Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles

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

keyhole back design ice dance dress, Alyssa, Tammy Jimenez, Ice Den Chandler, hero

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 zipper. What makes today’s keyhole back extraordinary? The

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

Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles

January 6, 20202Comments

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, 20190Comments

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

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

Skating dresses

November 26, 20191Comments

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

Alterations - all dress styles

November 19, 20191Comments

Budget Ballgown- What To Keep Or Change?

Many amateur ballroom dancers are on a tight costume budget. Likewise with new ballroom dancing instructors who teach mostly because they love to dance, not because they have the money

quick change ice skating costume, Tammy Jimenez dressmaker, Hairspray musical, Tracy Turnblad, I can hear the bells

Skating dresses

October 8, 20191Comments

Quick Change Ice Skating Costume

Don't blink: you'll miss this week's quick change ice skating costume! Gianna, a skater at the Ice Den Chandler, in Arizona, models her quick change costume that she wore for her

fringe velvet ballroom Dancesport fashion, Teresa Sigmon model, dressmaker, Tammy Arriola, is one of the Sew Like A Pro™ members

Latin & Country dresses

September 17, 20193Comments

Stretch Velvet Dancesport Fashion

Hello from Arizona, where I spent the day filming training material and blogs with three of my Sew Like a Pro™ members! The stretch velvet Dancesport fashion I’m wearing was made

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

crisscross dress ice skating costume, hero

Skating dresses

August 15, 20192Comments

Criss Cross Ice Skating Dress

Today’s post features a fabulous crisscross ice skating dress worn by Jaclyn, who skates and coaches at the impressive Ice Den Chandler in Arizona. My favorite features are the rhinestoning colors

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