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ANH Senate Princess Leia This is my Princess Leia Version 4.  My first 3 were sold because I was not totally happy with the end result (size, fabric choices, etc). Jet Set Poly from Joann.com - $2.79/yd at 10 Yards Leather for Belt - $15 (enough for 4 belts though) Aluminum Sheeting for belt plates - free Buttons for belt plates - $0.50 each at 7 buttons Snaps for Belt - appx $0.50 each at 4 snaps Total Cost -$50 approximately Jet Set Poly from Joann.com http://www.joann.com/catalog.jhtml?CATID=96027&PRODID=122901&source=search Leia Belt Tutorial from Jedi-Academy http://www.jedi-academy.com/leia_anh_belt.html My poor attempt at how I made this dress I made the dress without any commercial patterns since it's easy enough. I laid out 9 yards of fabric double folded on itself (4 layers) and then folded it in half from neck to floor hem (so that the right and left sides would be mirrored).   I then drew out the shape of the dress and sleeve.  I pinned all the layers together so there wouldn't be any shifting when I was cutting, and then cut it out.   I then opened it all up, pinned the two really long layers together (NOT at the neck though - you need this open to turn the dress right-side out), and sewed all the edges.   The dress was then turned right-side out through the neck opening, and the seams were ironed flat. I then laid out the dress folding it along the top of the sleeves (so there wouldn't be any seams on the top of the dress) so the sides and floor hem matched up.  I then pinned it in place leaving the slits on the sides open and sewed it together. The collar was easy, it was made as long as my neck is around (12.5"), and about 7" high, fodl the collar in half length-wise and sew the ends (short sides) shut.  Turn this right-side out and iron flat. The 'hood' was made about 16" wide and 36" long.  I did a rolled hem along the long edges before sewing it to the dress.   I then gathered the short ends to about 4" in length and sewed them in place along the edges (to keep the gathers from moving while sewing it to the dress). I stay-stitched the edge of the neckline on the dress and then layered the dress, hood, and collar in place.  These were pinned and then sewn. For the gathers in the front of the dress I used a smocking stitch to keep them in place.  These are hidden under the belt while the dress is worn. The belt was made using the Obi-Wan's Jedi Academy tutorial (see link above). Date(s): March 16, 2007. Album by Kristin and Will. Photos by Kris. 1 - 40 of 40 Total. 2081 Visits.
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1 Princess Leia the cat with the Leia dress :-) The texture you see in the dress is my carpet texture, it is not in the fabric. "This is really cool I hope I can do ..." View Comments... 2 Gathers at waist 3 Front of dress on me. 4 Front of dress on form 5 Back of dress on me. 6 Back of dress on form. The dress form has a fatter neck than me, so the key-hole won't close all the way on her. 7 Belt back 8 Side of dress on me, can't really see the slits that well here though. 9 10 11 12 13 14 Sold this, but am remaking a new one. Version 1.5 15 Newest Version 4 16 17 18 19 20 21 Leia Bagel Buns Kenobi! 22 Photo by David Skirmont 23 Font of leather belt 24 Back of leather belt 25 Giving R2D2 a very special message in Times Square. 26 Featured on the Front Page of Hyperspace! April 5, 2007 27 Featured on the Front Page of Bantha Tracks Online! April 5, 2007 28 Two of our photos right up top in the BT article :-) April 5, 2007 29 Photo by Reuters May 24, 2007 30 Photo by LA Daily News May 24, 2007 31 Photo by LA Daily News May 24, 2007 32 Photo by LA Daily News May 24, 2007 33 In the news article on SW.com about C4 being a blockbuster! June 4, 2007 34 Kathy, Lauren, and I in the June 11, 2007 issue of TIME magazine! 35 R2D2 cake in Bantha Tracks October 18, 2007 36 "Star Wars" Yoda commemorative stamp as it is unveiled by the U.S. Postal Service, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, in New York.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) 37 "Star Wars" Yoda commemorative stamp as it is unveiled by the U.S. Postal Service, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007, in New York.   (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) 38 39 40
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