As part of my job as Special Projects Deputy to the Costumer's Guild of Meridies, I've been trying to capture the projects that are being done.  Numerous people have been making Sable Sword cloaks, which are regalia for those individuals who have been named to the Order of the Sable Sword.   They are large hooded black cloaks, with a white center black panel, to show off the appliqued black sword at center spine, hilt up.

Maudey made up eight kits, and put assembly instructions in them, but if we ever want any more, I thought it'd be good to draw up patterns and take notes.  I used the last unassembled kit as an example.

Backs and sides here.

Download Sable Sword Pattern – Back and Side Back

Fronts and hoods here.

Download Sable Sword Pattern – Hood and Front

For those unfamiliar with grid reproduction: Each grid square is supposed to be enlarged to 1".  This means, for example, that the center back panel should be cut from a rectangle 55" tall and 21" wide.

(I've been forcing my new drafting/modeling program to do things it isn't really designed to do, but hey, we've got patterns that are reproducible now.  And I learned things.)

Materials list:

• Black wool, medium weight, for sword, and all panels except center back.
• White (natural white, not high-reflectance white) wool, medium weight, for center back panel.
• Black linen, for all lining pieces.

Lining pieces are identical to outer pieces.

I haven't redone the instruction sheet yet – that's coming.  When I get all this together, it'll go up on the CG web site.