I started this dress about 2 weeks before we did our first showcase competition. I had decided that I wanted a real ballroom dance dress. I'd looked online for used dresses. Dresses I liked were way too expensive for me to think about.
Since I needed both a Smooth and Latin dress and time to make dresses was short, I took an idea I saw on one of the dress resale sites.
I created a Latin dress with a removable long skirt.
I like this idea particularly if there is any quick costume change required.
Lessons learned with this dress:
-Never put beaded fringe where you are going to sit on it all day.
-Put a smooth yoke on the top of the long skirt so the bulk of the skirt does not start until the bottom of the short dress.
-Don't over-stretch the elastic in the straps, it ends up curling.
-It's hard to figure out where to put appliqués on the dress when it is lying flat.
Need a dressform/manniquin.
-From Nancy, who has made several more dresses than me, use E6000 adhesive to glue the applique and rhinestones onto the dress.
-And a very helpful tip from Nancy, make the bodysuit with a snap closure at the bottom so you don't have to totally undress if you need the rest room.
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