Padme's Gown from the Cut Family Scene in Attack of the Clones

I had a request for the outfit Padme wears when visiting her family when she goes to Tattoine in Star Wars Episode II. The scene was unfortunately cut.

The fabric is hand dyed. I purchased trocus shells and hand dyed them as well. They are adhered to ribbon and hand stitched to the fabric. The brooch is fashioned from sculpy clay, painted and buffed with silver Rub n Buff. The head piece is made from Wonderflex and sculpy clay. I hand painted it as well and used silver Rub n Buff.

draping/pattern making- 4 hours
cutting and sewing - 4 hours
dyeing - 4 hours
brooch and head band - 6 hours
dyeing, gluing and sewing shells - 6 hours
finishing touches (buttons, tacking and hemming) - 5 hours
about 29 hours excluding time collecting fabrics and notions

Muslin Fabric - $2 yard x 5 yards = $10
Fabric - $15 yard x 5 yards = $75
Dye - $4
Trocus Shells - $20
Buttons - $12
Wonderflex - $20
Sculpy - $2 X 4 = $8
Paint - $2 x 2 = $4
Rub n Buff - $5
About $158 excluding shipping costs, thread etc.

I will be making this pattern available in the coming months. If you are interested, please let me know.

Princess Leia Ceremonial Gown

Here are pictures of my interpretation of Princess Leia's Ceremonial Gown from ANH, sans belt.

Padme Fireside Brooch - Almost done

Hand beaded... everyone of them, sewn on by hand.... (fingers screaming). lol. Here are pictures of the completed brooch without the band. I am almost done beading the band.

Endor Poncho for Princess Leia

Here are pictures of my interpretation of the Poncho Princess Leia wore on Endor in Return of the Jedi.

I didn't put the slits in the front because I was unsure of how it was going to sit on the person who commissioned it or how wide the belt would be.

Half Done

So
I have the base down for the Black Escape from Episode I. I still need to screen print the Naboo symbols on the skirt, make the holes bigger in the crochet top and skirt, make the "jacket" and put the beaded strip down the back if the skirt.

Updated picture of Flynn Rider

Here is an updated picture of Flynn's vest, pants and satchel.

Fireside Ensemble from Episode II

Here is the fabric I got for the black  outfit Padme wears fireside with Anakin. It is a black velvet devore with a silver satin underlay.

What would you call these?

I finished the ummmm... ear muffs? earrings?

I'm going to scale down the size a bit then attach them to the hood.

I Think I Need More Feathers

Here is the start of the headdress for the Black Invasion/Decoy Gown. I am thinking I need more feathers. :/

After Many Hurdles! Flame Handmaiden is finished. :D

After, moving, emergency room visit with my daughter, Christmas, emergency room visit for me (a rogue X-acto knife accident), Major car accident ANNNDD family sickness... Flame Handmaiden is DONE!

Here are the pictures of her...

I drafted a custom pattern for the hood, inner hood and sleeves. The sleeves are lined with satin lining. I hand piece Ombre dyed the costume three colors. The sleeves and inner hood are of synthetic red fabric with a very nice drape. I hand dyed and hand stitched the red lace on the inner sleeves.

Because the outfit is made of a semi-high pile of velvet, I hand stitched the seams around the outer hood.

The outfit is layered. The under layer is the dress with sleeves attached, then the inner hood, the outer hood which is actually kind of a smock that goes over the dress, then finally the red sash. The sash I applied Velcro to adjust the width then the end is tucked in to give a drape look.

Finished draping the inner hood

It needs to be ironed, but you get the idea. I draped the inner hood. Now all I have to do is cut the real fabric for the inner hood. Sweet!

Finally Done! Red Invasion Gown is Finished

Here are the pics of the Red Invasion Gown

The dress is a little long for my dress form and actually sits nicely on the ground.

Queen Amidala Red Invasion Gown

I was just contacted by a wonderful family in Australia to commission the Queen Amidala "Red Invasion Gown".
Awesome!

I can't wait to get started. Follow my work on my sister blog -

http://starwarscouturebykris.blogspot.com/

Padme's Celebration Parade Gown - Star Wars Episode I.... Almost done!

Almost done with the Parade Gown! Yay! 

My fingers are going to fall off!

Look at this dye job!

Ohhhh! I am very proud of this dye job. It is for the lake gown. Hope you enjoy Meghan! :)

Light Blue Tatooine Midriff Costume - Padme Amidala Star Wars Episode II (2) AOTC

Here is the finished skirt front with the beading. 

A year in costumes.... Princess Bride and Princess Jehnna, lots of princesses!

So this year has been a busy one. Most of the costumes I have made have been the Padme Amidala Pastel Lake Gown, which is fun mind you, buuuutt, I have had some awesome customers that have great sense of imagination.

Princess Buttercup

First off... I have NO idea why this stupid picture keeps loading on its side. So, my apologies. Back to business, One wonderful customer I have asked for Princess Buttercup Riding Habit from the Movie "the Princess Bride" (one of my Favs!). Such a fun dress to do. It was made from a tomato red rayon fabric that was a fabulous drape. I "crammed" the fabric on the cuffs (that is an actual technique, lol). and used grommet tape for the cuffs and the back of the dress laced with matching cord and metal tips. The neck line was "boned" to stand out because she requested it to have a deeper plunge than the movie dress. She wore this dress to Dragon*Con Atlanta 2010.

cuff for Buttercup riding habit

Buttercup Back

Once again not sure why the picture is on its side... :-/

As for the belt, I got a 2" wide brocade trim from a dress making store here in the beautiful Bay Area. ;D East San Jose to be exact. It was worth the jaunt. 

The second costume she commissioned me for was a bit more obscure. It was from the movie "Conan the Destroyer"! Netflix on Demand came in handy with this one, Try looking online for images for "Princess Jehnna" you will come up with two.


This one ----->

Conan the Destroyer

and this one ----->

Not too much help. Sooooo, I watched the end of Conan 400 times at least... Let me sum it up for you; virgin princess - sacrifice - crazy bad lady - lots of wind - scary gooey looking monster - sorcerer - blood - and Arnold and Grace Jones to the rescue!

I have got to tell you, this was a super fun dress to make. I found BEAUTIFUL irridecent blue polyester sheer fabric and sheer black fabric. I washed it in hot water, put it into the dryer on hot, pulled it right out, twisted it into ropes and let it cool. I got a great crinkled effect. For the white fabric I bought Ink Jet Silk Habotai by Jacquard. The sheets were a perfect size. My customer and I looked for "Ruins" type fonts on line and I placed random fonts using true type and Word. Printed it out and Voila! Instant instructions for virgin sacrifice. I hand stitched black cord around the silk and found great ornate beads at Michael's attached them to the cords. The dress has a leather type belt that is kind of like a corset. I made that out of pleather, boning, grommets and cording.