I was in scouts for a long time. One year, the theme for the camp was Star Wars (and the fact that Episode 1 had just been released on video had nothing to do with it, I’m sure *wink*). For the Saturday night evening, everyone was to have a costume. So I spent the week before the camp making costumes for most of the adults, as they were all family members and close friends. I only made robes though.        My Amidala costume consists of a red and tan/gold summer dress and red hooded robe with gold trim. For my hair, I put them up in two buns and covered my forehead with an old black and gold laméd scarf that used to belong to my mother. Add the make-up et Voilà! An instant Amidala.        The Jedi costume was a brown robe worn over the guy’s own karate uniform. I made a total of six robes that week, three brown Jedi ones,  one short off-white one (for my dad to wear under his brown robe), one short black one for our Darth Maul and my red Amidala one. Here I can only show you two of the costumes, but I’ll be sure to get more pictures soon! Fabric        All the robes were made with cheap poplin in the different colours I mentionned (red, brown, black and off-white).        The gold trim for my robe came from three different leftovers, previously used in art projects and Christmas decorations. Pattern        I used Simplicity 8311 view A for the long robes and view B for the short ones. I added a hood from Butterick 4319 which I have had since I was a kid. As Simplicity 8311 is now discontinued, McCall’s 2940 could be used instead. Advice        Costumes don’t need to cost a fortune to look great. Sometimes, an accessory or make-up can make all the difference in the world!

Here I am in my Amidala costume. I used to have this picture in my notebook and everyone who saw it complimented me. To anyone who is not a costume addict, this was EXACTLY what the Queen wore in the movie! The Jedi next to me did not give his permission for the picture to be posted so I cut out his face. And this has NOTHING to do with the fact that he's my ex! *Wink*