Regina & Zelena Costume

My friend Megan Morris (she's Sparklemore Cosplay, and I'm Red Stone Dreamery on FB) attended Dallas FanDays last weekend as Regina and Zelena, the witch sisters, from the show 'Once Upon A Time.'

I did the sewing and Megan made her headpiece. She used a store-bought mask and cut off the lower part to make it the right shape for what Regina wears. She then sanded and painted it with acrylic paints before gluing in a felt liner and then beads & rhinestones to the outside with some glitter puff paint as well. Then we poked a few holes to add a ribbon to tie around her pony tail and some looped wire along back edge to stick bobby pins through. The sparkly hair piece around her pony tail we found at a local store.

For the sewing of our costumes I used a thrifted little black dress for the base of Regina. I then added a lace collar off another thrifted dress onto the collar of the first one and then added on more glitter paints to make it sparkle even more. I added damask fabric to the back of the collar, and then used that same fabric to make a bolero jacket and a poofy over-skirt. I also made a 'bum'roll' to go under the skirt to give it extra poof. For my Zelena outfit, I made a basic black under-skirt with pockets. Then I made a burgundy corset-laced bodice with stiff interfacing and gold lace applique. The over-coat/dress was also made from scratch after finding the almost perfect wood-grain black fabric while on a trip to Atlanta earlier this year. The fabric is a lightweight knit, so I lined the entire thing with black-crystal organza to stiffen things up a bit, especially within the poofy shoulders. The collar has very thick interfacing within it to hold it up. I then hand stitched all the gold lace trim along the edges. The belt I made using more of the thick interfacing and some black vinyl fabric. I then sewed on the black metal spikes and used puff paint for the raised designs on it. After that dried, I burnished it with additional gold paint making it more densely applied around the center design. The belt attaches with two sets of twill-tape ribbons so it's adjustable. I also made the green necklace after ordering one off eBay and finding it to be too small in comparison to what was seen in the TV show. I used some metal filigree pieces, rhinestones, and a felt backer, all glued together and hung on a chain.

You can find construction pics and more info in the following links that go to my cosplay page on FB...
Regina: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155445896427644&type=1&l=8136040d79
Zelena: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155523919032644&type=1&l=ca36dc6354