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Date Posted: 4/10/02 8:25pm Subject: RE: Rainbow dress
It sounds to me as if your colors will be fine. But if you want the exzact colot, go to a fabric store and buy some chiffion in the color you want and use the same as the other fabric, but as the top layer. Then you will have a more draping effect and hopefully the colors you want. As for the back purple part, the color I used was periwinkle.

 

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Date Posted: 4/11/02 2:22pm Subject: RE: Rainbow dress
I finally finished the inside part of the dress. now I have to attach the chiffon. it took me a little longer then I thought, cause I've never sewn with 100% silk. I ended up putting a zipper in the back. I've looked at the back of this dress a zillion times. And I think I can cover the zipper with chiffon that gathers in the back. I'll tack the gather together, after I dye it, so that the gradient has the righ affect.

I also ordered my dye from Darhmas Trading. So that should be here in about a week.

 

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Date Posted: 4/11/02 4:52pm Subject: RE: Rainbow dress
new picture here

 
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Date Posted: 4/12/02 7:31am Subject: RE: Rainbow dress - Date Edited: 4/12/02 7:37am (1 edits total) Edited By: Mrs_MayimNaar
Wow! that pic is HUGE! Such good details! And how incredible is that background? I want to go to Italy! clown


EDIT: Does anyone else think that looks like blanket binding around the edge of her sleeve/drape in front?

 

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Date Posted: 4/12/02 7:27pm Subject: RE: Rainbow dress
Hey, your right, it does! happy

 

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Date Posted: 4/16/02 10:42pm Subject: RE: Rainbow dress
I got my dye in yesterday. I just need to get through my finals next week and then I can dye my fabric! Well, almost. I just need to finish the sleaves with chiffon. But then I'm almost done!

With just enough time to work on the hair and jewelery!

 

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Date Posted: 4/18/02 7:56am Subject: RE: Rainbow dress
back of hair:


front view...nothing new, but cool:

 

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Date Posted: 4/23/02 2:51pm Subject: RE: Rainbow dress
I know there are other people doing this dress! So come on and post an up date - I dying to know how you all are doing! happy

I'm still working with the chiffon. I'm still looking for some pictures to help. I thought some of the new books today, would have some new pictures, but I didn't find any. Not even in the paper doll book. I've figured out the back and the sleaves, but I really need help with the front of this dress.

I've got tons of pictures, but there are a lot of folds that make it hard to see how the fabric is cut.

Can anyone help me figure this out? I will be almost finished with the sewing part!

 

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Date Posted: 4/26/02 6:33pm Subject: RE: Rainbow dress
personally, I found the chiffion to be the hardest part! What I did was use two difernt peices for the back and front and sewed the yellow togerther at the arms, I then did all sorts of draping stuff, I'll try and think how to explain and come back and tell everyone later!

 

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Date Posted: 4/28/02 2:12pm Subject: RE: Rainbow dress
where is everyone? By the way, hows everyone doing with the arm bands? Their driving me crazy! If I put anything up there, it keeps cutting off my circulation!

 

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Date Posted: 4/28/02 2:47pm Subject: RE: Rainbow dress
I can't wait to see everyone's pics of this dress when they have their finished product. It is really beautiful and with all the pics we have seen lately. This is definitely on my Must Sew list. Good luck with the arm bands princess1.

 

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Date Posted: 5/10/02 10:10am Subject: RE: Rainbow dress
UP!!!! All of our Padme threads are dying!


BTW, go to the front page of The Padawan's Guide for a very interesting thing about this dress -- that I'm not allowed to post directly to this thread.

 

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Date Posted: 5/20/02 1:02pm Subject: RE: Rainbow dress
I'm trying to make a halter top that resembles this dress so I can wear it on a normal basis. Can anyone give me any ideas and tell me how to dye the fabric, like step by step happy !!!

 
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Date Posted: 5/20/02 1:19pm Subject: RE: Rainbow dress
I am copy/pasting an excellent post by surlygirlie from this thread.
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If I'm not mistaken, I read somewhere that a technique known as ombre dye was used for the handmaiden costumes. It's a pain in the behind, but the effect is phenomenal. Here's a quick and dirty rundown on how it works:

Start with a fabric that's the lightest shade of your gradient (In this case, yellow). Prepare a LARGE size vat of dye in the darkest shade of your gradient (orange, in this case). If you have a house with enough bathrooms that you can spare a tub for a couple of days, that's probably your best bet. You'll need to rig a clothesline directly above your vat of dye. Now, wet the fabric and hang it over the vat so that one end sits in the dye solution. Wait for a long time. (A day or 2) The orange will creep up into the yellow fabric and create that cool gradient effect.

Of course, as with all dye techniques, this one benefits from testing, so if you have some spare fabric, you should definitely do some experimenting first. You may find that you'll have to re-wet the fabric as it hangs with a spray bottle to get the look you want. Every fabric seems to react to pigmentation a little differently, so again, TEST!

 

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Date Posted: 5/20/02 2:09pm Subject: RE: Rainbow dress
Hey everyone happy Ive been reading through this post since i first found this board -that is, a few days ago - and i was wondering how much it costed, for the people that made the rainbow dress, to buy the material and dye and everything. Im going to try and look into all the prices where i am, but i was just looking for a price so as to maybe expect my expence to be around there happy Thanks for any help

 

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