Fabrics:
Silke/Rayon Velvet in a pinkish raisin color - 8 yards
Coordinating Satin - 6 yards
Cotton stretch in fuschia-esque color (2 yards)
Vintage Gold Jacquard Trim that is exact to the original (no longer available from my supplier) - 12 yards
7" Raisin colored invisible zipper
Raisin Thread for the cost and Gold Thread for the trim
Black men's belt from Kohls with a buckle made by my friend Andres and etched from thick foam

I created this to wear to the "Puppetry Arts Theater" Star Wars Sleep Over at "Ripley's Believe it or Not!" in Times Square, NYC. It was put together in under a week, sewing in my spare time after work (so about 2-3 hours each night for 4 days) I spent the Thursday before the event finishing up sewing the trim on the lining and velvet outer coat, sewing the lining and coat together, and hemming it all. I also made the pants and finished up around 4am Friday morning.

The coat pattern came from my friend Rachel O in exchange for trimmings.  I used her pattern as a jumping point for this costume.  I'd had it in my stash for about a year and forgot about it until about 3 weeks before the event.  For the lining I self lined the collar and placket facings, the rest was lined in the satin.  I made the lining first, testing the fit as I went to make sure the collar area wouldn't gape (a common problem if you have a small neck). I thencompleted the velvet outer layer.

Before sewing the lining to the velvet, I sewed all the trim to each half first.  I did the lining trim first, wearing the lining and then marking about where I thought the trim should sit.  I then carefully pinned the lining to the velvet about every 1/2" to prevent it from walking across the velvet and shifting.  This was VERY time consumingas I had to pin it in sections, stitch it, pin another section, keep stitching, and repeat until done.  I started at the bottom front edge of the coat, worked my way up and over the shoulder and stopped right before reaching the belt line (about 3" up).  I skipped that 3" to leave room for the belt to go under it, and stitched the rest of the trim down side of the back half.  This was repeated for the other side. This probably took about 3-4 hours alone.

I drafted the pattern from a pair of leggings I had around and were 5 pieces (two front, two back, waist band).  I sewed the trim to the leg seams before sewing the inside and front/back seams to make it easier.  I pinned the trim the same as I did with the coat, every 1/2" or so to prevent it from walking on the velvet.  The waist band was folded in half, ironed, and then the edges folded into the middle and ironed again so there wouldn't be any raw edges.  I then sandwhiched the raw edge of the top of the pants between the waistband and topstiched it in place very close to the edge.  The leg hems were simply double folded and stitched down.  They close with a hidden side zip to make getting them on and off easier (hidden under the trim).

The shirt is just a long sleeved tee shirt with pintuck like details on the sleeves and chest.  It eats up fabrics and I can't remeber exactly how long each measurement was.  I can't find my progress shots of this as it was taken with my actual camera (not phone) and I have a feeling that memory card may have been formatted.  I'm too lazy to take new pictures at the moment, once I do, they'll be here.  Luckily my cotton was 60" wide, so this helped a lot.

The hair was a lot easier to make than I thought. I used a $2 pack of hair that actually matched my own, a few hair ties, ribbon, and a LOT of tacky spray glue. The tacky spray glue left the hair still slightly tacky, but it was needed to make sure it didn't frizz out all over the place. I made a pony tail with my own hair, waxed the heck out of my bangs to keep them back, and plopped the piece over my ponytail. I took my hair and split it into two and wrapped it around the center of the piece. The piece essentially looks like an hour glass shape with the bottom slightly bigger than the stop, and flattened out. IT was very lightweight, and only took a few minutes to do. I was worried it would be a disaster, but looked pretty good. I may remake this so it's not sticky as I have another pack of $2 hair.  My own hair was 'waxed' into place to prevent my shorter bangs from become frizzy and coming out of the pins I had them held back with.