PADME PARADE GOWN CONSTRUCTION
CONSTRUCTION TIME 3 MONTHS
White Dress
5 meters of Ivory top quality thick Bridal Satin
1 meter of ivory polyester
1 Cream Zip (for centre dress)
CAPE
3 metres polyester Chiffon thicker quality to make cape
10 metres of light weight better quality Polyester Chiffon in Ivory
(Used for petals on the cape)
Pink & Yellow fabric dyes for petals
PARASOL
Bike Spokes soldered to the outer metal rim
1 &1/2 metres of Chiffon un-dyed used for the Parasol
Long string of White sequins to edge parasol
Glitter glue for swirl design on Parasol
White Dress
5 meters of Ivory top quality thick Bridal Satin
1 meter of ivory polyester
1 Cream Zip (for centre dress)
CAPE
3 metres polyester Chiffon thicker quality to make cape
10 metres of light weight better quality Polyester Chiffon in Ivory
(Used for petals on the cape)
Pink & Yellow fabric dyes for petals
PARASOL
Bike Spokes soldered to the outer metal rim
1 &1/2 metres of Chiffon un-dyed used for the Parasol
Long string of White sequins to edge parasol
Glitter glue for swirl design on Parasol
MAIN DRESS
Tie with Naboo Emblem
I first cut out a long tie ( see shape below in tutorial), I then used tracedown paper to draw the design onto the cape.
THE CAPE
Although not shown here, there were 5 different sizes of petal, ranging from 30cm in height for the bottom rows, to 10cm for the top rows. I didn’t use a pattern for these, but cut them similar to a pocket shape. Altogether there were 308 pieces cut of various sizes. These were then turned over at the top and a running stitch used to gather the petal after it has been dyed.
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The petals were dyed in different directions, some with yellow at the top, some with pink, I also dyed them vertically as well in two colours, for variety. Some petals were left their natural colour and some were dyed just one of the colours. Then each petal was gathered at the top and tied with a knot. |
Starting at the bottom with the largest petals, they were then layered getting progressively smaller towards the top.
This shows how the cape looks over the dress. To make sure the cape did not fall off the shoulders, I used hair extension clips on the edge of the cape to be attached to the neck of the dress and also took a length of 1” white ribbon and attached it at the half way point on the shoulders inside the cape, this then was tied underneath the arms. On some of the exhibition photos, this ribbon can be seen tied across the chest, but it is in fact supposed to be under the arms where it cannot be seen.
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THE PARASOL
Spray mount adhesive on one piece of chiffon and place the second piece on top. Then put the wheel on next. Spray adhesive on this and place another piece of chiffon on the wheel, spray again and place the last piece of chiffon on top, to create a sandwich. Stretch slightly to take out the wrinkles and leave to dry.
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Using a close up picture of the back of the parasol for reference, I pencilled the scroll lines from the middle outwards. I then used a small applicator bottle with a small nozzle, and filled it with multi coloured glitter glue to draw over the pencilled lines.
The finished parasol. When you buy your spokes from the bike shop, you can also purchase the “nipples” that are used inside the bike wheel, these are used at the end of the spokes as decoration pieces as I could not make a copy of the original design. |
Some people have gone to extraordinary lengths to attach the parasol to the cape using gadgets and gizmos to hold it on, but the final solution is quite simple. Put the cape on and place a mark at centre back where the parasol will sit, making sure the centre of the parasol is in line with the neck. (You may need two people for this bit). Then lay the cape on the floor and sew through the back of the cape through to the parasol attaching it from the outer edge to the middle, only sew about 4 or 5 spokes.
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WIG
I then folded 4 tails in half to create a kind of Bunch/loop as shown in photo. I left the bottom tail loose for now. Once you’ve folded your tails in half I placed another very small elastic band to hold the bunches in place. I cut of any excess hair. I then place pieces of thin foil ribbon around where I put the elastic bands around the bunches, hence now hiding the bands.
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To create the 5th & 6th bunch I took the last ponytail that was hanging on the bottom split it in half. I then took the top piece of hair I’d split & pulled it upward to create the bunch at the top of the head, folding the hair in half again folded over. I then took the bottom piece of hair and folded that in half underneath and pulled it towards the bottom. Then placed final 2 Silver foil bands on final 2 bunches.
Note: The bunches do not hold up on their own, after making each bunch I had to secure them with lots of Brown hair grips, griping the bunch to the wig.
Items needed:
1mm wire
Solder
Soldering iron
3mm diamanté x 39
Short length of 2mm diamanté chain
6 short lengths of “Figaro” or similar chain
5mm Jump rings
Blu-tac
1mm wire
Solder
Soldering iron
3mm diamanté x 39
Short length of 2mm diamanté chain
6 short lengths of “Figaro” or similar chain
5mm Jump rings
Blu-tac
Attach to the jump rings on the head piece, then attach all three to a jump ring. My first idea was to attach a clasp and have a detachable chain to go across the back of the head, but changed this to a piece of black shearing elastic instead , which held in place better. Slightly bend the whole head piece to sit against the forehead.
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