So mistakes were made today, but it is all good because it’s the mockup.
The skirt fabric is the actual fabric I think I’m going to use- the four way stretch. It’s a bit lighter than the one I used on the wrap top, and it has those notes of blue/green you see in some of the brighter shots.
This cape. So like, I started with a McCalls shoulder cape pattern, and then cut the long vertical seams that sit about armpit shoulder level and run down to drape either side of the hand. That went okay. BUT, Butts. Butts need more fabric, especially as this original cut was supposed to drape over the boobs. Who would have thought?
So, you can see these seam lines on either side of me where I’ve inserted a panel to make it sit around my butt better and not be pulling when I move my arms. I think that went okay, but ideally when I get done I want to cannibalise the patterns so I can try to cut it all out of one piece of fabric.
The wrists. Ignore that weird crappy seam about the hand- I was looking at the shot of Padme’s wrists below where it looks like they come up about 5 inches above her knuckles in the back, but down to her knuckles in the front. I tried cutting and it totally did NOT work so I stitched it back on again. *lol*. I am going to have to keep trying to conceptualise what that looks like in 2D. If I can’t figure it out it might not be worth the fight. I feel like it needs to be just a little shorter, but if I cut it wrong it won’t sit right and as it is, it is touching right at that top knuckle as it drapes. If anyone’s brain can think of how that looks let me know because I can’t atm.
So this is just a single layer of the cape, but the real one I am gonna have to double on each side, because of that silver trim. That will add weight. Right now I’ve stitched this around the armpits, and straight across the back which should get covered by the hood. I think I will try to cut the arm seam shoulder bits for the top layer of the back cape, but then once that piece is together use one solid piece for the under back layer. I am hoping to be able to eradicate the seams that are around my hips too just by adjusting the patterning.
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