ceremonial leia

Below you’ll find my blog posts about my two Princess Leia (Star Wars) ceremonial costumes, the first quick version constructed in 2005 and the second in 2007.

  • when i was tired of working on costumes
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    when i was tired of working on costumes

    I’m just so tired and ready for all this stuff to be done. It’s gotten to the point where I’m not even really thinking about dcon anymore, i’m just wanting all the costume stuff to be done for a while. All we’ve done the past month, every free minute, has been working on costumes. 😛 I’ve only got 2 more…

  • Corde, WW, Mando and other updates
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    Corde, WW, Mando and other updates

    Handmaiden: I got the basic robe made. However I made a mistake and sewed the front together opposite – no worries, easy to fix, I’ll just take it apart and switch the sides. I’m going to do that tonight. Tomorrow night I will do the designs… tonight I will start the beading. Mando: No major progress, except I found some…

  • To Dragoncon 2006… and beyond!
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    To Dragoncon 2006… and beyond!

    Now that I’m home from Comic Con (FINALLY!) – no time to rest, time to get started on Dragoncon stuffs! New stuff I’m working on: Handmaiden: I’ve been wanting to do handmaiden for ages. I’m finally making myself do it for Dcon this year. I’m very excited! I’ve got my pattern and a gameplan – I just need to pick…

  • Corde, WW, Mando and other updates
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    To-Do List 6/21/06, plus Mustafar progress

    To-Do List for Comic Con (for my own personal info) TK: attach belt boxes ab buttons try to get my voice amp in the helmet attach elastic permanently on that one spot that keeps coming undone Slave Leia: Fix part that came undone at free comic book day – make sure it’s on there good fix busted boot piece –…

  • To Dragoncon 2006… and beyond!
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    2006 schedule

    Atlanta St. Pat’s Parade I’ve never done this event before, and it’s still not 100% that I’m going to go, but if I can hitch a ride… Wearing regular Princess Leia, most likely, if not, battle Padme with new shinguards. MidSouthCon Friday I’ll just be there for a couple of hours most likely. I’ll be staying at the hotel sat…

  • 2005 Year in Review!
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    2005 Year in Review!

    I ran across my original 2005 costume list on the Jedi Council boards, did I get it all done? I said I’d do: -Padme ep 1 Parade gown Done! Besides the Princesses, this was my biggest project of the year, and the one I worked on longest. I’m still quite proud of it -Qui-Gon Jinn for my father Done! It…

  • Ceremonial Leia
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    Ceremonial Leia

    So I didn’t get my Halloween costume done, but I did throw together a last minute Leia Ceremonial costume – > I’m going to be redoing it next year, with a better necklace, the proper length (due to me walking around too much for what I made it for, I made it ankle length), and adjust the fit in the…