Never entirely satisfied with the result of the collar on the Cathedral Cape, I decided upon a different approach to the same design, redrawing the curve-lines and adding a central back-seam to better bring it to shape, making a new construction with parts from the old collar supplemented by bits of leftover satin fabric while taking the opportunity to insert a whole new interfacing, adding the rigidity to keep it from collapsing under the pressure of the chin, for which I found solace in a small stock of a rare flax-fiber interfacing, I cut once in full bias and a second time as a patchwork of pieces composed from the remainder of the first cut, looking to preserve as much as possible of this truly exceptional material.