Padme Amidala Handmaiden Costumes

Fantastic!

 

What days are you folks wearing your handmaiden gowns at Cel IV?

 

I'm planning to wear it Sunday, hoping to get in the Sunday costume contest with it, but I'll wear it that day either way.

 

ObiAnne I saw your dress at C4 and it's really lovely - you did a great job on it

On a separate note - I don't know if it had been mentioned before (a lot of pages to scroll through), but the Gold Episode 1 handmaidens are in the ROTS opera scene in the background
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This was taken off my TV zoomed in on pause. They are in the same scene as Lucas and his daughter as Anakin walks into Palpatine's box. I noticed them while scanning the scene for cool extras costumes lol. It's a good way to recycle costume
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Working in not-complete-secrecy and with a ton of help from GentleBant, we got these done for Comic Con last week:

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I still can't believe how good they turned out Rachel. There are some things I want to fix on mine--I will probably want to redo the entire costume for myself. It's my favorite one that I have.

Steve Sansweet even mentioned them to me the next day--we certainly made an impression.

 

That looks so cool with all of you together like that! You guys look great!

 

I want to blend the sleeves a little bit better, if it's possible. Just make the fade smoother.


And thanks Cassandra. So when's the next time you'll have your Return to Naboo so we can have the correct Amidala/Padme to follow around?

 

Hmmm, don't know yet if I can make it to Comic Con next year, but there's C5 the year after!

 

It's a date!

 

I was hoping that some of you might be able to help me. This is the first time I've attempted a Handmaiden gown, and I want it to be the ebst it can be. If anybody has the pattern for a Naboo Battle Coat, I'd really appreciate a copy of it. I woulnd't even begin to know where or which pattern to start from. Ive always wanted to do a Handmaiden, and I think this one wouldn be the easiest and maybe one that's not done so often. If there's another one that you'd consider obscure and easy, tell me, I'd prolly be willing to switch costumes! Neway, any help is greatly appreciated!!

May the Costumeing Force be with you!!

~Mara~

 

That's a pattern I never thought to use!! Thanks for the idea! I'll have to check into it. I think I can actually still get it through my sewing supply store, but we'll see. Thanks again!

 

I'm with Anne, it is great to see another person interested in this coat! I used the same pattern. It works well. You just have to do the big sleeve on both sides. I kept the same bodice and didn't alter it at all. The collar needs to be changed to a rolled collar. And I used the skirt pattern included for the bottom of the coat. I think Liann said she used 4 pannels. It works nicely but it does need to be shortened a bit from the origional pattern.
It's not as hard as it looks!
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I think it would be great to have a whole group wearing this at the next con!

 

I agree that would very awesome! I'm really excited about this one!!

 

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Thank you, Sister Sola!

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I'm slowly working on the yellow handmaiden throne room gown from TPM, and I was wondering...

1.) Does anyone have a suggestion for a good pattern to use for the pleated underdress? I know I need a square neck, and I'm thinking sleeveless. I've looked around a bit but haven't found anything great yet.

2.) The bottom of the dress pools/flares. This clearly makes it pretty much impossible to walk with it unless you pick up the skirt. To keep the shape, I was thinking of using some sort of lightweight hoop. Any thoughts/suggestions?

 

how you do the fabric?

 

Jos, an idea I had was (which was kinda ghetto) was to have like a wire circle that you attach underneath the flared bottom. Like just stitch it around. That way it will hold it's shape, though walking's going to be fun in it.

 

I bought a drapery fabric by Waverly...:~) I just got my velvet in the mail, and I also found a slightly lighter, less gold colored pleated fabric for the obi. When I was looking at fabric, I did also consider getting a striped/burnout style courdoroy or velvet, as well. I still also need to get the lining as well as the piping...something I'm *really* dreading trying to attach as I'm pretty certain doing that is well beyond my skills.

The underdress fabric is not box-pleated, but it's a pretty gold and has the "scrunchy" style pleats.

And Miana, that's actually what I was thinking. :~D Guess I'm "ghetto", too!

What I couldn't get my brain around was how to sew the wire in without flattening the pleats. By hand, I suppose.

Oh, and after reading the RL costume standards for this one, the underdress has to be long-sleeved...


I really wish I had someone nearby to be a sewing buddy with on this one!