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My Costume History, Day 137: Rogue’s Shi’ar Suit f

My Costume History, Day 137: Rogue’s Shi’ar Suit from X-Men, for Dragoncon 2011

Another in my “random Rogue costume” sidequests - I always liked this weird pink suit, so I decided to make it for Dcon.

I bought this pink spandex online, but when it arrived I didn’t love the color of it, it was too pale - so I dyed it, & it took the dye well and I got it to the right pink tone I wanted.

I modified a leotard pattern I had - I did not want a front seam, & all my bodysuit patterns had a front seam and I was never happy with how they fit, so I used a leotard pattern I knew I liked, and just added legs to it. It still didn’t fit great at the end but it was worth the experiment.

I made the yellow spandex panels separate - sewed each horizontal panel together then top-stitched the seam to make sure they stood out. Then sewed it onto the suit. I did also, regrettably, have to make gloves for this.

Chase made my “armor” pieces - the shoulders are plastic, & they velcro on. All of the other pieces are foam & also velcro.

For the armor pieces that sit on the hips, I decided to put them on a belt instead of directly on the suit. Made a basic belt, covered in in my scrap fabric, & added the X “belt buckle” to it. She doesn’t wear a belt with this look, but I liked it so oh well.

The shoes are some I bought back in 2005. I found them on clearance online and bought them “just in case.” They were exactly the look I wanted here, so I finally got to use them! Hoarding for the win! I painted the soles, and covered them in my pink fabric - they’re heavy, so I did not attach them to the suit, they are separate pieces.

Unfortunately, much like Mara Jade the year before - the damn things broke at Dragoncon. The soles fell off as I was putting it on in the hotel room. We didn’t have any glue strong enough to repair it, so I just took some pics of it in the hallway outside our room.

And then I never wore it again, except to fix it for the white backdrop shoot not long after, so I at least had more photos of it. I still have it. Dunno that I’ll wear it again, since like I said I was never happy with the fit, but who knows, maybe one day I alter it and it makes another appearance.

My Costume History, Day 136: Ms Marvel from Marvel

My Costume History, Day 136: Ms Marvel from Marvel Comics, for Dragoncon 2011

After doing the black suit Ms Marvel look the year before, I really wanted to do the red suit look too. And after taking stock of what fabric I had on hand - I realized I could make this without buying hardly anything!

Especially because I was able to reuse all of my first Ms Marvel costume accessories - the wig, mask, gloves, boot covers and shoes are all from that version. So all I needed to make was the new leotard.

I had enough fabric leftover from the 2010 version for this - a basic red spandex, a matte black spandex, and the gold metallic for the applique.

To make this I took my fav leotard pattern, Kwiksew 2004, traced it out and the cut it apart to create the seams at the shoulder and “brief” area. Then I used that to cut of my fabric. I did essentially make 2 versions, because I wanted to line it. I did the applique the same way as the 2010 version - Chase cut it out for me, because he has the steadier hand and this was going to have a raw edge! I hand-basted it onto the front panel of the leotard before assembly, then machine sewed it.

The only thing left was to add the scarf - and I did have enough red spandex left for that, but after draping it, I decided I wanted a longer scarf. I wanted something stupid and dramatic LOL. So I headed to Hancock and thankfully they still had the exact same red spandex, so I bought another yard to add onto what I already had. It’s all just a long tube of spandex - I hand-tacked it into place on the front of the leotard, and it’s also tacked together at the back to keep it in place.

This is actually my fav Ms Marvel/Carol costume I’ve made out of the 3 I’ve done. I just love it, it’s comfortable to wear, and I just like how it looks on me. I wore it a lot over the next couple of years - Dragoncon, C2E2, GMX. Also nice that it doesn’t take up a lot of room to pack!

Haven’t worn it in several years, but both it and my black version are still always first in my mind when I think about throwing on a comic book costume for a con to this day.

My Costume History, Day 135: Queen Hippolyta from

My Costume History, Day 135: Queen Hippolyta from Wonder Woman, for MidSouthCon 2011

I was a cosplay guest of honor for MidSouthCon 2011, and I wanted to make something really special for it. I’d had this Hippolyta costume on my want list for a while, and it seemed to fit the bill.

I started out by making a basic bodice out of cotton, then layering some silver leather over the top. I painted the black designs on it, and trimmed the edge in some gold leather leftover from Kingdom Come Wonder Woman. I also sewed the belt directly to this bodice - it’s made of gold belting I cut into squares and glued to the top of the base.

The chestpiece velcros on - Chase sculped, cased and painted the chest piece, my shoulder eagles, my gauntlets & tiara for me. The shoulder eagles attach to a sort-of elastic “backpack”. The tiara has a couple of loops on either side for pinning onto my wig.

Underneath the bodice is a haltertop I made of red chiffon, and I made the waist wrap from the same chiffon, trimmed with some gold ribbon. Made the cape from a blue fabric, and just draped it and hand-sewed it in place to get it to lay the way I wanted. The brooch and necklace I made from various pieces from the craft store.

The skirt is made of panels of leather, painted blue, with silver and gold leather and stars glued along the bottom. I painted the same black design onto the silver leather portion. Each panel has a couple of holes punched in the top so I could attach them to a waistband that velcros on underneath the bodice.

Bought the sandals & wig - added some extra pieces to the sandals with more gold leather leftover from Kingdom Come.

After debuting this at MidSouthCon, I wanted to do a few upgrades - I needed to add some more leather to the bodice (the cotton layer was showing in a few spots), & I embroidered over all of the painted-on black designs on the bodice. And Chase added some more detail to my tiara.

After that I was SO happy with this! It’s one of my fav comic costumes. I’ve worn it to Dragoncon a couple of times since. Did the white backdrop shoot in 2015. I know it probably needs some repairs & cleaning up, but it’s here whenever I feel like wearing it again.

My Costume History, Day 134: Enchantress from Thor

My Costume History, Day 134: Enchantress from Thor, for ECCC 2011

Enchantress was another comic book costume on my “want” list, so I decided to make it for our only trip to Seattle for ECCC.

The bodice I made using my fav bodice pattern, Simplicity 5006. The outer fashion layer is green spandex - I alternated using the wrong and right sides on the panels to get a different sheen, and the side panels are the same metallic fishscale spandex I used for the skirt.

For the skirt strips, I cut out each panel from that fabric, then heat-bonded it to some green cotton to give it a little more body. Each piece is sewn onto a strip at the top, which has snap tape attached - it snaps to the backside of the belt to keep it in place. I made the belt out of green wetlook spandex, and did some top-stitching and beading on it. The gauntlet gloves are made of the same fabric - I made them segmented to make them a little more interesting.

For the leggings, I started by making them as boot covers - copied my Ms Marvel ones, just making them longer. Before I sewed the back seam, I added the green circles. Chase helped me neatly cut them out of my green spandex - he has a steadier hand & I was leaving these edges raw! I then hand-basted each circle into place, pinned them together to make sure it looked right, then machine sewed them, & sewed the back closed. Then I made a pair of fitted shorts out of the same fabric and sewed the “boot covers” to them.

The tiara is heat-formed plastic shaped on my head mold on our home-made vac table. I debuted this at ECCC but felt like it needed some tweaks, so as soon as we got home we did a second tiara - this one was a little bigger and I felt framed my face better. I also shortened the skirt panels, and added another set of panels to the bodice with some horizontal seams just for some more visual interest.

I also played around with several different wigs - I think I’ve worn a different wig everytime I’ve worn the costume LOL. I did also wear this to Dragoncon that year and for a couple of shoots, including the white backdrop. Haven’t worn it since except for a tiktok video back in 2020 - it’s still here and around if & when I need it.

Princess Leia art project day 12 - Ewok village dr

Princess Leia art project day 12 - Ewok village dress!

Princess Leia art project parts 10 & 11 - the rebe

Princess Leia art project parts 10 & 11 - the rebel briefing room uniform and the Endor gear. Another case of same costume with added accessories so I’m posting them together.

Princess Leia art project parts 8 and 9: the Hutts

Princess Leia art project parts 8 and 9: the Huttslayer metal bikini and the deleted sandstorm cape

Stuck these 2 in the same post since it’s the same costume with new accessories.

My Costume History, Day 133: Wonder Girl from Teen

My Costume History, Day 133: Wonder Girl from Teen Titans, for GMX 2010

So here’s the thing with this costume - for years I had it miscategorized as a 2009 costume. I finally went back in my blog, looked at date stamps on photos, and realized it was 2010. LOL So here it is properly dated - made for GMX in 2010.

This was a quick little throwaway costume really. Kevin wanted to do a Superboy costume - the basic one with the T-shirt. So I got that for him and decided to throw together this Wonder Girl look.

Bought the jeans and added the red stars to them - just cut them out of some red sticky back felt, so I could remove them later and wear these as regular jeans. Made the “WW” belt buckle out of some leftover silver thermoplastic - it’s all just glued together, and taped to a black belt I had.

Bought a plain red tshirt and cut the sleeves off and took it up to fit the way I wanted, and added the gold trim to the neckline (leather leftover from Kingdom Come Wonder Woman). Added some velcro to the front so I could just use my WW chestpiece with it, and also used my WW gauntlets, and a wig I had (told you you’d be seeing that Black Canary wig a lot more LOL)

Wore this with my circa 1995 red converse shoes which I still have and wear occasionally. Amazing how long those shoes have survived.

For a long time, GMX 2010 was the only time I wore this costume, and I had exactly 2 photos of it. It all kinda fell apart after that - the belt buckle was in pieces, the red stars were stuck to a bin, and eventually I donated the jeans after wearing them in my regular wardrobe rotation for a few years. FINALLY in 2023, I got a new pair of jeans, reassembled the belt buckle, peeled the stars off the bin and got this shot on the white backdrop. Long overdue. And now it’s permanently retired!

My Costume History, Day 132: Briar Rose from Sleep

My Costume History, Day 132: Briar Rose from Sleeping Beauty, for Halloween 2010

Since I did Aurora in 2008, I wanted to get more use out of the wig, so might as well make a Briar Rose costume too!

Headed to Hancock for all of my fabrics. Got a lightweight grey for the blouse, black suede for the bodice and grey suede for the skirt. Didn’t really want suede for the skirt, but it was all they had that was in the color range I wanted, and at that time, for these Halloween costumes, I’d generally make do with whatever I found locally, even if it wasn’t ideal. I hated ordering fabric (and still do!)

Made the basic blouse modifying a peasant blouse pattern with elastic at the sleeves. The collar is a separate piece - I bought a cheap button up shirt, and replaced the collar with a new one made of matte satin, so I put that on first, then pull the blouse over it.

The bodice I made using my fav bodice pattern, Simplicity 5006, modified for shape. Experimented here with adding a leather panel in the interior for the front V shape. Added the eyelets in the front for the little upper lace-up section, but the real lace-up section is the eyelets in the back.

Made the skirt by cutting the grey suede into panels and gathering them onto a waistband. Wore it over one of my old petticoats.

The shawl was a scrap of cotton gauze leftover from Alyss that I dyed purple, and I bought the headband. Also found a basket at the second hand store that worked for this.

Wore it Halloween 2010 and really liked it! Planned to wear it to Dragoncon the next year, but never did. I ended up not wearing it again until 2015, when I finally did the white backdrop shoot - with a new black bodice. Honestly I’m not sure what the timeline is here, I made the new black bodice at some point when I was bored. I hadn’t been happy with that experimental first version, so one day I just made a new one. I think I did eventually sell the first one? Or the second one? I don’t know. I’m unreliable narrator sometimes LOL

Either way I still have the costume and one of the bodices, had it out for a tiktok video not so long ago, so it’s still here and kicking.

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