Mia Raupach

Mia dressed as Wirt from Over the Garden Wall holding a lantern in front of woods

Mia dressed as Wirt from Over the Garden Wall sitting on a fence in front of woods

Over the Garden Wall's Wirt Costume

For Halloween 2025, I made a Wirt Costume. I made the hat out of paper and I made up the pattern for the cape and sewed it myself.

Mirror selfie of Mia in arm length black gloves and a long red poppy patterned dress

Red Poppy Dress

Originally made for Prom, I wore this dress to the Opera. I bought the pattern and handsewed it. I absolutely love the fit and the fabric.

Mia wearing Orym of the Air Ashari Costume with sword and shield at side

Handpainted chestplate front and back with leafy and cracked leather textures

Handpainted sash with a simple cherry blossom branch design

Critical Role's Orym of the Air Ashari Costume

For Halloween 2024, I made an Orym costume. I bought the shirt, pants, sandals, and sword. Then I made and handpainted the chestplate,sheild, and sash out of fabric, cardboard, and hot glue.

Mia, sister Zoe, and cousin Juno in costumes as the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus

Sanderson Sisters Holloween Costume

For Halloween 2023, my sister, Zoe, my cousin, Juno, and I dressed up as the Sanderson Sisters. We all had our own methods of bringing the costumes together, but I personally bought some things; the cape, the corset, and the shirt, and made others; the apron and the skirt.

Mia stands on a balcony in a dress with a pattern of bugs on it

Mia stands in a wooded area in the same dress

Bug Dress

This dress was the first thing I made using a sewing machine! It was the perfect project for summer and a great way to connect with my grandma who used to make her own clothes. It is perfectly my own outfit and I love that!

Mia leans on a tree in a shirt with strwberries and a skirt with green leaf patterns

Handsewn Leaf Skirt

I took this project on after AP testing my junior year and I made it in only 8 days. It is entirely handsewn and was made in the style of a circle skirt. I found the buttons and pockets in my great-grandmother's sewing box. It was an amazingly fun project and I learned so much about sewing and just being able to try new things with confidence.

Group of costumed individuals, including: Shock, Lock, and Barrel from Nighmare Before Christmas, two gnomes, a pumpkin headed person, Mary Poppins, and my D&D character Vidar

Vidar Cape

Halloween 2022 was my first time sewing a garment for my own costume, I only made the cape, but it was a lot of work! I sewed everything by hand. It's made up of four different scrap pieces of fabric. It kind of reminds me of moss, which is fitting as my D&D character Vidar is a druid.