Back Neckline Dress Design Challenge, 3 free days of training
Are you tired of struggling with dance and skate dresses that offer poor bust support? What about the back of your costumes? Do they look neglected or disconnected from the
Women’s Skating Dress Design Class, 4 free days
Are you tired of wearing skate dresses that offer no bust support and have skirts that make your tummy and hips look larger?
Learn how to design adult roller and figure
How to Create a Contrasting Yet Consistent Dress Design
When designing your Dancesport costume, do you struggle to create a consistent dress design that is still interesting?
Combining consistency and contrast can be difficult, but today’s ballroom dancing dress has
7-Day Latin Dance Dress Design Challenge
Are you tired of wearing costumes that are not made for your body shape and size?
Learn how to design a Latin dance dress that flatters your womanly figure.
Join the 7-Day
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
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
How to Design a Dress for Competitive Ballroom Dancing
How to Design a Dress
Have ever tried to design a dress for competitive Country, Line dance or ballroom dancing? Then you know how difficult it can be because there are
Working The August Complex Fire Camp in California
It is four thirty in the morning and the August Complex fire camp rumbles with sounds.
Firefighters come and go in the predawn darkness, their boots smacking on the hard ground.
Sew Like A Pro™ Q&A replay August 22, 2020
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tags: poof sleeves, lycra ballgown skirt, cut lace motifs with wood burning tool, armbands, detachable skirt, double layer leotard, side zipper, sleeve cutouts, keyhole sleeves, godets seam allowance, shorten dress,
SLP™ Q&A replay April 13, 2020
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tags: corset, bra, bias tape, measuring, stride length, leotard pattern, keyhole back, back dart, collar, cap sleeve, skirt fabrics, non-stretch underskirt, velvet, velvet pressing board, needle board, overdress, 3-D jewels,
SLP™ Q&A replay January 15, 2020
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.tags: fitting sleeve, tango dress, cappuccino, cabaret mesh, lace motifs, skirt yoke, four panel skirt, flesh color mesh, soldering iron, Anna Capellini ice dancer, dye mesh, dye elastic, size dresses
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,