Costume

This section of the site is for my ideas on Costume, including:
 

Costume & Colour

Making Costumes - My patterns for:

• a circle skirt

• a straight tube skirt,

• a baladi dress and 

• a Butterfly Veil

Fun with Rhinestones

Barely There Footwear - for those who like the barefoot look but still want to protect their feet. Includes information on local (Surrey) stockists.

Here are a few links to useful & interesting costume sites, for information and inspiration:

• Costumers Notes - this site hasn't been updated for ages, unfortunately, but it's well worth a visit.

• Costume Goddess - The Costume Goddess also writes for Shira's costume pages.

• Madame X Costumes - Although this site primarily promotes Madame X's sewing patterns, it also contains a lot of useful costume information and pictures.

• Dahlal International Dancers Designs - Dahlal International is a site for Dance supplies, which includes Dancer Designs- costume ideas that you can put together very easily, updated every couple of months. It also includes a two-monthly newsletter (Inside the Harem), which is well worth perusing.

• Shira's Costuming Pages - as ever, Shira's site contains an enormous amount of useful and practical information.

• Aziza Said - Aziza's is a very interesting site generally and she has a set of FAQs regarding Costume Construction.

• Nadya's Sewing Instructions - a brilliant site for would-be costumers