Scarlet Witch – Avengers

Made for: MidSouthCon 2008

Background: I had 3 or 4 superhero costumes I wanted to do in 2008 – I let my husband pick the one I wanted to make for MidSouthCon and he picked this one 🙂

Journal Entries: Read more at my Scarlet Witch tag

Related Costumes: MCU Scarlet Witch, Disneybound Scarlet Witch, Captain Marvel, Black Widow, Wasp

Patterns Used:
Simplicity 9887

Bodysuit/tights:

I bought a white bodysuit online, and dyed it pink. For Dragoncon 2009 I changed it up and dyed a pair of white tights pink, instead of wearing the full bodysuit, so I can do whichever look I’m feeling.

Corset:

The corset I bought on ebay, unfortunately it arrived and it had a much deeper red tone than I thought – it looked brown next to my other reds. So I made a casing out of my spandex and sewed it around the existing corset, so that it would match, just cutting out notches in the front for the hook and eye hardware to poke through.

Cape:

The cape I made out of matte satin, it closes with a hook-and-eye at the neck. See above for the pattern I probably used. I’ve worn this cape with several other costumes since then, most notably my Wonder Woman costumes.

Accessories:

The bottoms and gloves (a lucky find!) I bought online also, and dyed them to match my other reds a bit better. My wig was my Belle wig, with an added hairpiece for height. My boots I bought online, cut the tops off, and covered them in my spandex. I added the “cuffs” at the top because they were wanting to roll after I added the boot covers and that helped keep them in place.

Headpiece:

Chase made my headpiece – it attaches by a headband underneath my wig (the mask was broken in these photos, but I took them to demonstrate the headband method). The mask was very delicate and after being patched and repaired a few times, it no longer exists, so I’ll need a new one if I want to wear it again…

In 2021 so that I could record some new content, I made a new tiara out of EVA form! Heatformed it and attached it to a headband and painted it. Pretty simple and quick fix just so I could have a replacement for my videos. It can be seen in the links below.

History:

I actually really loved this costume, it was so fun to wear. Wore it in the Dragoncon parade one year, met George Perez. I still have it but it’s not really something I’d take out to cons anymore, I’d rather wear something I made more of like my more recent MCU Scarlet Witch.

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