big Red riding hood

A 3/4 circle cloak is made with six separate panels of double gauze fabric, used for its drape and flowing nature and not to made the cloak to heavy. each panel was made with two different shades of the fabric, cut on the bais and joined together using Sashiko embroidery and Boro techniques. The front two panels have the addition of quilting to resemble padded body armour. The six panels were hand sewn together with a running back stitch before the seams were felled down. The hood was machine sewn, the seams were then hand felled and hand sewn on to the cloak. The cloak was further embellished with embroidery. The hem was left raw to keep in with the inspiration that it had been worn away.
I had a few problems with the quilting designs, using tissue paper for the pattern it was hard to remove it when the stitching was done. I was hoping that layering the fabrics would cause it to ombre, the colour change is a bit more stark than I wanted. i would have liked to add more embroidery but run out of time.