A few weeks ago, I was approached by someone at the local "Y" about making a "Captain Values" costume for them to be used at parades and other functions. They wanted Captain Values to be a superhero-type character espousing the Y's core values: honesty, caring, respect, and responsibility. The cape was to have the Y logo on the back, along with the four values. Here's the result: I fused the black and red in the logo to the white; I never quite trust fusing to hold alone, so I straight stitched around the edges with matching thread. I used Eleanor Burns' fusible interfacing technique for appliqueing the white circle with the logo to the red cape; then I sewed that down with a black machine blanket stitch. I fused the interfacing to the back of the white fabric for the letters to reduce show-through from the red and then used Steam-a-seam 2 to fuse the letters to the cape; I dropped the feed dogs and free-motion stitched the letters down to make sure they were secure. The cape itself is basically a big circle; I took the hood pattern from one of my jackets. I was pretty happy with the results and the Y was pleased.
Julia in MN