In June Queen's Peril by E.K Johnston will be released it's a Star Wars novel focused on Padmé and her handmaidens. When her book Qu...

This week I got really surprised when I got an email saying that I had been accepted into the Star Wars Celebration Cosplay Contest, or Star...

So while at Celebration Anaheim I met up with Holly from " How stuff works" . Holly is a wonderful costumer herself, but here she ...

I'll just finish off my documentation of the handmaiden with a bunch of photos, these were all taken at Celebration Anaheim, with the bu...

I still have a post or two to sum up my gold handmaiden. One of the parts of it that I wondered about for a very long time was the sash ar...

So I still have a few posts about the construction of the gold handmaiden. Now since I was stressed about finishing it in time for Celebrati...

Costumes are one of the best things about Celebrations, it's just wonderful to see all the talent and creativity that are out there. My ...

So with not much time left, I don't have time to take photos of my progress and blog much. Over the weekend I've tried to get a lot ...

After what have felt like an eternity of pleating I have a skirt for the gold handmaiden, and with that I'm starting to beleive that I w...

So the pleating of the gold handmaiden is taking a lot of time, but it's worth it. When I started thinking about this dress I thought I ...

Yesterday I felt that it was my last chance to dye the velvet for my gold handmaiden. I went home to my mother to be able to have full acces...

So today I received a rejection email that I was not selected to take part in the Cosplay Contest at Celebration. Of course I am disappointe...

I'm in full Gold Handmaiden mode right now, and it's the pleating that is taking so much time. I'm not going to go into the deta...

So last Sunday it was time for me to do what I had dreaded for a long time, it was time to dye the fabric for the gold handmaiden. I went ho...

My main fabrics for the gold handmaiden are still underway, but I've started on the sash around the waist. I started with the last piece...

Over the weekend I finished the mockup for the robe and the hood for the handmaiden. It's not perfect, but it's good enough and I ne...

I've finished the lining as far as I can do. Now it's just to calculate the amount of fabric needed for the pleated overlayer and to...

So today I started to test different dyes for the gold handmaiden. At the semi-local craft shop, meaning it's in the Yellow/Sunflower ha...

Today I started with the bodice for the gold handmaiden.  Looking at the original gown it's a fairly loose gown, mostly shaped by the ob...