I wanted to recreate the cape dress I saw on these vintage sewing patterns.
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As I already have a cape pattern, I didn't want to buy another. Instead, I used a dress pattern from burdastyle and a vintage cape pattern, made modifications for both to recreate the look. Here's the result: