Tag: Sparkly Belly

4 Types of Flounce Ruffles to upgrade your costumes with!

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 →

DIY Belly Dance Practice Outfit Part 2: Hip Scarf with Ruffles

In my last week’s tutorial, we made this easy loose crop top that’s perfect for dance practice! So in today’s tutorial, let’s make a matching hip scarf with ruffles to complete our belly dance practice outfit! It’s fun & easy 🙂 Let’s get started! Click here to learn more about the Belly Dance Costume Workshop! To make this hip scarf,… Read more →

DIY Golden Era Belly Dance Belt

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 →

DIY 1 HOUR Belly Dance Costume Challenge! – Part 1: Bra Top

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 →

DIY Fishtail Mermaid Skirt with Train for Belly Dance, Halloween & Festivals

The last of the Mermaid Costume series is this beautiful fishtail mermaid skirt! 🙂 Last 2 weeks, we made the mermaid shell bra top and the curly seaweed armband! And today we’ll complete the costume with this fishtail mermaid skirt with a little train. It’s pretty simple to make, yet looks pretty impressive when it’s finished. Let’s get started! Click… Read more →

6 Reasons Why Bellydancers Should Try Bodystockings

Today I want to introduce you to a great garment for belly dancers. It’s sheer…. and it’s fitted… And it can be worn by belly dancers of all styles. Can you guess? (Did you see the title of this post? 😉 ) It’s the bodystocking.  Some people already love bodystockings, and others may not feel the need for them. It’s… Read more →

DIY Belly Strap (+ no bump option!) for Belly Dance Costumes

In the last few years, many of you have noticed this trendy look of straps around the torso. These straps not only add sparkles to your belly, but also makes your torso look slimmer by creating this v-shape. It’s super easy to achieve this look, and I’m excited to share it with you in this tutorial. Let’s get started! Click… Read more →

6 Multi-Size Belly Dance Top Ideas

As women, our bodies go through a lot of size changes, and it’s annoying to have to figure out how to fit into your costume each time you gain or lose weight. Or you may be a teacher that needs to manage costumes for students whose sizes come in a wide range. So this week and next week, I’ll be… Read more →

DIY Sparkly Swirly Armband- belly dance, ballroom jewelry

DIY Sparkly Swirly Armband – belly dance, ballroom jewelry

I often look at different dance costume designs other than belly dancing to get new ideas that I can bring to the belly dance world. And I’m in love with ballroom jewelry 😀 They’re really sparkly and gorgeous, but the problem is, I can’t find any tutorials on how to make them! So I made my own sparkly swirly armband… Read more →