Admiral Daala

I also am working on my Admiral Daala flight suit. I mean I’m in the Essential New Reader as Daala- as a body not face but hey!

The Essential Reader’s Companion: Star Wars

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(Hint, take a photo on an overcast day and you to can achieve this level of apparent disdain!)

So I obviously do have the face down pat for my favourite version of her flight suit (first of these three):

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My hair is back to being this long (yay for being on a biologic and DMARD that is not chemo any more!) but it is dark pink. I could tint to burgundy but I needed a new Satine wig anyway and the quality of lace fronts has just improved.

I managed to grab some stretch drill from my local fabric store, reasonably randomly- I always look for a match- and as it’s a mechanical cotton I can dye it slightly darker to match the above. Today is fabric washing day as it is still sunny.

The boots are not entirely in line with boots for the legions but I do have my equestrian boots that are just a tiny bit too short for the uniform version. Just no stacked heel.

I’m not looking forward to embroidering the patch but I have done cogs before so it’s not really a big deal.

The piping is interesting. So is where the seams do not extend past the pockets. I know I can do this as the legs do fill out. Also POCKETS!!! My new phone is too big for a pouch so this way I can carry that and some eye drops, som Lucas’ Paw Paw ointment, and sticky plasters and maybe even a tiny snack/hydration pack.

I have flat elastic to make my own “piping” as it needs to stretch a little with the suit and it’s not really raised in a circular detail. I checked existing bias tape and there isn’t really anything dark enough.

I do have a test pattern that fits and is made from a grey cotton rich mechanical stretch. It is stretchier vertically so I’ll have to add a couple of inches to the waist.