When mobsters tried to kidnap him, Thomas Wayne fought them while wearing it, making him a crime-fighter. a. Trace the printed Batman logo (resize before printing according to the cape size if needed) on the wrong side of the yellow fabric, about 1/2″ from the edge. There are other superheroes who wear capes, but few have made the cape a part of their persona like Batman. I send him off to the bus and seeing him happily disguised himself as a Batman with his other superhero friends… It is worth all the efforts!

The tutorial is using felt with interfacing as the backing but since I used satin fabric, I add another layer of satin fabric instead of the bare interfacing at the back. Hi Jessica, I didn't cut the fabric in half, instead, I fold the fabric diagonally then cut (in step picture 2).Batman's ears have changed most in length, going from extremely short to longer than his actual head.

He was sitting by a window, trying to think of what he was going to become when a bat flew in, giving him the idea. In some versions, Batman's cape is written as being fire-resistant, so he can wrap it around himself and charge through flames.

Beanie hat in 4 sizes (2 yrs old to adult), plus instructions to make it into either a spider hat or a bat hat.

Luckily, I found 3 yards of black satin fabric in my sewing room, and of course, some leftover yellow fabric scraps from the Safety Sign Triangle Pillow project. A few times, people have tried to take his mask to find out his secret identity, and they've all regretted it. That's one of the reasons Batman's cowl covers almost his entire head, keeping most of his face and even his hair a secret.This color choice had more to do with comic book coloring techniques of the time than anything else.