Amidala's Loyalist Committee Gown

from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
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Brooch

Left: Photo of the real brooch taken by Diane at Celebration II – Right: Photo of the back of the real dress

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My Brooch

My brooch came out to be about 4 inches accross. But it needed to be a little bigger then that, because when I sewed the three rows of bugle beads on like the original brooch had it made the middle circle of sequins was too small. But I didn't want to resew the whole thing so I ripped out the bugle beads and the middle circle leaving just the outer ring of sequins and seed beads. I then sewed two rows of bugle beads and made the middle circle bigger. It looked much better than before, but now it's not as accurate to the real brooch. Oh well.

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Here is the pattern of the brooch that I used. I made it more accurate to the real brooch by adding three rows of bugle beads instead of two like mine.

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Materials used:

• 6mm Dk. blue sequins

• Bluish-silver seed beads

• 3mm Gunmetal bugle beads

• A square piece of dark blue fabric about 10 in. wide

• A piece of dark blue felt about 6 in. wide

• Dark blue thread

• 6 in. Embroidery hoop

• Black permanent marker

• Fabric glue

• Cardboard

How to make your own brooch:

1. Draw the pattern on the fabric with the marker (I used a compass to help draw the circles) and put it in the embroidery hoop.

2. Sew the sequins on by bringing the needle up through the fabric from the back, putting a sequin on the needle and then going back though the fabric from the front sometimes going through hole of another sequin (make sure that when you sew the sequins on that the dome of the sequin is up).

3. Next sew on all the bugle beads on in basically the same way as the sequins.

4. Then sew the seed beads on by coming up through the back of the fabric, putting two beads on the needle and going back down through the fabric. Then go up through back again with the needle, but this time go up between the two beads and pull the thread tight. Pick up one of the two beads with the needle by threading it through the bead and then add two more beads to the needle and go back down though the fabric. If you need more help, here's a illustration on how to do it.

5. When you have finished all the beading on your brooch take it out of the hoop and cut the extra fabric of the brooch to about 2 inchs from the beading. Next take the cardboard and cut a circle out of it that is a little smaller then your brooch and put it on the back of you brooch wraping the ends of the extra fabric over it and glueing the fabric in place. Lastly, cut the felt into a circle the same size as your brooch and glue it to the back of the brooch covering up the cardboard and fabric. You can then glue or sew a pin on the back of the brooch to attatch it to the dress.

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