With my new Dark Rey costume and our niece’s new Jawa costume, I couldn’t leave my husband out of the Star Wars fun…so I made him a Jedi costume. I mean, what grown-up wouldn’t want to get dressed up and play with lightsabers? There are a lot of characters to choose from, but we decided […]
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Costuming a Jawa from Star Wars
When we started attending DragonCon several years ago, our niece asked for a Jawa costume and I happily obliged. I had just learned to sew and I had no idea there were recommended standards for Star Wars costumes. What I made was…good enough at the time. The hood was oddly shaped, the mask was all […]
Costuming Dark Rey (Concept) from Star Wars
I’ve always wanted to make/purchase/wear a Darth Vader costume, as I tend to gravitate towards (and sometimes root for) the villain in stories. After Aimee Miller and I made her Resistance Rey costume, I took pride in and admired it but felt like it wasn’t “me,” nor was I compelled to costume Kylo Ren or […]
Spring Equinox Newsletter
Happy Spring Equinox! This is Red Shoes. Red Wine.‘s quarterly newsletter/zine, the first of its kind on the blog: a short and colorful recap of all the adventures we’ve had this past quarter, blog posts that were published, and a reminder to subscribers of all the goodies hidden in the password protected Subscriber’s Only page […]
Costuming Jack Randall from Outlander: Accessories
It’s no secret I’m a huge fan of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander novels (and Outlander series on Starz), as I have made, purchased, and worn many Claire costumes and accessories. But special points to my husband for putting up with my sewing/costuming madness, and for getting talked into wearing Oulander’s main villain, Captain Black Jack Randall’s […]
Costuming Jack Randall from Outlander: Waistcoat & Coat
It’s no secret I’m a huge fan of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander novels (and Outlander series on Starz), as I have made, purchased, and worn many Claire costumes and accessories. But special points to my husband for putting up with my sewing/costuming madness, and for getting talked into wearing Oulander’s main villain, Captain Black Jack Randall’s […]
Costuming Jack Randall from Outlander: Shirt & Pants
It’s no secret I’m a huge fan of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander novels (and Outlander series on Starz), as I have made, purchased, and worn many Claire costumes and accessories. But special points to my husband for putting up with my sewing/costuming madness, and for getting talked into wearing Oulander’s main villain, Captain Black Jack Randall’s […]
From Dead Curtain to Craft Room
It all started one day when I sacrificed a curtain for a costume. Or maybe before that when I couldn’t see the guest bed for the big pile of costumes draped all over it. Whichever, it was time to convert this guest bedroom to a craft room. The conversion took about 6 months to get […]
Costuming Wonder Woman Fan Art (Pinspired)
As a huge fan of the recent Wonder Woman film (2017), I had already made Diana Prince’s blue gala dress and Amazon villager, but this Wonder Woman fan art pin by mushroomtale on Pinterest…this called to me as a woman and as a costumer. I’m fit, but nowhere near Gal Gadot, no matter how many […]
Costuming Claire from Outlander: Season 1 (Additions)
Claire has so many lovely looks in season 1 of Outlander during her time in the Scottish Highlands. I like that most of the outfits worn during this time are *mostly* historically accurate mix and match pieces of 18th century clothing and accessories – from petticoats to stomachers and jackets, to cloaks and crocheted wool […]