The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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| Eowyn's Green Gown The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
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| I love this dress. I modified Simplicity 4940, heavily modifying the sleeves and drafting my own yoke. I left the princess seams open past the waist and widened the gap created by cutting off part of the side panels. I lengthened the front panel, but I think I may have lengthened it a bit much. The over dress is 10 yards of olive silk velvet from Sy Fabrics The original is cotton velvet, but the Sy Fabrics silk velvet was almost the perfect color. The underskirt and sleeve lining are a crinkle poly/rayon blend I found at Sarah's downtown. The front three panels are bag lined with the skirt material. I didn't have enough to line everything. The lower sleeves are also bag lined and turned back about three inches. My yoke is also from this fabric, quilted and covered with trim from MJ Trims and a piece from Realm of Regalia. I bought the belt at TJ Maxx, though I intend to remake the actual belt. For more help on LOTR costuming see: AlleyCatScratch. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The yoke is a four part pattern. It's two layers quilted with gold thread and covered with gold trim. Around the yoke is trim from M&J Trimmings. It is style #923-26726. And for the collar I'm using a piece from Realm of Regalia. Compare with this collar image Unfortunately, neither of these trims seems to be available anymore. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I made a Sculpey belt to match the dress, which you can see above. Unfortunately, it began to fall apart almost immediately after that picture was taken. Apparently I just put too much strain on the Sculpey. The poor little thing made a valiant effort and lasted about an hour held together with hope and my Dragon*Con badge, but alas it finally gave out. Oh, well. Live and learn. The other belt above was purchased at TJ Maxx. A new belt will come eventually. Part of the belt is below and a comparison image on the right. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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