Construction Notes: The first order of business was to make a simple robe out of a plain white material. I lined the sleeves with white satin, and put in a velcro closure at the neck. Since her dress had a gold pattern all over it, and since I couldn't tell exactly what that pattern was, I decided on a square of sixteen gold dots would be it. I had intended to make a stamp of each square, but couldn't get it to work right, so I ended up stamping each dot on individually. That took forever! For the black designs on the dress, I made appliques out of black suede and attached them. After all that was done, I weathered the dress with dye, although I chickened out towards the end and didn't get it as dark as it should be. I'd like to go back and get it a little darker. For the underdress, I already had a half-finished white robe in one of my fabric boxes - my first attempt at the 2004 Leia dress, that I scrapped mid-construction. I added sleeves to it, and it was done! The necklace and bracelets I made of black beads. The wig was my favourite part - it is completely made from stuff I already had. I started with a brown wig, and made forms out of foam, covered them in brown fabric, and then in loose hair, and wired them into the wig. The center decoration was a cardboard tube, spray painted copper with some extra bits added on, wrapped in loose hair and also wired into the wig. Once those were in place, I rapped the longer hair of the wig around it, teased it and locked it into place with hairspray and heat. I added some curls to the top, and it was done. Like I said - I'd really like to go back and make the "blast areas" darker. I chickened out that first time! LOL.

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