Tag: swirly belt

How to Make the Waistband Work on Belly Dance Skirt without a Belt

A belly dance outfit usually comes with a bra top, belt, and a skirt, or you may choose a belly dance skirt without a belt. If you’re making a costume from scratch, the second option is less time-consuming, so it’s a great option for simpler costumes or troupe costumes. 🙂 But the problem is, how do you make the waistband… 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 →

3 Steps to Turning Your Belly Dance Costume Professional

3 Steps to Turning Your Belly Dance Costume Professional!

Have you felt like your belly dance costume is incomplete? You put on a bra, belt, and a skirt, and it looks like something is missing…. or not dramatic enough. Don’t worry, it happens to many dancers, including me. In this video, I’ll show you how to solve this incomplete outfit problem quickly. Let’s get started! Click here to join… Read more →

Time Lapse: Swirly Belt & Cascading Ruffle Skirt outfit!

I’m really excited today! I’m launching the brand new Cascading Ruffle Skirt course TOMORROW. The Cascading Ruffle Skirt course is live now! And when I was working on the ruffle skirts, I just knew Swirly Belts will go perfectly with them. So I made a new one, and captured the creation process in a time lapse video. Have a look!… Read more →

Swirly Belt Showcase - sparkly belly

Look at these sparkly swirly creations!

Can I brag for a moment? 😉 One of my absolute favourite moments of running Sparkly Belly is when I see costumes that everyone created based on my tutorials and courses. When people share their photos with me via email or in Sparkly Belly’s FB group, they totally make my day! After running this website for almost 3 years, these… Read more →