Design Fundamentals - all dress styles

5-Day Ballgown Design Challenge

This design challenge is now closed for registration. Are you are interested in participating in a future ballgown design challenge? Do you want to participate in a Skate dress or Country/Latin design

mother's day sewing mom, Twin Falls Idaho

Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles

Teresa's personal blogs

May 12, 20201Comments

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Sew Like A Pro™ sewing moms!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO AN AMAZING SEWING MOM! I'm delighted you are part of my Sew Like A Pro™ community. Thank you for being an integral part of the magic that helps

invisible back zipper red velvet ice skating costume Wendy_hero

Skating dresses

May 4, 20200Comments

Velvet Red Figure Skating Dress with Invisible Back Zipper

An invisible zipper is well-hidden on this velvet red figure skating dress. An invisible zipper is one of my favorite ways for getting in and out of a ballroom

seamless mesh sleeves Monica ice skater costume Brad Griffies

Skating dresses

April 20, 20202Comments

Figure Skating Dress With Seamless Mesh Sleeves

This stunning purple black ice skating costume has a fabulous skirt detail, matching trunks, dramatic rhinestoning and seamless mesh sleeves. We will talk about all that in today's post. This

Lauren Wilmore Made by LaLa, sequin fabric to make sequin appliques, sequin dress

Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles

March 24, 20201Comments

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

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

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Skating dresses

January 28, 20200Comments

Three Keyhole Back Design for Figure Skating Dress

A keyhole back is a common design for figure skating dresses. Why not? They're fast to open or close and eliminate the need for a full back zipper. What makes today’s keyhole back

Vogue pattern ballroom dance dress, accessories, hero

Ballgowns

January 21, 20200Comments

Vogue Pattern Used By Novice Dressmaker To Create Ballroom Dance Dress

If you sew, you know that making a gown using a Vogue pattern to create an evening gown is very different from making a competition ballroom dancing dress or an

white fringe blue fabric flowers, Tammy Arriola

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January 6, 20203Comments

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,

Skating dresses

December 31, 20193Comments

How to Create Your Own Rhinestone Pattern

Every competitive, artistic sport has bling. Rhinestones used to be optional, but have become a necessity over the last decades. Today’s feature figure skater Monica up-leveled an economical ready-made skating

sew princess seams, dance skate leotard, fitting

Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles

December 10, 20191Comments

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

woman's ice skating leotard, Melissa, mesh sleeves, sweetheart neckline

Skating dresses

November 26, 20190Comments

How to Fix Bad Armholes and Loose Neckline

When I started serious blogging about figure skating costumes, I was at the 2019 U.S. Adult Nationals in Salt Lake City. I noticed a lot of competition dresses have the

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