Costumes

I really like making costumes. I have made renissace dresses and some princess leia costumes, but I specalize in cloaks.

• I bought fabric for a gryffindor cloak for myself
• I have fabric for two green sleevless half circle cloaks and enough black velvet for a long sleeved cloak.
• I bought Awesome Yoda Flannel!! and I can't wait to make my pj pants.

• At least three of Eowyn's costumes from LOTR. Refugee, Shieldmaiden, Green and possibly white wool or coronation.
• I loved all the costumes from EverAfter. I'd like to make the fisrt gown she borrows to wear to court. It's mostly gold.
• From Starwars, Padme's Nightgown is next, then leia's celebration dress.
• I also plan to make a tunic and a coteharde. I'm still deciding the style details and colors.

• I finished a ravenclaw cloak for myself just before halloween '06. I modified the pattern I had been using and created my own news paper pattern. This cloak is lined with a blue fabric, just like in the thrid HP movie. Check out the cloak project page.
• I made a gryffindor cloak for my cousin for christmas, using the same pattern as my latest ravenclaw cloak
• I got fabric for Padme's Lavender (or Blue) Nightgown!! I like purple better at the moment, so that's what color I'm making it. I bought crepe back satin. It's awfly shiny, but I liked the drape a lot more then any of the other fabrics joann's had in that color. I'm mostly following this pattern:
  
  but I'm copying the beaded tassles and broach from the movie. I am also going to try to drape the pearls more acuratly.
  I got lavender slippers at payless for 5 bucks and I want to decorate them with rinestones and possible glitter, dress fabric, or pearls. I'm going to put a butterfly shaped barette in my hair where she wears her tiara.
  I really wish I had a dressform.
  Maybe you will see me at the MOS for costume weekend :)
  

  I finished the costume last night.
  

  I made the broach out of sculpty clay because bending the craft wire was a pain and it wasn't looking right. I tacked a bit of the dress fabric behind it. I sewed the perals along the front to imitate the movie. I had to take in the top about 5 inches. The pattern was much bigger then the finished measurments said it would be.

  Me in costume at the museum.

• I recently completed a blue bodice and skirt with a short white chemise.
• The same week I also made Fred a navy blue cloak.
• I made my friend Anna a black Hogwarts cloak for halloween
(I made Matt's a few years ago)

• I made a jedi costume to wear to Ep III. I dyed the fabric for cloak brown because I couldn't find any thick, rough, (discounted) brown fabric for sale in the spring.