Tag: recycle

How to Alter a Beaded 90s Belly Dance Bra & Belt with Chani Pt 3

Do you have a bra and belt that need new lining? In this post, Chani, our alteration expert, will complete her 90s costume refurbishment project and show you how she added fringe, then lining to the bra and belt for a very professional finish. Enjoy! Phew! We have covered a lot of ground on this project: from simply figuring out… 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 →

Recycle Fabric Scraps for belly dancers

8 Projects to Recycle Fabric Scraps for Belly Dancers

Last week I shared with you this book called The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, which helped me clean up my place including my sewing station.  It was great to hear many of you are also starting spring cleaning and have seen the awesome effect of the Konmari Method explained in the book 😀 If you haven’t tried, I highly… Read more →

DIY Gold Chain Belts

DIY Chain Belt

What do you wear to your dance classes? 🙂 I often wonder how belly dance instructors always look so beautiful, and I’ve noticed that many of them dress very nicely even when they are teaching. When I attended the workshop by Mercedes Nieto last year, she was wearing this beautiful belt chain over her teaching outfit, and I wanted to… Read more →