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Sewing Tools & Tips – all dress styles

Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles
January 4, 20220Comments

A Challenging Custom Ballroom Dress Commission

  If you make ballroom dancewear (or skate or belly dance costumes), you know how complicated sewing and fitting these dance dresses can be!  Every stretch fabric and every design is
Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles
December 21, 20210Comments

Rhinestone Bracelets for Ballroom and Belly Dance

Rhinestone bracelets are the perfect accessories to spice up your: Dancesport and Country dresses, artistic roller and figure skating costumes belly dance, salsa and other dance styles. Rhinestone bracelets, whether bangles
Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles
July 20, 20215Comments

Tips for Sewing a Charmeuse Ballroom Dance Dress

      Elegant ruching and heavily rhinestoned lace accentuate this satin charmeuse ballroom dance dress.  Both ruching and the lace look fabulous, but they are made of non-stretch fabrics which can be uncomfortable
ballroom dance practice wear leotards
Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles
April 13, 20212Comments

Tips for Sewing Ballroom Dance Practice Wear

It is time for a closet tour featuring lots of ballroom dance practice wear, all handmade by one of my sewing school members, Carol.   Join me as I tour the leotards
beaded lace applique motif
Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles
March 9, 20210Comments

How to Cut Stunning Lace Applique Motifs

    Lace appliqué motifs make beautiful embellishments for dance and skate costumes. Of course, I am a little biased towards ballroom dance and country dancing costumes, Salsa dance, Argentine tango dresses, ice
stretch fabric DOs DON'Ts ballroom dancing ice skating costumes
Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles
January 14, 20210Comments

Stretch Fabric DOs and DON’Ts for ballroom dancing and figure skating dresses

  Choosing the right stretch fabrics for a ballroom, Country or skate dress can be nerve wracking.  Fabrics can make or break your costume – and your confidence.  I learned that
fabric stores for ballroom dancing costumes, figure skating dresses
Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles
January 5, 202110Comments

55 Fabric Stores Around the World

  If you sew dance or skate costumes, you know how crucial reliable fabric stores are. Most ballroom dance and figure skating dresses require lycra or a similar stretch fabric for the
imitation beaded fringe rhinestoned ribbon chrisanne clover,
Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles
July 28, 20202Comments

How to Make Imitation Beaded Fringe

    This Chrisanne Clover dress has some cool beaded fringe, right?   Except…wait a minute. Take a closer look. This fringe isn't beaded at all. In fact, it's not beaded or chainette fringe! It is rhinestoned
Lauren Wilmore Made by LaLa, sequin fabric to make sequin appliques, sequin dress
Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles
March 24, 20200Comments

How To Use Sequin Fabric For Appliqués On A Dance Or Skate Leotard?

    Say hello to Sew Like A Pro™ member, Lauren Wilmore. She wants to create a sweetheart neckline gown using a sequin fabric similar to this sequin dress she previously made for
white fringe blue fabric flowers, Tammy Arriola
Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles
January 6, 20200Comments

Blue Fabric Flowers Are A Beautiful Focal Point

  This gorgeous white fringe costume with handmade blue fabric flowers was made by one of my Sew Like a Pro™ members, Tammy Arriola.  I got to model since her daughter,
sew princess seams, dance skate leotard, fitting
Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles
December 10, 20190Comments

Sew Princess Seams To Help Sweetheart Neckline Leotard Fit Better

One of my sewing school members was working on her dance leotard with a sweetheart neckline when she ran into minor problems sewing princess seams. I want to share this Sew
Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles
August 5, 20194Comments

How To Shorten A Bodice That Is Too Long

  Have you ever tried on a Dancesport or Country dance costume that was too long in the body....and wondered how to fix it? Today's blog features Kerry, a new Sew Like
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