A few years ago I sewed up my girl an outfit inspired by Kira from The Dark Crystal. She still wears it, too, and wants more like it.
Naturally, when Moonbeam Textiles created an 80’s movie inspired round including The Dark Crystal, and this order came up to sew up the samples, I jumped on it!
I received an infant/toddler panel of the crystal, an adult panel of the gelflings and a fat half of the coordinate. The multiple panels had me stumped a bit on how to incorporate everything. I decided on a design using the small panel for the tunic top and the larger panel for the skirt. I added in some poly lycra, as there just wasn’t enough to do the whole skirt with the fabric I had left.
The pleat on the poly lycra was completely unintentional, since I cut the pieces too large. Then, I serged one of the arms together incorrectly, which I noticed after top-stitching.
By brain is not thinking so well lately. Sleep…need more of it!
I had to watch the DVD while sewing this up, because OF COURSE I have it. It looks quite antiquated compared to the movies of today, but I still enjoy watching it.
I had to piece the back, so I added a pair of wings and some topstitching to camouflage the seam.
The leggings were very much pieced together using up bits of the fat half of the print and adult panel that were remaining. The rest of the leggings were a jersey lycra I had that matched the browns.
She also has prints inspired by a few other 80’s movies, in addition to a group of coordinating colors. Check it out on Moonbeam Textiles.
