ANH Senate Princess Leia

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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.

EDIT: Version 4 of the dress. The top and bottom sections have a waist seam because my arms are too long to use the fabric selvage edge to edge.
There is elastic sewn to the waist to give instant gathers, this is all hidden at the natural waist by the belt. This version fits so much better than the old one. The sleeves are finally long enough and the hem is at the perfect length after blousing the waist over the belt a little.

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 - 45 of 45 Total. 7960 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
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13	14 Version 1 Made on the fly for Halloween 2003, the belt was upgraded to nicer aluminum sheeting instead of foil. The fabric was an awful light poly suiting or something, it was weird and had no stretch or drape to it.	15 Version 3
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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 Version 3, sleeves were too short and there was an ugly 'point' at the seam line near the wrists. The dress also never bloused nicely enough and ended up short in the hem.	41 Version 4 of the dress. The top and bottom sections have a waist seam because my arms are too long to use the fabric selvage edge to edge. There is elastic sewn to the wait to give instant gathers, this is all hidden at the natural waist by the belt. This version fits so much better than the old one. The sleeves are finally long enough and the hem is at the perfect length after blousing the waist over the belt a little.	42
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