I've also some leather stashed for her cuirass when I get to it, and have some lambskin coming for her pants. I got a couple hides of a green deerskin for this, and dyed silk habotai for the binding. It's woven, is thick and only an ounce less heavy than my suede, and has about the same amount of stretch. This proved a challenge with the first fabric I used as a mock-up, but JoAnn's finally came out with a suitable fabric sweatshirt fleece. I also wanted to make the sleeves as fitted as possible and still be mobile enough to draw a bow. I've been messing with my pattern off and on for awhile, since I know I only have one shot with this leather and can't cut more pieces or make alterations if I screw up. I might make the short jacket if I managed to conserve enough leather to do so, I don't know if I have yet. I decided to make the long Mirkwood version which I could wear with or without the cuirass (which is just too gorgeous to cover up with the silk coat anyway). It also is binded on all the decorative seams in silk instead of with suede, as the other jacket is. They created a separate version of this for inside the Mirkwood caves where the skirt is joined, and in a way that makes it not able to be made as removable. It is a short jacket with a removable skirt, that always has the leather cuirass over it, and the skirt is removed when she wears the raw silk travel coat over it (for the duration of Battle of Five Armies). The first one she wears most of the time. I was finally able to determine they had made at least two versions of this jacket. I had a hard time figuring out how I would go about making the jacket because upon studying it, I was finding conflicting information, until I got the WETA books. I am making her green suede jacket version: Wood elves have always been my favorite and even though I know I'm not Elf Material, I love the look of this costume. I know a lot of people don't like this character, but I love the design of her.
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