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Tag: costume making
How to Make a Wave Applique Bellydance Costume – by Tammy
See how Tammy created her beautiful Wave Applique Bellydance Costume! It’s a simple method yet creates a professional finish! Read more →
How to Reinforce Bra Cups for Belly Dance Costumes with Chani Pt 1
If your belly dance costume bra needs some reinforcing then our alteration expert, Chani, will be able to walk you through the process. Read more →
Bellydance Troupe Costumes that Everyone is Happy with – by Rukshana
Struggling with your bellydance troupe costume options? Different sizes and preferences, amount of work, limited budget… Putting together professional troupe costumes is challenging! Rukshana (also known as Gail), a professional costumer and a member of cARTel bellydance, has shared with me her secrets to making troupe costumes that look amazing and most importantly, everyone is happy with! And she has… Read more →
How to Travel with a Costuming Project with Chani
In this post, Chani, our alteration expert, is sharing some of her tips and tricks for traveling with your sewing projects with ease. Read more →
5 Pregnant Belly Dance Costume Ideas
Not sure how to dress now that you’re pregnant? Here are 5 pregnant belly dance costume ideas that are beautiful, comfortable and safe! Read more →
How to Drill Holes in Acrylic Stones for Costume Making with Chani
In her last post, Chani showed how she started altering the beaded bra top from the 90s. She found a bunch of glued-on stones coming off of the bra top, so she removed them, and drilled holes to turn them into sew-on stones! In this post, she will show you exactly how to drill holes in acrylic stones, so you… Read more →
Sparkly Belly Student Showcase 2021
The best part of my job is seeing my students’ creations 🙂 It’s quite magical when costumers combine what they learned in my courses and their creativity, and create their very own belly dance costumes. I often learn from them too! Let me show you what I mean. Here are 9 of my students and their beautiful creations! Sparkly Belly… Read more →
Meet Chani! – Costume Alteration Expert
Got some costumes you inherited from your teacher that don’t fit quite well? Love vintage costumes but need help with altering them? Today I’m super excited to introduce to you a belly dance costume alteration expert, Chani! As you’ll see in this post, she is excellent at taking an old costume and putting new life into it. And her work… Read more →
Belly Dance Costume Workshop Student Showcase 2021
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 →