How to Make a Lord of the Rings Cloak - Patterning & Sewing Tutorial for Cosplay

How to make a LotR elven cloak - I show you how to make the pattern & sew your cloak from start to finish. Modeled after the Lothlorien cloaks given to the fellowship by Galadriel (sometimes called the fellowship cloak). This pattern will work for all members of the fellowship with the exception of Gandalf whose cloak is a bit different. I made four of these cloaks while working on my Aragorn cosplay (one for each of my hobbit friends). Now my cloak comes with me on lots of hobbit adventures in the mountains. I get so many questions about my cloak so I figured it was about time I post a tutorial on how I made it.
Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall, here's some links to purchase one.
Weta Leaf brooch: www.wetanz.com/us/elven-leaf-...
Knock-off leaf brooch (what I have): amzn.to/3uyFsXM (affiliate link to support ya girl)
FABRIC: You could use pretty much any fabric you like so long as it has a nice drape. I used a non-pill fleece fabric for my cloak. It's soft and cozy so I'm happy with my choice. The fact that fleece doesn't fray was a nice feature since I wasn't hemming the bottom. An accidental feature that I didn't plan for is that fleece doesn’t really wrinkle. Since my cloak is often stuffed in the bottom of my pack during hikes & pulled out for photos it's great.
The actual cloak fabric woven for the movie was made by Stansborough, here's a link to their cloak for a closer look at the fabric stansborough.co.nz/product/lo...
Materials you will need to make your elven cloak
- Fabric of your choice (I recommend patterning before shopping so you know how much you'll need, pay attention to the width of the fabric as it can limit your cloak length)
- Thread that matches your fabric
- Clasps of some kind, I used 2-3 hook & eye clasps on all my cloaks
- Something to reinforce the clasp area (interfacing would be the best choice if you already have it around, otherwise you could use more fabric, leather etc)

[@DrJAbbott]

That was Pippin that said "short cuts make long delays." I can also say from following your pattern that doing anything from memory and not going back to the video to double check makes even longer ones! Thank you for the pattern.

[@SnappingDragon]

Haha well it's a lesson for everyone. Pippin is wise sometimes. 😆

[@SentinelHusband]

Thanks for inches AND this video came out at just the right time for me. TY

[@SnappingDragon]

Awesome! Enjoy your cloak

[@RHCole]

More math than I expected 😅

[@SnappingDragon]

Haha yep. 😅 I wanted people to be able to adjust the measurements if needed.