Want shortcuts for rhinestoning your costumes? 🙂 Today I’m excited to share with you this cool product! The ladies at Crystal Queen contacted me a while ago and sent their rhinestone stencil kit for me to try! Since I had a new dress in progress, I used it to decorate the neckline of the dress! So let me show you… Read more →
As soon as dancers walk on stage in fun belly dance baladi dresses, YOU KNOW it’s going to be a good show! Is it a cool cane piece? Or a cheeky shaabi? Whatever it is, you know you’ll be clapping your hands and beaming at the dancers in a few seconds. It’s going to be fun! And that’s not it!… Read more →
If you’ve made a costume before, you know every costume has a story. Where the fabric came from, what the inspiration was, how the design transformed in the creation process…. But most often we don’t get to hear these stories. I’m ALWAYS amazed by how my students take what they learned, add their own inspirations and personalities, and create costumes… Read more →
Ruffles are great for adding interesting designs to your costumes, and knowing different ruffle styles will help you create great costumes! Flounce ruffles are awesome, because all it takes is a strip of fabric cut in different ways. So in this tutorial, let me show you different shapes of flounce ruffles you can try. Let’s get started! Click here to… Read more →
A while ago, I asked in Sparkly Belly’s FB group what is the biggest challenge of making circle skirts. Can you guess the most popular answer? It was hemming. Making an even hem around a circle skirt can be very challenging. Or you thought you made an even hem. Then a few days later, it’s looking wonky! So in this… Read more →
Are you in love with the glamour and fun of the Golden Era belly dance? Well, I am! I’ve been working on my course on Advanced Circle Skirts which includes this romantic, Golden Era inspired high slit circle skirt, which I’m super excited about! And I wanted to make a simplified version of a Golden Era style belly dance belt… Read more →
In my last week’s post, I started this 1 hour belly dance costume challenge and made the bra top in 45 minutes. Yes, I used ¾ of the time just making a bra top! In this Part 2 of DIY 1 hour belly dance costume challenge, you’ll see how I made a skirt and decorated the costume. Did I finish… Read more →
Have you been in a situation where you need a last-minute costume but can’t find anything suitable in your wardrobe? Or where you need a costume in a specific color for a specific show but you KNOW you won’t use it again, so you can’t justify spending lots of money or time creating that costume? Well, I think many of… Read more →
Circle skirts are some of the most versatile skirt choices for us belly dancers 🙂 But there’s one little problem. They come with elastic waistbands. If the waistband is too tight, it will create muffin top. If it’s too loose, the skirt moves around up and down, side to side. But our bodies go through size changes all the time…are… Read more →
