WELCOME!
I am delighted you are interested in Sew Like A Pro™, the world's only interactive, online sewing school for those who make (or want to make) Ballroom, Latin, Country and Skate dresses.
My mission is to help you realize your full potential as a designer and dressmaker so you, or your clients, always look and feel fabulous.
Scroll through this page and the next one. If you have questions, I am delighted to have a face to face chat. Click here to schedule your twenty minute private consultation.
Do you know how to sew street clothes but have not had the courage to try making a competition dance or skate dress?
Have you tried making a dance or skate dress and it was so difficult that you vowed never to do it again?
Are you already making competition dresses for yourself and want the skills and confidence to sew for others at your local studio or rink?
Do you get tired of wearing the same dress over and over, but don't want to spend $1,000 - $10,000 on a new or custom-made costume?
Are you already an accomplished seamstress who wants professional training to hone your skills to improve client satisfaction while increasing your efficiency and profits?
If you answered YES to any of these questions,
my Sew Like A Pro™ training programs will revolutionize your dressmaking experience.
How do I know?
I created the school to teach you everything I wish I had known back in 1989 when I made my first competition ballroom dresses!
Don't worry. I’ve got your back... And your side, your sleeve, your skirt 😉
You can SEW do this.
Teresa Sigmon
P.S. For more information, scroll down the rest of this page.
Click here to skip ahead for more comprehensive details about my sewing school including tuition, payment plans, money back guarantee and two video tours of the sewing school.
Click here for free dressmaker training. I created a mini Sew Like A Pro™ membership so you can sample a bit of the Complete Latin-Skate and Complete Ballgown programs.
What is the difference between
Dancesport, Country and Skate dresses?
Every woman has arms, legs and body curves.
Every woman moves, bends, stretches, spins, and jumps.
Every woman's dress must stay in place and look good on her.
So what is the difference between the dress styles?
Both dancers and skaters love skirts that flow beautifully!
Both dancers and skaters love having mesh inserts in their dresses!
Both dancers and skaters love wearing high-impact, textured skirts!
After looking at the images above, can you tell me what the differences are?
Every design is unique as it should be. Yes, there are subtle differences between the dress styles that allow it to adapt to its own style of dance or skate.
However, all of these dresses are made using the same construction principles. You will learn those principles in these Sew Like A Pro™ programs. You will learn everything you need to know to create competition-quality dresses like the ones you see above.
Whether you decide to enroll or not, I ask that you please let all types of competition dresses be your inspiration. Do not label dresses as "dance" or "skate" to the extent it hinders your ability to see the potential of every design. Keep an open mind. You will be a better designer and dressmaker if you do.
Admire dresses by Sew Like A Pro™ members.
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What is Sew Like A Pro™?
Sew Like A Pro™ is the world's first and only interactive, online sewing school that teaches you how to design, pattern, cut, sew, fit and decorate professional quality ice and roller skate, Country, Latin and ballroom dresses for women.
Each comprehensive program is accessed through a private, member’s only website.
Three comprehensive sewing programs are available for immediate enrollment.
Complete Latin-Skate Program.
Complete Ballgown Program.
Complete+ for Latin Skate and Gowns is available as an upgrade after enrolling in either the Complete Latin-Skate or the Complete Ballgown Programs.
Experience what Sew Like A Pro™ members say about the sewing school.
What should I know about the Sew Like A Pro™ programs?
WHAT IF I ONLY WANT TO LEARN ABOUT MAKING FLOATS OR RHINESTONING?
WHEN WILL THE INDIVIDUAL MODULES BE AVAILABLE?
Sorry, but at this point in time no individual modules are being released. I’m not sure when I will make those available.
For the foreseeable future I want to focus on what will most help you learn to SLP, which is, of course, the complete programs because they have everything you need in a logical, easy-to-follow sequence.
This video was filmed before the Complete Latin-Skate was its own program.
OVERVIEW OF COMPLETE LATIN-SKATE PROGRAM
(This program and the Ballgown Program offers core training for all sewing skill levels.)
OVERVIEW OF COMPLETE BALLGOWN PROGRAM
(This program and the Latin-Skate Program offers core training for all sewing skill levels.)
OVERVIEW OF COMPLETE+ PROGRAM
This program is an upgrade to the Latin-Skate and Ballgown Programs. It is not available for enrollment as a stand-alone program.
The Complete+ offers advanced sewing techniques such as mesh sleeves with no shoulder seams, mesh inserts, accent cut-aways, and more skirt modules than your core program has.
Scroll the remainder of this sub-page for many of the items taught in each module.
Truthfully, not all the training is included here. It wouldn't all fit on each page ... and I keep adding training videos or images to the membership site! Oh, I didn't say free upgrades are included? They are.
My sewing school has answers to every question or problem you have. And much training that you didn't know you needed to know.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO MAKE MY FIRST DRESS?
Whether you are an experienced or new dressmaker, the first Sew Like A Pro™ dress is the most difficult and will take the longest.
Why?
- You have to learn to make custom patterns for your leotard, sleeve and skirts.
- You will go slower because you will watch the training videos and then do the work. Watch. Create. Repeat. is the formula to making your first dress.
For many students, making the first dress feels like dressmaker boot camp.
The learning curve is high which can create frustrations as you struggle with new sewing techniques.... But it gets SEW MUCH EASIER after the first dress!
Each sewing school module is released one week at a time so you have a chance to do the work without rushing. Therefore, your first dress will take at least 6-8 weeks to complete.
However, you can take much longer to make the dress if that is what suits your schedule. There is no rush. All the Sew Like A Pro™ material is available 24/7 "lifetime" so you can work on your own schedule.
You can work anywhere from 1-10 hours a week depending on how fast you want to make you dress and how thoroughly you want to begin mastering the sewing skills taught in the Complete Latin-Skate and Complete Ballgown Programs. How much you work is up to you.
Your second and third dresses usually takes much less time than the first!
Why?
- You will have made most of your custom patterns with the first dress.
- You do not have to watch all the training videos if you remember how to do the steps you learned while making the first dress. You may only need to re-watch 1/2 of the sewing videos to gain confidence and pick up extra tips.
Plan 20-60 hours over 2-4 weeks if you are in a hurry. The time amount varies according to:
- the complexity of your design,
- how many rhinestones you want,
- how much you recall from making the first dress.
After making your third dress, each dress gets faster and more efficient!
For new dressmakers, the third or fourth dress is often the tipping point in confidence boost and speed increase.
In my prime when my company Seams Sensational made 12-20 custom dresses per month, I could sew a high-fashion, perfectly-fitted custom dress in 10-25 hours depending again on the complexity of the design, whether my client was local or long-distance, plus the fabrics used.
The big time-sucker is gluing rhinestones! 5,000+ rhinestones can take longer to apply than making the dress.
- How long did you take lessons before you felt that you learned enough to test or do a competition?
- For many people this is at least six months, if not a year. ...
- You can make and wear your first dress in as little as two months!
- Your next dress will take only a couple weeks.
- Your third and fourth dress may only take one weekend if you add very few rhinestones.
- How long did it take you to learn to do an axel or to maintain proper dance postition? A long freaking time and you're still working on it, right?
- Dressmaking will take far less time to see tangible results.
- And yes, you can always continue improving with each dress. You can push yourself to make a complex dress, or keep it fast and easy for a quick completion.
- Do you learn new steps and techniques faster now than you did in the beginning? ... YES, is the answer because that's the way our bodies and mind work.
- It's the same for making a dress.
- What you learn right now - let's say installing neckline and leg elastic - will take several hours because you're watching the videos and learning as you go.
- On your second dress, it will take half the time because all you need to do is watch the videos on fast speed for a refresher.
- By your third dress and beyond, 15-30 minutes and all elastics are done!
- Every time you make a dress it gets faster and easier - unless you decide to make complex dresses which slow the process down.
WHAT DO CURRENT STUDENTS SAY ABOUT THE COURSES?
Below are just a few of the comments members made on the community forum available at the bottom of each module page AND/OR on Facebook. This doesn't even show the emails boasting similar success and happiness with the course!
These are simple screenshots of the real thing, posted each step of the way.
Plus you have a few videos from our 2022 Sew Like A Pro™ fashion show!
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SEE WHAT SLP™ MEMBERS SAY ABOUT THE PROGRAMS.
P.S. Sew Like A Pro™ has sewing school members from fifteen countries!
WHAT DO CURRENT STUDENTS SAY ABOUT THE COURSES?
Below are just a few of the comments members made on the community forum available at the bottom of each module page AND/OR on Facebook. This doesn't even show the emails boasting similar success and happiness with the course!
These are simple screenshots of the real thing, posted each step of the way.
See more work from SLP™ members.
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How To Shorten A Bodice That Is Too Long
Have you ever tried on a competition skate or dance costume that was too long in the body.
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How To Use Sequin Fabric For Appliqués On A Dance Or Skate
Say hello to Sew Like A Pro™ member, Lauren Wilmore. She wants to creat
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Blue Fabric Flowers Are A Beautiful Focal Point
This gorgeous white fringe costume with handmade blue fabric flowers was made by one of my S
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Stretch Velvet Dancesport Fashion
Hello from Arizona, where I spent the day filming training material and blogs with three o
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Latin Dance Dress with Mesh Cutouts and Ruffle Skirt
This blog is really exciting for me: 1) I get to model an amazing Latin dress with mesh cuto
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Sexy Smooth Dance Dress by Sherri, a Sew Like A Pro™ membe
Today's ballgown is a sexy Smooth dance dress impeccably sewn by Sherri Hansen
Watch the ten minute video montage above for a sneak-peek into the actual Sew Like A Pro™ courses.
Three comprehensive sewing programs are available for immediate enrollment.
Complete Latin-Skate Program.
Complete Ballgown Program.
Complete+ for Latin Skate and Gowns is available as an upgrade after enrolling in either the Complete Latin-Skate or the Complete Ballgown Programs.
