Princess Leia - ANH

So, since I was a wee girl I have been obsessed with Star Wars.  My father and I saw the movie on the silver screen when I was a young age of 5 years old.  From that moment on my barbies were trash and every star wars action figure became MINE!  Well, years later I have finally decided to recreate the Princess Leia outfit from A New Hope.  With much assistance from my brothers and sisters in obsession I have begun the process.  And just so I can show off my handy work I have decided that I will host a party that will be star wars themed where costume is not required but highly encouraged.  :)

So we start.  after many hours research, reading lessons learned and viewing photos of creations and orginal cosutme I layed out my design.,.. 

As you can see I'm not a great artist however it gets the ideas in a tangible place.

The next step was to get the pattern drafted... I took a roll of shipping paper and drew out the elements and got them cut out as seen here

Looks simple right?  Only three pieces. 

The Dress piece is made like a simple t-tunic.  So there will be no shoulder seams.  The fabric is folded in half short then long ways... This creates a double fold across the top of the arm and a single fold down the center.  Once cut there will be two pieces.  the front and back.

Here are the pattern pieces after cutting out the fabric.

Oh yea... the cat LOVES the pin cushion.... she pulled them all out...  it took a while to find them in the carpet.  Silly Kitty... Pins are for sewing.   

The next steps.... putting it all together.

TO BE CONTINUED....