchy!) mixed with the cream minky, and the icing on the cape--lined with a pink Barbie themed satin.
I tossed them on my girls this morning over their Jammies, just so I could take pictures. The first heavy snow we have you can bet I'm going to be finding a good spot to take outdoor pics in them, they are so classically beautiful.

I cannot imagine a more elegant frame for their precious little faces. :-)

or perhaps their impish faces?! :-)

Thank you so very much, Grandad, Gramma, and Aunt C, for these beautiful capes. They will be treasured. And, I can't imagine anything less than heirloom status for them.