Sally Jupiter Costume (Silk Spectre I) from Watchmen

My first ible! Be nice!
Also, I am a fairly inexperienced seamstress, and the machine I borrowed frequently breaks thread, so my self-taught methods are likely not the "correct" way to do things, and the final product does not look quite as good as I wish.  Regardless, I hope you enjoy!  Let me know if you have any questions, I've been rather tired and might have forgotten to explain something or left something crucial out.

There are some things about which I can be slightly obsessive. Costumes are one such, and I wanted to make this costume from scratch, the dress (with belt and neck pieces), wristlet, and I modified a glove and a pair of panties (into suspender briefs/garter panties).  

Step 1 Planning Stage

I chose a costume that has no available patterns, or similar patterns to modify, so I spent a good chunk of time designing the costume in my head, the on paper, before I bought my materials.  
When Planning, I made sure to account for each layer of both types of fabric and the interfacing I would need, and made sure to buy more than I needed, for security.  If you are a more experienced seamstress than I, you should need less fabric.

This is what Sally Jupiter looks like in the movie. 

Comments

[davrosben]

Look terrible??? You look absolutely AMAZING!! The costume is excellent too!

[michaele777]

Excellent work. The stuff from the movie really looks like taffeta rather than satin, but I could be wrong. Just hangs differently. Still, nice work and you look great.

[zimitt]

I think you mean chiffon rather than taffeta. I do agree it's great work.

[Nynaeve]

 Thanks!  I had hoped to find some sort of taffeta, or some type of semi-transparent polyester in general, perhaps georgette, but my local fabric store is tiny and barely has a selection of anything.  Thanks for pointing that out though, I phrased the materials section poorly.

[3leftturns]

If the machine is breaking thread, you may have the tension too tight... consult owners manual for fix.

[Nynaeve]

 Unfortunately, it does it even when the tension is as loose as it gets.  The machine is very old, and she has taken it to the local shop several times.  No one has found the issue yet.  My suspicion was the thread quality, and the better quality thread does last a little bit longer, but not long enough to say the problem is fixed. :(

[jeff-o]

I dunno, to me you look ready to fight crime!  Nice work!