Now fold down the ragged edges of the collar of the cape and stitch the hem of them (fig. B.7). Sew on a couple of snaps (fig. B.8) for your cape and you're all done!
In either case, the advantage of this cape, aside from dramatic appearance, is that two layers of fabric are very heavy, but every crease you sew into the cape gives a possible support system for posing the cape (unlike Charlee Flatt, I don't like to sew miniature wires into the fabric edges. Just a personal thing). The straight stitch at the shoulders serves as a sort of cape infrastructure (for lack of a better term) that allows you to pose the cape in many different ways, all of which give the figure that little extra something special (attention Scott Metzger! You were asking me how to make 2-layer capes less heavy and more posable-- here ya go!).
One optional cape pattern I've also used (such as on my Modern Batman) is the circular 2-layer cape. This is basically a semi-circle whose radius is 8". See the pattern in (fig. B.9). This kind of cape is particularly effective for characters with large billowing capes, i.e. Batman, Spectre, Cloak (of cloak and dagger), Phantom Stranger..... All of the rest of the instructions are the same. Good luck!
