The Practical Dancer

I know -- you ware wondering why on earth I have a picture of a stack of panty liners. I am about to reveal one of the secret...

The (is it infamous yet?) “ 300 Eyed Chemical Monster Bedlah ” needed some stiffness to work.  Let’s see if this makes sense:  I was going...

Problem: You need to sew fringe onto something; or, worse yet, you need to sew something onto fringe.  You know the thread is going to tangl...

In my "day job," I work in software delivery -- which you would think has very little to do with costume design. Except, the wond...

Tip for the passenger seat (or, what to do when riding along on a road trip): If you want to work on a beading project in the car, put doubl...

(adapted from comments originally made on bellydanceforums.net) Go to your local home improvement store and head to the dowel section(in...

I . . . am a fabric hoarder. There, I said it. I justify it by saying that I "need a full palette in order to exercise my artistic v...