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What To Look For When Buying A Ready-Made Or Used Ballgown

Today's guest, modeling a used Dancesport ballgown, is Leslie Peterson, a former client of mine. I made this American Smooth ballgown for her in 1998 when she was actively competing with her

How to buy the best used or off-the-rack Dancesport, Country or Skate dress - buy Latin dance dress

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How To Buy The Best Used Or Stock Dress For Dance Or Skate

Are you in the market to buy a used or off-the-rack Latin, Country or Skate dress? If yes, this article is for you. P.S. Ballroom dancers and skaters, don't miss this video.

5 steps to avoid overwhelm when trying to buy or design a competition Dancesport, Country or Skater dress. Teresa Sigmon.

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Avoid Overwhelm When Buying or Designing A Dress

One of my Sew Like a Pro™ members posed the question on how to avoid overwhelm when choosing a dress: “There are thousands of design ideas out there. How do

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Pretty, Efficient Home Sewing Room

Most dressmakers have a home sewing room, not a large office space where they can store a million sewing items and not worry about it being tidy or pretty. If you're

decorative back straps create beautiful bust support

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Decorative Back Straps For Your Dancesport, Country or Ice Skating Dress

Bust support is crucial in competition Ballroom, Country and Skate dresses, which is why decorative back straps are a commonly used. After all, we spin, we bend, we stretch, we move

online sewing school for making Dancesport, Country and ice skating dresses

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Interview with a Sew Like A Pro™ online sewing school member

My dream when I created Sew Like A Pro™ was to create an online sewing school that would help people (mostly women, of course) turn their dreams into something they

Learn to make Dancesport, Country, Figure Skating costumes, InStyle magazine, Olympics 2018, figure skating costumes

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What Goes Into Making Figure Skating Costumes For The Olympics?

A few weeks ago, Instyle magazine ran a great article about making figure skating costumes. I thought you might want to read it. InStyle Magazine wants to know: "What Goes Into the

How to do perfect leotard fittings on women's competition Ballroom, Country, Skate dresses.

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Fabulous Leotard Fitting For Competition Ballroom, Skate Dresses

Does your dance or skate leotard ride up at the bottom and fall off your shoulders? Do you have costume meltdowns that hinder your ability to perform your best?

Stretch velvet adds a depth and richness to skater and Dancesport dresses that no other fabric equals.

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Stretch Velvet for Skater Dress or Specialty Dancesport Routine

Stretch velvet is a versatile fabric that looks fabulous for skater dresses, competition Country or Dancesport dresses. The fabric is elegant, durable and looks great for many wearings. I tell my clients

Redesign an off-the-rack Dancesport ballgown to be more flattering

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RE-DESIGN: a bargain dance dress gets a make-over

Buying a bargain dancesport ballgown or skate dress can save you a lot of money. But it can also cause a lot of headaches since the dress may not not

Firefighter sleeps on the ground at Tubbs Fire in Sonoma County California

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My time working fire support at Salmon-August Complex and Tubbs Fire

It's been not one but two fires camps since my last post. Geez, a lot happened in only five weeks! In September, I worked fire support for the Salmon-August Complex, a

Teresa Sigmon goes to work fire support at a fire support in northern California

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I’m going to work fire support

Tomorrow I leave to go work fire support at an "incident command post" (ICP) in northern California, U.S.A. Why am I doing this? Because I want to. Because I can. Because

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