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The bodice of a figure skating dress made to look like Ursula's dress, from The Little Mermaid.

The Ursula Dress

A strappy black bikini top on a dress form.

Strappy Underwire Bikini Top

A close up photo of a sparkling pink and blue bodysuit with crystals, sequins, and beads.

Taylor Swift Lover Outfit

A closeup view of the bodice of a Taylor Swift Reputation Outfit on a mannequin.

Reputation Leotard Part 3

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A small squeeze bottle of neon yellow stretch fabric paint in front of a piece of light pink fabric with dark pink fabric paint swirls all over it.

How to Make Stretch Fabric Paint

A purple skating dress on a dressform. Many crystals - in various colours - have been added to it.

Crystalling on Spandex

A plastic replica of a Thranduil crown - from The Hobbit -painted to look realistically like wooden twigs. Small branches of red plastic leaves are woven among the branches.

Thranduil Crown Tutorial

A person dressed as a weeping angel statue in a park.

Weeping Angel Costume

Seek and You Shall Find!

Embellishment Tutorials

Several piles of iridescent, flower-shaped sequins in pink, orange, blue, green, and purple.

Beading and Sequins on Spandex

5 rolls of various colours of foil transfer paper laid out on a sheet of copper coloured foil.

Stretch Foil Embossing on Spandex

A small pile of pink metallic and pink glitter homemade sequins, made from this How to Make Sequins Tutorial.

How to Make Sequins & Spangles

A close up view of intricately appliqued spandex. Shiny foil lycra makes a starburst design, coming out from behind a pink maple leaf.

How to Applique Spandex

More Embellishment Tutorials

How I Made That

A closeup view of the bodice of a Taylor Swift Reputation Outfit on a mannequin.

Reputation Leotard Part 2

A closeup view of the bodice of a Taylor Swift Reputation Outfit on a mannequin.

Taylor Swift Reputation Outfit

Front and back views of an art deco inspired skating dress. It's black with black mesh inserts.

Art Deco Skating Dress

A close up view of the top of the front bodice of the wedding gown, on a dress form. Both wings are attached to the gown.

Katniss Wedding Gown Wings

More "How I Made That" posts...

Cosplay

A basic bodysuit - pink - on a dressform. The dressform is on a sewing table.

Basic Bodysuit

A gorgeous cosplayer dressed as a stylized version of X-Men's Rogue.

Cosplay Photography Tips

A cosplayer dressed in the full Maleficent cosplay.

Maleficent Costume

A close up view of a cosplayer dressed as Maleficent.

Maleficent's Headpiece

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Front and back views of a beautiful figure skating dress. The lower part of the dress is black, turning into a flame design going up to the shoulders. Ever wonder how spandex costumers sew such intricate details, using pieces of different spandex?
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  • The bodice of a figure skating dress made to look like Ursula's dress, from The Little Mermaid.
    The Ursula Dress
  • A strappy black bikini top on a dress form.
    Strappy Underwire Bikini Top
  • A close up photo of a sparkling pink and blue bodysuit with crystals, sequins, and beads.
    Taylor Swift Lover Outfit
  • A closeup view of the bodice of a Taylor Swift Reputation Outfit on a mannequin.
    Reputation Leotard Part 3

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