Padmé Amidala’s “Peacock” gown from “Star Wars”, Episode 3 I have no idea how to explain why I want that gown without making it look as if I would simply jump from the ‘Lord of the Rings’ costuming fandom to Star Wars. I don’t want anyone to believe that I’m just following the Star [...]
Star Wars-Peacock
Planning the gown
…damn. I *exactly* know how to make that thing. I even once had the exact fabric for the ‘coat’ part (silk velvet, etched in a ‘wood’ design) in my hands – just not dyed yet but still white. Plus I know how to dye that silk velvet in the two colors teal / rust, and [...]
Velvet pattern
Tracing the burnout velvet pattern Padawansguide.com describes the burnout (“Dévoré”) pattern of the velvet as a ‘peacock design’ – this is a description to which I would like to object. While the coloring might somehow resemble a peacock, the actual burnout design looks, well (desperately seeking for a better description!) – like sliced, tiled wood. [...]
Embroidery patterns
While I was still planning and contemplating the silk screen printing, I thought it couldn’t hurt to start tracing the embroidery patterns – which is, besides making the embroidery itself, probably the most painful work on that costume. The embroideries were carried out with a Cornely machine – a french brand which is capable of [...]
Burning out
Printing and burning out the silk velvet If you would like to have information about how the burn out proces generally (meaning – without the silk screen printing) works and especially why it works, please read my tutorial on burning out silk velvet. Burning out silk velvet with the silk screen printing technique – Information [...]
