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Must-Know Dress Tips – all dress styles

snip waistband on fishnets and tights for smoother looking dance and skate costumes
Must-Know Dress Tips - all dress styles
February 6, 202419Comments

How to snip a waistband for a smoother look

  We all love wearing beautiful dance and skate dresses that help us look amazing. But we also have a love-hate relationship with what goes underneath: fishnets, pantyhose, or tights. In some
Long-term storage options for dance and skate dresses
Must-Know Dress Tips - all dress styles
January 30, 20240Comments

How To Store Your Competition Skate or Dance Dress

Once you purchased, made, or altered that perfect performance dress for dance or skate, you must consider how to store your dress so it will last for years to come. 
Bling Party 2023: A festive online masterclass​ offered by Sew Like A Pro™ for rhinestones, sequins and decorations for ballroom dance, country and line dance, ​a​s well as figure skating, ice dance and artistic roller skating dresses.
Must-Know Dress Tips - all dress styles
December 12, 20238Comments

Bling Party 2023: A Sparkling Rhinestone Masterclass

Do you need help placing your rhinestone designs onto your ballroom, country or skate dresses so it looks best on your body?  Are you afraid to glue the decorations on
three rhinestoned dresses
Must-Know Dress Tips - all dress styles
December 5, 20230Comments

How to Transfer Your Rhinestone Design to Your Dress

Are you ready to glue rhinestones on your country or ballroom dancing, artistic roller or figure skating dress? Adding rhinestones to a competition dance or skate costume is one of the
Sew the perfect bra cup for women's dance and skate competition dresses.
Must-Know Dress Tips - all dress styles
February 21, 20230Comments

The Perfect Bra Cup For Your Dance or Skate Dress

    Most of us have a love/hate relationship with the bra cups that are sewn in our dance and skate costumes. They're too hard, too soft, too flimsy, too small, too big,
figure skating and ballroom dress resale
Must-Know Dress Tips - all dress styles
January 11, 20220Comments

How To Price A Used Skate or Ballroom Dress For Resale

It's time to address the skeleton in your closet.  You know which one I'm talking about — made of fabric, has lots of rhinestones, cost several hundred or thousands of
dance dress couture inventory, dance dress consignment shop
Must-Know Dress Tips - all dress styles
December 8, 20202Comments

Ballroom Dance Dress Consignment & Boutique Store

  How and where to sell your ballroom dancing dresses is a question I have been asked many times over the decades.  The primary two options are to sell the costume
costume sketch, glue rhinestones, starter finisher blog post
Must-Know Dress Tips - all dress styles
March 3, 20202Comments

Are You a Starter or a Finisher?

Are You a Starter or a Finisher? Making dance and skate costumes can be a long and stressful ordeal.  Knowing why you love some aspects of dressmaking and despise others can
when shopping for a ballroom dancing dress, competition ballroom dance costume, Smooth Dancesport ballgown
Must-Know Dress Tips - all dress styles
September 10, 20190Comments

How To Choose A Costume When Everything Fits

  When shopping for a ballroom dance costume do you feel overwhelmed with choices? In today's post, we see Carlye in her fourth video. She is a professional competitor and ballroom
4 main types of rhinestone glue
Must-Know Dress Tips - all dress styles
May 21, 201915Comments

Rhinestone Glue: Which Is Right For Your Dress?

  Are you adding or replacing rhinestones on a Country or Ballroom dance, or artistic roller or figure skating dress?   You need adhesive! In today's post I offer the pros and cons about
How to Choose Ballroom Shoes, Country & Figure Skating Boots, ballroom photo by JoTa Dance Photography
Must-Know Dress Tips - all dress styles
September 24, 20182Comments

How to Choose Ballroom Shoes, Country Dance, Figure Skating Boot

  Normally, I share design and sewing tips for Ballroom, Country and Ice Skating dresses. Today, I want to discuss a new topic: ballroom shoes and country and figure skating boots. You
Interview Dancesport judge, Jenell Maranto, talks about women's ballroom dance costumes, ballroom dancing
Must-Know Dress Tips - all dress styles
June 17, 20187Comments

Dancesport judge, Jenell Maranto, talks about women’s ballroom costumes

  Today's video is an extra special one. Why? To begin with, it's my first official interview and it's my first interview with a Dancesport judge talking about women's competition dresses so

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