PADMÉ AMIDALA

Picnic dress


Star Wars Padme Amidala - OOAK Picnic dress for Barbie doll


Description Four-part outfit for "belly button" Barbie doll.
This is probably the most popular and reproduced costume of Padmé Amidala's wardrobe. And I think the most  beautiful and "princess-like" .


  • The wide skirt  has 3 layers and is gathered to the yoke. The upper, sheer layer is stisched with half strand of  a green floss, dotted with pearly white fabric colour and at last I  glued little transparent green  hand-made sequins (puncher + green PET bottle). The skirt fastens back with hook and eye.
     
       
  • The upper layer of the chemise is also sheer and decorated in the same way as the skirt. The puffed sleeves are very long, 3x  gathered at the wrist, at the elbow and at the forearm. On the shoulder is one boxpleat and 2 knife pleats. The sleeves are tied up with soft, narrow bands. The chemise fastens back with little snaps. 

  • The embroidered, strapless corset consists of nine parts and is heavily interlined with a vlieseline, lined and fastens back with 3 little snaps. The little roses are embroidered with one strand of mouliné  - a french knot and a line of tiny stem stitches around.  The headband is embelished in the same way.  

  • The shawl is of  a crescent shape, is decorated with a green stitching and pink and purple painted dots. I am lazy person, of course, but I didn't know how to successfully embroider hundreds of tiny roses on the delicate fabric. The cape fastens with a little wire hook 

  • The outfit includes the curly wig;  the headband; the detachable hairpieces in golden crocheted snoods and the white court shoes with the golden painted soles.
Used materials 
  • For the chemise, theskirt and the shawl I used a tea-dyed silk chiffon. The shawl was dyed twice to obtain darker colour.
  • For the chemise and skirt lining I used a corn yellow habotai
  • The corset was made from a polyester satin, the lining is from a white cotton battiste.


Star Wars Padme Amidala - OOAK Picnic dress for Barbie doll Star Wars Padme Amidala - OOAK Picnic dress for Barbie doll
Star Wars Padme Amidala - OOAK Picnic dress for Barbie doll
Star Wars Padme Amidala - OOAK Picnic dress for Barbie doll 



The preliminary  pattern for the chemise, the corset and  the shawl is in Patterns section.
I have to redo the pattern for the corset - it is not tight-fitting enough.

Pattern for the skirt  is included into the Packing dress pattern.


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