I made the black shirt, which I already posted about, the cloak, and the brown coat…thing.
For the black cotton shirt, I measured across my shoulders (middle of the side of one to the middle of the side of the other) and to my thigh or however it long it is (just above the knee, I think) and cut out two rectangles of those dimensions (shoulder width wide, knee length long). For the sleeves I measured from my shoulder to my wrist and cut two rectangles that long and 20 inches wide (the wider the sleeve, the puffier it’ll be). I looked at one of my t-shirts to decide how long to make the armhole. It needs to be a little smaller than your sleeve. Since my sleeve was 10 inches on each side, I made the armhole eight inches wide. I sewed together the shoulder seams and side seams of the shirt (make sure you leave the armholes open 
) and the sleeve seams and attached the sleeves. For the neck I cut it in the front to a comfortable roundness and made a six-inch long slit. On the sides of the slit I made buttonholes and added the black cord. To learn how to make the sleeve cuffs go to http://www.reddawn.net/costume/shirt.htm
For the cloak I used Simplicity 5794. But I didn’t attach the A pieces to the ones they went with so it’s shorter and has an uneven hem. I also decided not to line it. I used a mystery fabric from Wal-Mart that cost a dollar yard and is a little like…*gulp*…lining, but not enough that I thought it was. I put an eyelet on either side at the top front and put some cord through it. On either end of the cord I added a leaf bead and made a knot, so the cloak slips over my head and I can tie it however I want.
For the coat I used Simplicity 4213 and cut off the “sleeve” parts. I used another $1 yard mystery fabric from Wal-Mart. It was damaged when I bought it (and I knew this) so there are a few tears…is that how you spell tears? Because it’s also how you spell tears )-,: … that give it a more weathered look.
A nice view of the cloak hem:
It tapers to a point in the middle of the back.
A nice view of the (oversized) “Aragorn coat” (note: you could make it more authentic by adding eyelets, doing it in a different fabric and color, etc. if you really want to look like Aragorn. I was just going for the overall ranger look, not to mention the fabric was cheap, and I didn’t want to use more of my eyelets on it. Oh yeah, and I’m a girl).
Trim! Admittedly gold, un-rangerish trim (any trim is un-rangerish. Aragorn’s cloak didn’t /have/ trim. Oh well).
The Dumbo hood (I think it has something to do with the stiffness of the trim, but also the way the pattern is. I’m not using that pattern again. There’s a curve in the back middle seam…why??):
God bless!
- Manwariel
