Next in the string of Star Wars costumes related posts: combining multiple patterns to get the actual pattern for your costume.

This is going to be a brief little overview to a very simple (in my opinion) concept. What do you do when you can’t find an exact pattern to create the costume you’re trying to make? You get a little creative. The main costume I was in charge of for the GNFCC Business Expo was Mon Mothma, and she wears a long flowy dress that’s fairly fitted at the top, with long poofy sleeves that come in at the wrists. Over top of that is a big old panel of fabric (technical terms) with a collar and some doodads (also technical).
The thing about dresses with big poofy sleeves like that is that they aren’t exactly in fashion, and probably haven’t been since, I don’t know, wedding dresses in the 80’s? Continue reading →