Leia is finished! (OK, nearly)

I am pretty much done with Leia. I bought some white spandex to try and make stocking tops to mimic the pointy stockings she is wearing, but if that doesn't work out then I am going with white thigh-highs and gogo boots.

I was thinking of hook and eye tape and fake buttons on the blouse, but because I wanted a lapped front the hook and eye tape wasn't working well, so I ended up making 18 (!) buttonholes. I have had a lot of trouble with my machine messing up automatic buttonholes, but figured out what was going wrong. I did 15 before having an issue, then figured out the little lever arm that stops the buttonhole was slipping into the wrong position. Phew, now I will have smooth sailing with buttonholes.

I tried looking for a belt with no luck, so ended up making one from some belt strapping I bought on Amazon, plus a buckle and D-ring I got on Etsy. I think it came out great! The pouches were done with a Harlots and Angels pattern and I bought a rebel alliance pin to put on one of them. The brooch is a rebel alliance necklace I found on Etsy. I took off the chain and glued a pin hook to the back, then attached an earring I also got on Etsy to make up the rest of it. I also added some of the lace from my corset onto the sleeve puffs.

The gun went through two iterations, as I wasn't happy with the first one. It's a cheap plastic Leia pistol I got on Amazon. For the first try I glued on some gears/wire before painting, and it looked bad and I lost all the detail. Since it was cheap I got another one, painted it first, then flued on gears/wire. I finished it up with some clear coat. I'm much happier with this version.