Navigation for this part of the page: [catlist categorypage=yes] Padmé Amidala’s „Peacock“ gown from „Star Wars“, Episode 3 I have no idea how to explain why I want that gown without making it look as if I would simply jump from the ‚Lord of the Rings‘ costuming fandom to Star Wars. I don’t want anyone […]
Star Wars-Peacock
Planning the gown
Navigation for this part of the page: [catlist categorypage=yes] …damn. I *exactly* know how to make that thing. I even once had the exact fabric for the ‚coat‘ part (silk velvet, etched in a ‚wood‘ design) in my hands – just not dyed yet but still white. Plus I know how to dye that silk […]
Velvet pattern
Navigation for this part of the page: [catlist categorypage=yes] Note: In case you’d like to make Padmé’s Peacock gown but don’t want to burn out the velvet (and actually, not use burned-out velvet at all), you could always use a printed version of this fabric, which is available here. Tracing the burnout velvet pattern Padawansguide.com […]
Embroidery patterns
Navigation for this part of the page: [catlist categorypage=yes] While I was still planning and contemplating the silk screen printing, I thought it couldn’t hurt to start tracing the embroidery patterns – which is, besides making the embroidery itself, probably the most painful work on that costume. The embroideries were carried out with a Cornely […]
Burning out
Navigation for this part of the page: [catlist categorypage=yes] Printing and burning out the silk velvet If you would like to have information about how the burn out proces generally (meaning – without the silk screen printing) works and especially why it works, please read my tutorial on burning out silk velvet. Burning out silk […]