Padmé Costume: Final Pictures

One morning in early September, I literally got up at 5 AM to do my hair and put on the costume... since it took a really long time. And we left around 6:30 to get to this beautiful park by 7 so that we could get this magical early morning sunlight and beat the crowd. …

Padmé Costume: Cape/Shawl

This post will be among the last ones about this costume... and it's the Cape post that I've been talking about for a while! Remember when I talked about how I found the sequins for the blouse and skirt by looking at Padawan's Guide's FB page? Well, it was on that post that I found …

Padmé Costume: Corset Embroidery!

And now it's time for the most tedious and intimidating but most pretty and satisfying part of the costume! The corset embroidery! Not a whole lot to discuss here... mostly progress pix. But, there is some important stuff I had to do... First of all, I needed a reference to draw those shapes. Padawan's Guide …

Padmé Costume: Corset Construction

Here's a pic of all the materials I had at this point! I had the completed blouse and skirt (with an embroidery hoop and bag of sequins for continued embroidery progress). The headband and hairnets were also complete. I had all my corset supplies- you can see the white silk, cut up pieces of canvas, …

Padmé Costume: Corset Part 1

*drum roll* And now... It's time... For the hardest part of the costume.... The CORSET! I had been dreading and excited for this part of the costume at the same time. 😛 It's so pretty, but, it's a corset. So it's a wee bit complicated. Also, it was my first corset, and I'm pleased to …

Padmé Costume: Skirt Construction

This will be a reasonably short post, since my skirt wasn't really that complicated. It should have been, because it should have been a circle skirt and circle skirts are complicated. But, like I already said, circle skirts waste a lot of fabric and usually require patterns, and I didn't have a ton of money …

Padmé Costume: Blouse Construction

(Previous Posts: Headband and Hairnets, Blouse and Skirt Part 1) After I dyed and embroidered my fabric, I got started making the blouse! It might have been a good idea for me to use a pattern, but I didn't for three reasons. 1. Budget. 2. I'm a control freak. 3. I'm good at math. So, …

Padmé Costume: Blouse and Skirt Part 1

(Previous posts: Hairnets and Headband) This post is about how I researched the blouse and skirt, selected the fabric and embellished it. After I finished my hairnets and headband in spring of 2015, I decided I was ready to move on to the bigger stuff... the blouse and skirt. I read all about it on …

Padmé Costume- Hairnets and Headband

So this post is about the hairnets and headband, which I made in April 2015 or something. I knew better than to start the blog about it way back then because, first of all, I wasn't sure if I would ever actually finish the costume, and second of all, I knew it would take a …

Padmé Meadow Picnic Costume- Intro

The Jedi Council Forums people put it so perfectly: "Warning: This thread is addictive. Forever it will dominate your destiny. Consume you, it will." SO true. This is the costume I really didn't have time to do but I did it anyway. Probably my all-time favorite costume from Star Wars. The costume that drove me …