Edwardian Ball When I first made this dress, I had no idea how much use I would get out of it. I’m not even sure what inspired me to make it. Actually…. I found this black and white striped satin and just fell in love with it. And I wanted to try making a big dress. This was my first foray into sewing a project this large and I had no idea what I was doing. It is made from a pattern for a French dress, and is intended to be worn with 18th century French panniers. These, I do not have, and have actually never worn with the dress.…
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Dashing our hopes on the rocks….
The story of our first Star Wars costumes I have always been a Star Wars fan. When they released the Special Editions into theaters, I made costumes for each one. I made Princess Leia in the white dress, camo Leia on Endor, and the gauzy hair-down Leia dress, also from Endor. I don’t have photos of these because it was a different time and social media didn’t yet exist. However, my first documented Star Wars costume was a build of the metal bikini using sculpy clay, seen here at the premiere of Revenge of the Sith in 2005. After that, there weren’t any Star Wars movies. But then, in 2012,…
