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 Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:13 pm
for those of us bellydancers who dont have alot of money to spend, or the artsy fartsy among us who just love a good DIY project, lets discuss HANDMADE.
~handmade costumes
~hand embelished costumes
~handmade accesories
lets discuss, share tips, and links to books/websites/etc. that show you how to make your own costumes.
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:43 am
Ohhh now this is what I love! I have a small business that involves designing and making costumes for the local theater. It's great fun! I just finished up making a bunch of Renaissance and Celtic costumes. biggrin For making bellydance costumes, I adore this site: http://www.shira.net/costuming.htm There are lots of really cool things you can do with t-shirts to make cholis too! For example: Take a tight v neck t-shirt and cut it to be the length you want it to be. In the back cut a couple of horizontal strips- these will become your ties. Then vertically cut those strips so that they can be tied. Embellish your top with your favorite gems, coins, etc. You can even find things at Walmart that make good costume makings. Check those clearance swim suits- wink The swim wear wrap scarf things make excellent hip scarves. You can use them how they are, or add some coins or tassels. A petal skirt is really fun and super easy to make! Just get some pretty fabric... make sure it's flowy... and cut a hole in the middle for your hips and add elastic. biggrin I love making costumes... biggrin
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[lady joker] Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:22 pm
amethystrain24 Ohhh now this is what I love! I have a small business that involves designing and making costumes for the local theater. It's great fun! I just finished up making a bunch of Renaissance and Celtic costumes. biggrin For making bellydance costumes, I adore this site: http://www.shira.net/costuming.htm There are lots of really cool things you can do with t-shirts to make cholis too! For example: Take a tight v neck t-shirt and cut it to be the length you want it to be. In the back cut a couple of horizontal strips- these will become your ties. Then vertically cut those strips so that they can be tied. Embellish your top with your favorite gems, coins, etc. You can even find things at Walmart that make good costume makings. Check those clearance swim suits- wink The swim wear wrap scarf things make excellent hip scarves. You can use them how they are, or add some coins or tassels. A petal skirt is really fun and super easy to make! Just get some pretty fabric... make sure it's flowy... and cut a hole in the middle for your hips and add elastic. biggrin I love making costumes... biggrin that is a great tips. I would never thought of that since, i'm not very street smart.
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:04 am
you can customize a store-bought bra (with coins, sequins, beads, etc.) and make it look like a $200 professionally made bra, while only spending around $30 all together (including the decorations). i've seen many a professional dancer (as well as newbie dancers) in hand-decorated store bought bras. some were so well made that you can hardly tell they were originally plain old bras.
pants can be made really easily. just cut out two matching pant shapes from some fabric, leaving extra at the top for the waistband, and sew them together. (if you want harem pants, leave extra at the bottom for elastic, plus extra room for them to billow; if you want melodia look-alike pants, cut extra room at the bottom for the bell shape, and leave a large slit unsewn.) embelish with fringe, side ties, a sash thing, beads, whatever you want.
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 11:20 pm
ebay baby biggrin You can piece together some really amazing costumes with kuchi coins and pendants that you bought on that site for less than half the original price! That's where I get almost ALL the pieces for my costuming. www.flyingskirts.com has a really good bra base for a coin bra.
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:41 am
belly dansah ebay baby biggrin You can piece together some really amazing costumes with kuchi coins and pendants that you bought on that site for less than half the original price! That's where I get almost ALL the pieces for my costuming. www.flyingskirts.com has a really good bra base for a coin bra. they have alot of nice things! thanks for showing the link to the website. biggrin DDD
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 2:47 pm
(repeat from previous thread)
okay, since i've been sick and in bed form the lovely holiday stresses, i got to work on my tribal bra. here's what i learned:
be prepared to hurt your fingers! hand stitching onto the padded/molded bra can cramp your fingers. pace yourself! it took me 3 days.
acquire the Folkwear pattern Tribal Dancer. it was designed by Caroleena Nerrichio so it's true to ATS. also the book by Dawn Devine Brown Bedlah, Baubles, and Beads. both were very helpful in covering the bra. also make your choli ahead of time or do as the gals in Domba! do: wear another thinner bra underneath. after it's done you're not going to wash it!
I bought my coins from shimmybliss.com and my kuchis from a vendor at Spirit of the Tribes in Ft. Lauderdale (held every april) both at very good prices. My mirror belt i got direct from india from some very good seller on ebay.
when i come up with other things, i'll post some more! feel free to ask any questions. i've been engineering/costuming for over 20 years.
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:17 pm
ooohh flying skirts! i love that site. but sadly, i know that most of the skirts will be 3-6 inches too short, so i had to make my own.
If you get the Tribal Dancer Pattern from Folkwear: go ahead and buy 10 yards of 45" wide fabric (and make sure it's 45". I got cheated and they sold me 40" confused question ) that way you will have enough for the choli too. and you won't have to fudge the 10 yard bottom tier like they suggest. just cut/tear the skirt pieces, then cut the choli from the leftovers. i couldn't resist doing my skirt in true tribal indigo-ish blue instead of the classic black! whee
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:34 am
Sewing Tip #1:
Do not use cheap thread for hand or machine sewing! I highly recommend Guterman threads sold mostly in quilting stores. While you're in the quilting store check out their fabrics. I've gotten some great 2 sided brocade that has a perfect pattern for my Turkish enteri for a great price. But anyway, back to the threads: you don't get that annoying tangle that the other threads give you and Guterman is strong enough for hand sewing the heavier fabrics. On the other hand, the cheap buttonhole thread is just fine for attaching coins. go figure. confused
For my serger, I only use Maxi-Lock.
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:50 am
i really wanna make brocade bloomers (like harem pants... but more saggy at the bottom... its kind of hard to explain, and i cant post pics right now, but i know rachel brice + the indigo have worn them before) but i dont know how to go about it. if you know what i'm talking about, could you please help? (if you dont, i'm gonna post pics as soon as i can.) >.< thankies in advance! (i know you wonderful ladies will have much to say... prolly. >.< ) ^.^ -EDIT- i found a pattern online here.
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[lady joker] Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:54 pm
centaury i really wanna make brocade bloomers (like harem pants... but more saggy at the bottom... its kind of hard to explain, and i cant post pics right now, but i know rachel brice + the indigo have worn them before) but i dont know how to go about it. if you know what i'm talking about, could you please help? (if you dont, i'm gonna post pics as soon as i can.) >.< thankies in advance! (i know you wonderful ladies will have much to say... prolly. >.< ) ^.^ -EDIT- i found a pattern online here. ohh thats cool. if you find one for a skirt i'd love you forever! i'm trying to start my own online store and if i can find how to make skirts, i'd make one for all of the belly dance guild for free biggrin
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:01 am
[lady joker] centaury i really wanna make brocade bloomers (like harem pants... but more saggy at the bottom... its kind of hard to explain, and i cant post pics right now, but i know rachel brice + the indigo have worn them before) but i dont know how to go about it. if you know what i'm talking about, could you please help? (if you dont, i'm gonna post pics as soon as i can.) >.< thankies in advance! (i know you wonderful ladies will have much to say... prolly. >.< ) ^.^ -EDIT- i found a pattern online here. ohh thats cool. if you find one for a skirt i'd love you forever! i'm trying to start my own online store and if i can find how to make skirts, i'd make one for all of the belly dance guild for free biggrin thats a really cool idea! an online store that sells belly dance stuff... when you get it online, could you post the link here? i wanna see it. ;D
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:00 am
centaury [lady joker] centaury i really wanna make brocade bloomers (like harem pants... but more saggy at the bottom... its kind of hard to explain, and i cant post pics right now, but i know rachel brice + the indigo have worn them before) but i dont know how to go about it. if you know what i'm talking about, could you please help? (if you dont, i'm gonna post pics as soon as i can.) >.< thankies in advance! (i know you wonderful ladies will have much to say... prolly. >.< ) ^.^ -EDIT- i found a pattern online here. ohh thats cool. if you find one for a skirt i'd love you forever! i'm trying to start my own online store and if i can find how to make skirts, i'd make one for all of the belly dance guild for free biggrin thats a really cool idea! an online store that sells belly dance stuff... when you get it online, could you post the link here? i wanna see it. ;D seriously, ya gotta check out Tribal Dancer from Folkwear patterns. it has the best ever skirt and turkish pants pattern. I'm sorry I've been too sick to post pics.
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:20 am
centaury [lady joker] centaury i really wanna make brocade bloomers (like harem pants... but more saggy at the bottom... its kind of hard to explain, and i cant post pics right now, but i know rachel brice + the indigo have worn them before) but i dont know how to go about it. if you know what i'm talking about, could you please help? (if you dont, i'm gonna post pics as soon as i can.) >.< thankies in advance! (i know you wonderful ladies will have much to say... prolly. >.< ) ^.^ -EDIT- i found a pattern online here. ohh thats cool. if you find one for a skirt i'd love you forever! i'm trying to start my own online store and if i can find how to make skirts, i'd make one for all of the belly dance guild for free biggrin thats a really cool idea! an online store that sells belly dance stuff... when you get it online, could you post the link here? i wanna see it. ;D when i get my store up i will. i'm in planing and trying to get investors and such.
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:51 pm
[lady joker] centaury [lady joker] centaury i really wanna make brocade bloomers (like harem pants... but more saggy at the bottom... its kind of hard to explain, and i cant post pics right now, but i know rachel brice + the indigo have worn them before) but i dont know how to go about it. if you know what i'm talking about, could you please help? (if you dont, i'm gonna post pics as soon as i can.) >.< thankies in advance! (i know you wonderful ladies will have much to say... prolly. >.< ) ^.^ -EDIT- i found a pattern online here. ohh thats cool. if you find one for a skirt i'd love you forever! i'm trying to start my own online store and if i can find how to make skirts, i'd make one for all of the belly dance guild for free biggrin thats a really cool idea! an online store that sells belly dance stuff... when you get it online, could you post the link here? i wanna see it. ;D when i get my store up i will. i'm in planing and trying to get investors and such. cool... hmm. that may be a good career for me! biggrin
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