Early 1930s Girls Coat with Cape Option Sewing Pattern | Past Patterns 6391
$18.00
Early 1930s Girls Coat with Cape Option Sewing Pattern in Size 12, featuring a tailored coat with optional shoulder cape, convertible collar, patch pockets, and turn-back cuffs based on an original Ladies Home Journal design.
Skill Level: 3/5
Best for an intermediate sewist. This pattern includes coat construction details such as collar work, patch pockets, sleeve setting, and an optional cape, all presented in concise vintage-style written directions.
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Early 1930s Girls Coat with Cape Option Sewing Pattern | Past Patterns 6391
$18.00
Early 1930s Girls Coat with Cape Option Sewing Pattern in Size 12, featuring a tailored coat with optional shoulder cape, convertible collar, patch pockets, and turn-back cuffs based on an original Ladies Home Journal design.
Skill Level: 3/5
Best for an intermediate sewist. This pattern includes coat construction details such as collar work, patch pockets, sleeve setting, and an optional cape, all presented in concise vintage-style written directions.
999 in stock
Get Free Shipping
On all US Orders over $50!
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Why Choose This Pattern?
This Early 1930s Girls Coat with Cape Option Sewing Pattern was originally published by The Ladies Home Journal Pattern Company.
The Early 1930s Girls Coat with Cape Option Sewing Pattern recreates a smart coat style from the opening years of the 1930s, when practical outerwear for girls and juniors often balanced tailored lines with decorative details. On the original packaging, this design was described as a “Girls' and Juniors' Coat, with or without shoulder cape, convertible collar, patch pockets and one-seam sleeves with turn-back cuffs.”
The surviving envelope artwork shows both versions of the garment and confirms that the original pattern was issued as a 9-piece set. The design offered a choice between a plain tailored coat and a more dramatic version with a shoulder cape, making it suitable for everyday wear as well as dressier occasions. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
Historical Context
Children’s coats in the early 1930s often reflected the same fashionable silhouettes seen in adult outerwear, scaled for younger wearers. Shoulder capes, convertible collars, and turn-back cuffs added visual interest while still keeping the garment useful for cooler weather. The Early 1930s Girls Coat with Cape Option Sewing Pattern captures that transition-era look especially well, combining practical coverage with the polished appearance expected in early Depression-era dress.
Pattern Features
- Choice of coat with or without shoulder cape
- Convertible collar
- Patch pockets
- One-seam sleeves with turn-back cuffs
- Two wearable outerwear variations from one pattern
- Original Ladies Home Journal styling and layout
Because of the cape option, the Early 1930s Girls Coat with Cape Option Sewing Pattern allows you to build two distinct versions of the garment from the same set.
Size
This Past Patterns edition is offered in Size 12 only. It was made for the size and proportions of an early 1930s 12-year-old.
Pattern Information
- 9 pattern pieces
- Unedited original pattern envelope, instructions, and pattern pieces
- Written directions only
- Pattern layouts are included
- No seam allowance notifications are given
The package includes the original Ladies Home Journal front and back covers, cutting and construction directions, and one 36-inch wide sheet of patterns hand drawn to emulate the original design. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}
Fabric Requirements
For Size 12, the original yardage chart gives:
- Coat and cape in 35-inch fabric: 4 3/8 yards
- Coat and cape in 39-inch fabric: 3 7/8 yards
- Coat and cape in 54-inch fabric: 2 3/4 yards
Separate yardage was also provided for coat-only and cape-only versions in the original instruction material. :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}
Suitable fabrics for the Early 1930s Girls Coat with Cape Option Sewing Pattern include wool coatings, tweeds, meltons, and other medium-weight coatings appropriate for children’s outerwear of the period. For a dressier interpretation, velvet trim or a contrasting fabric could be used for accents inspired by early 1930s fashion.
Skill Level
Skill Level: 3/5
This pattern is best suited to an intermediate sewist. The construction is not highly complicated, but it does involve coatmaking elements such as a convertible collar, patch pockets, shaped outerwear seams, sleeve installation, and the optional shoulder cape. The limited original instruction style also means the maker should be comfortable working from concise vintage directions.
Printed Pattern Format
This is a printed pattern set on 20 lb. white paper, packaged in reusable plastic for storage and repeated use.
If you would prefer a digital version, the download edition is also available here: Early 1930s Girls Coat with Cape Option Downloads.
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Additional information
| Weight | 6 oz |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 13 × 10 × 2 in |
Sizing Information
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Where can I see the appropriate clothing fabrics for the 18th and 19th centuries?
You can see 1740 through 1940 fabrics in a book titled "Textile Designs" by Susan Meller and Joost Elffers. The subtitle states, "Two Hundred Years of European and American Patterns for Printed Fabric by Motif, Style, Color, Layout and Period and 1,823 Illustration in Color." What they don't say is that 90% of the swatches pictured are life size. The ISBN is 0-8109-3853-7. A second book is Wearable Prints, 1740-1860, History, Materials, and Mechanics by Susan W. Greene. The ISBN is 978-1-60635-124-6. Great books! Order it from your local library that has interlibrary loan capability if you cannot afford the price. There are now many sources for appropriate fabric through the Internet.
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