You are going to use:
wool and lining in the amount needed for your height
leather or pleather for the collar (OT cloaks)
black thread
pins
hand sewing needles
really sharp scissors
white marking pencil (for the leather)
tailor's chalk or tailor's pencil
sharp leather sewing needle
heavy polyester or heavy nylon upholstery thread
measuring tape
bandaids
How much material you need depends on two things - the width of the material available, and your height in armour. Generally, someone 6' in height should be able to make a cloak using approximately 6m of 60" wide material. If your material is 45" wide, you will need about 8m of material. This is being rather generous with fabric. Remember it is better to err on the side of more, not less. You can always shorten, but adding length can be tricky if not impossible.
A quick rule of thumb is to measure the distance from the back of your neck to the floor when you are wearing your Vader boots, add 12" to that and multiply that total by three. The extra length is to allow for the neck opening and the hem. It is far better to err on the side of too much material than not enough.
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