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Costume Quandry

Sep 15, 2007 06:30

After being invited to a Star Wars themed birthday party by fairyprincess from the Australian Costumers' Guild I thought "Excellent! I'll make Leia's Ewok Village costume!" After researching a bit I realised it wouldn't of course be easy (those overlapping bits of skirt) but was going to give it a go. Then when I realised I'd be a few months ( Read more... )

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ki_kiwigirl September 15 2007, 02:01:18 UTC

The thought of all the sewing makes my head spin...love the cloak though. That is divine...

gemelliragazza September 15 2007, 02:26:24 UTC

I have to echo Ki here and say my head is spinning at the mere thought... I love the funeral costume and the cloak is lovely! The sleeveless costume would seem to have ample room for a baby bump...

last_chael September 16 2007, 01:55:22 UTC

I absolutely adore this costume, and had thought about making it last year :D Spotlight had a beautiful velvet last year that was perfect for the cloak, but I haven't seen it since.

As for the dress, I keep thinking it's strapless, but I can't remember. That first pattern looks really good, and you could definitely get away with having it sleeveless! So long as the fabric is flowy as well, it should look awesome! :D

I'll have a look around and see if I can find some more info for you!! I'm wondering if I can possibly make the Ewok dress before the party... I have all the fabric I just need to draft up the pattern... It's that or fixing up my PAdme dress, which would be fun to wear again! hmmm decisions :P

avmists September 16 2007, 02:08:41 UTC

Thanks Abi

My sister last night suggested that it could even be strapless, but I think I'll want some sort of straps. After discussions with her I'm not going to bother with McCall's 5517 as it's got a waist seam, which will make it difficult if I decide to take it apart and redo at a later stage (to get it more accurate).
Will be going to Spotlight and Lincraft a little later today to see what they've got material wise, and maybe pick up patterns. Will definitely get the Simplicity pattern from Spotlight since they're all $5.99 at the moment!

Can't wait to see what you end up wearing. Would especially love to see the Ewok dress :D