A Black Domino Cloak for an American Girl Doll

An American Girl Doll faces the camera through a Venetian Doctor Mask

Vogue 7923 sure gets around. The last time I used it I was sewing a green velveteen cloak to match a pair of 18th Century muffs. Here it is again, with a scarlet satin lining – a black Domino cloak for an American Girl doll.

All the fabrics are pulled out of Polimoda’s lovely fabric remnant bin.

An American Girl doll is swaddled in a black velvet domino cloak and Venetian Doctor Mask

While I was at Polimoda I planned a Carnival costume for my AG doll. I did my due diligence, researching comedia dell’arte costumes in the school library, and scrounging in the heavenly Polimoda remnant bins for fabrics and trim.

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I made a design of my own, proceeded as far as sewing the black domino cloak – and then I left Polimoda and the rest of the costume never quite got off the ground.

A hand-drawn sketch of a Comedia Dell'arte Costume

Maybe one day.

A hand-drawn sketch of a red black and gold costume for the Comedia Dell'arte
 
 

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