I made this based off the Clone Wars series sneak peek picture. After sketching it myself and guessing at what the bottom may look like, I decided to create it in the fabric form.
I used a bright pink Poly crepe (about 4 yards I think) and a deep reddish pink velvet with a dark pink lining.
I can't remember off the top of my head what pattern I used, but a basic long sleeved dress pattern should be fine. I modified a cloak pattern(Simplicity 5794) to allow for the slits on the side. Unfortunately the velvet was a stretch and it disagreed with me when sewing and got all bunched up. I'm going to fix that eventually.
The brooch was made of scuply and was clear coated after applying antique-gold rub-n-buff to the outer peice. When I made it I placed a peice of metal mesh on the back and baked it into the brooch. I then 'sewed' on a strong metal snap with thin gauge wire so I had something to attach the brooch to the dress with. After that I glued the pink peice to the gold peice. I'll get a picture of the back soon.
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It looks great. You look just like the drawing. - ishtarskywalker, Thu, 30 Jun 2005 1:06PM
1 My drawing of the dress.
2 Rebel Legion Photo at Celebration 3
3 Front of the dress before hemming and the brooch.
4 Back of the costume, also before it was hemmed.
5 It looks better in person. I used fushia sculpy blended with a tiny amount of white and left is slightly swirly to give a natural stone look. The gold was done with white sculpy and then I used Rub N' Buff. Both peices were coated in clear gloss.
6 Thanks go to Bennett Mosse for the photography on this costume. Thanks to Kurland Studios for the studio space.
7 Thanks go to Bennett Mosse for the photography on this costume. Thanks to Kurland Studios for the studio space.
