Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles

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

sew princess seams, dance skate leotard, fitting

Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles

January 7, 20250Comments

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

December 17, 20240Comments

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

Latin dance skirt alterations, Duffy Betterton Dance Dress Couture

Alterations - all dress styles

December 3, 20240Comments

Latin Dance Skirt Alterations to Fix a Short, Tight Skirt

In the world of Dancesport dress consignment, Latin dance skirt alterations are commonplace. When you buy a used dance dress, it is rare to find a perfect fit. Oftentimes, some

Why make Thanksgiving only one day a year? Each day of giving thanks would benefit us all.

Teresa's personal blogs

November 28, 20240Comments

May every day be Thanks-giving

Happy Day and Thanks-Giving to you! In case you’re a history buff, our American Thanksgiving Day began in 1621 as gratitude for the autumn harvest, a better life and potential new

crisscross dress ice skating costume, hero

Women's Skating dresses

November 12, 20242Comments

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

Janet Cooper of South Africa is the founder of "Smart Dress Designs", ballroom dance couture. Janet is an member of the Latin and Ballgown Dressmaker School, online sewing school for making dancesport and Latin dresses for women. She is a vendor at one of South Africa's largest ballroom dance competitions events.

Sewing Business

July 17, 20240Comments

Success story: sew ballroom dance dresses for income

Success story: online sewing school I run an online sewing school with a very specific focus of teaching people to make competition-quality Argentine tango, Salsa, ballroom and country dance dresses, as

Sherri Hansen, Sew Like A Pro™ members and Teresa Sigmon . . . Smooth dance dress, ballgown, mesh

Ballgowns

March 5, 20240Comments

Sexy Smooth Dance Dress by Sherri, a Sew Like A Pro™ member

Today's ballgown is a sexy Smooth dance dress impeccably sewn by Sherri Hansen, one of the Sew Like A Pro™ members. This style of ballgown is perfect for the Dancesport

Sewing Tools & Tips - all dress styles

February 27, 20244Comments

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

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.

Fringe and lace Latin Dancesport dress, made by Dore Designs

Latin and Country dresses

January 16, 20243Comments

Lace and Fringe Latin Dancesport Dress

This lace and fringe Latin Dancesport dress is modeled by Nancy Smith, a ballroom dance student at 3Sixty Entertainment Powerhouse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Bless her heart, she agreed to

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