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Dress Sliding Off the Shoulder? A Simple Solution
When a flamenco dress or top has an open neckline in the front and back, unless you have piping along the neckline allowing you to tighten things up, chances are your dress tends to slip of your shoulders when you dance. In the video below I show a simple trick that...
Flamenco Dress or Skirt + Top? What’s best?
Whether to go with a one piece dress or have separate pieces for the skirt and top is a question that comes up a lot. And it's not just new dancers who have trouble making up their minds. Now, which is the better option? As always, the short answer is "that depends"....
Why Princess Seams Are a Great Fit for Flamenco Dresses
Most, well more precisely almost all flamenco dresses and tops are shaped using princess seams rather than darts. While that may seem more complicated - after all there are more pieces to be cut and sewn - princess seams have a number of advantages that explain why...
What Does the Perfect Bata de Cola Look Like?
Now what does the perfect bata de cola look like? It is one of those questions that comes up all the time but doesn't have an easy answer. It should be easy, really, and if you've taken a bata de cola class or had a chance to talk to a flamenco teacher about it I'm...
The Quickest Way to Make a Flamenco Dance Costume
Got a performance or class coming up and need something new to wear? You want to look and feel great, of course. If you don't have time or don't know how to make a gorgeous costume from scratch you have another option: Transform a regular skirt or dress you've got...
Sewing Circular Ruffles: How to Figure Out How Much Fabric You Need
If you have the pattern for a flamenco skirt with ruffles like the flamenco skirt pattern Carmen you're all set. You know which pattern to use and how much fabric you need to make the ruffles. But what if you don't want your ruffles this way? Perhaps you prefer lots...
How to Finish the Neckline of a Flamenco Top or Dress
Have you ever wondered what's the best way to finish a flamenco top or dress neckline? The traditional way, as I've seen in countless flamenco dresses, is to cut the front and back pieces with the desired neckline and finish with a separate facing. I never liked that...
The Top 10 Tools I Use to Sew Flamenco Dance Costumes
There are lots of tools that I use to sew made to measure flamenco dance costumes on a daily basis. Below you’ll find the most important ones, the ones I couldn’t do without. If you’d like to know any other tools I use or if you are using one you think I should check...
Got an Old Pair of Jeans and Some Ruffles?
Why not convert it into a funky bag that shows the world that you love flamenco - to go shopping, to dance classes, the gym or wherever you fancy going and need a bag with lots of room. If you have some ruffles from another project you'll be done in no time. If you...
Batas de Cola – Made Anywhere in the World
Thanks so much to everyone who has sent pictures of their creations. I love seeing the flamenco costumes people make in all parts of the world using Flamenco Dressmaking patterns. Especially the batas de cola make me really proud. While making a bata de cola does not...
Flamenco Hair Accessories – Make Your Own Flowers
No flamenco dance costume is complete without a flower in your hair. But, depending on where you live, it may not always be easy to find the perfect flower for your outfit. Or you might just prefer your flamenco costume to be really unique. In either case making your...
How to Sew Ruffles on a Sleeve
Sleeves of flamenco dresses and tops often feature ruffles. They come in many shapes and sizes - single, double or triple, asymmetrical, circular, gathered, with adornments or without, on full or 3/4 length sleeves. There are also several ways to sew the ruffles onto...
Coming Soon .. High Waist Trousers Pattern
Love high waist trousers? Lots of people have been asking recently and I'm working on the pattern. If that's something you're interested in just click the button below and you'll be the first to know when it becomes available.
Hi, I'm Anke Herrmann
Dressmaker for flamenco artists, passionate teacher and coach, dog lover, always learning something.
In 2004 I moved to Spain and started my own sewing business, specializing in made to measure flamenco dance costumes. The thing is I didn’t really know anything about flamenco dance costumes and found that there was no information online I could learn from.
I learnt over time and created this website so that you don’t have to figure it all out for yourself and can easily access everything you need to create beautiful, functional costumes that you are happy to show off in the dance studio or on stage.
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