I wanted to give a nice gift to some of my closest dancing friends this year, and decided on a personalized makeup case. I bought several of the Sephora Pack it All Organizers when Sephora had their big annual sale in November (30% off!) and ordered all the ladies’ initials from this Etsy listing. Let …
Remember that Holly & Evergreen embroidery I was working on? I finished the embroidery and put it on the cover of my fiance’s new choirbook! My fiance is a Christmas caroler over the holidays, and has been asking for a new choirbook cover. While a plain one would have sufficed, I wanted to make something …
Do you have a favorite way to transfer embroidery designs onto your fabric? I usually print out designs on Sulky Sticky Fabri-Solvy but the design I chose has lots of satin stitch dots and fighting with the sticky stabilizer didn’t sound like a lot of fun to me. I bought an LED tracing pad a …
Have you ever dived into a knitting pattern and then gotten stuck on the project? Or worse, it didn’t turn out the way you wanted it to? It might not have been your fault, just a poorly written knitting pattern! I’m going to show you how to read a knitting pattern so the next time …
Next in this series, I’m going to share with you the fabrics I like to use when creating costumes. I’ll also share where I source the materials I use. You’ll always find all these tutorials on the Tutorials Page, and resources I like on the Recommended Resources Page. Fabric Types I really love using matte …
As long as I’ve been sewing, I’ve never had a strawberry emery! An emery pincushion is filled with emery powder, which is essentially aluminum oxide. It can remove tarnish from pins and needles as well as polish them. The ubiquitous tomato pincushion will often have a small strawberry emery attached to it. You can learn …
This is a little bit out of order for what I planned for this series, but I finished applying rhinestones to a costume recently and wanted to share my process while it was fresh on my mind! Have you had difficulty applying rhinestones to your costumes before? Do you want to know what size rhinestones …
Do you find it difficult to find inspiration for your dance costumes? Are you looking for something similar to something you’ve already seen? Or are you trying to create something new from your imagination? Answering these questions can help guide you to designing something you will be really happy with. Questions to Ask Yourself First …
Have you ever wondered how to design dance costumes for yourself? Have you ever looked at a dancewear website and said, “That’s so expensive! I bet I could sew that!” but then couldn’t find the pattern you wanted? I’m going to share my design process with you and show you how to make dancewear that …