Back when it was safe, on one of my antique hunting trips, I stumbled upon what was once an absolutely stunning Victorian cape. When I was walking around scanning for treasure, the first thing that caught my eye was tattered shreds of black fabric peeking out from the back of an old clothes rail, if it’s shredded, ragged and for sale, it’s probably interesting and definitely worth investigating! Then with the glint of black beading I knew that I had found something that I was …