Everybody Needs a (COMFY) Simple Black Leo!
Are you dancing in person these days? For most of last year, my dance company, World Dance Company, was doing virtual rehearsals. It is an interesting challenge to learn choreographies, especially partner work- or formation-intensive choreographies, through...
My Favorite Sewing Tools
Today I'm going to tell you about my favorite sewing tools! The best way to learn about these tools, why I like them and how I use them is to take my free DIY Athletic Leotard Course. You'll see in real time in videos exactly how I use them. However, I...
Trial and Error in Designing Leotards
Today I'm going to walk you through my process of designing, sewing, evaluating and fixing a new leotard. I decided that I needed a sleeveless leotard design, because while I'm sure there are many like me who want more leotards with sleeves, especially cap...
Princesses, Peasants, & Leotards
Secretly, I've been thinking about doing this for a long time—making princess-inspired leotards. 😊 I've drawn lots of princess leotard designs, but this is my first time actually sewing one! I thought Halloween was a good time for it. I won't actually be...
Superheroes Wear Leotards!
Today's post is pretty much just about me having fun making a Supergirl leotard. 😁 Once upon a time I daydreamed about what kind of Halloween costume I might be able to make involving a leotard. I came up with several options (more on that in later posts),...
How to Sew Your Own Leotard
I’ve talked before about why you should make your own leotards. My last blog post was about how to start, by making a customized basic leotard pattern that you can use over and over to design new leotards. Today I’m going to tell you more about how to...
How to Make a Basic Leotard Pattern
What is a basic leotard pattern? A basic leotard pattern is not one that you actually cut out of fabric and sew into a leotard. It’s solely a paper pattern, and it goes all the way up to your neck in front and back, and it has sleeves. The important thing...
4 Reasons You Should Make Your Own Leotards
Alrighty. We’ve established that typical leotards are unsatisfactory. Now let’s talk about why leotards that YOU make can be awesome. 1. You can make comfy leotards In my last post, I shared how typical leotards leave lovely, red, itchy indents in your skin...
Why You Should Stop Settling for Typical Leotards
A couple of years ago I created a leotard survey for my dancer friends to ask them how they felt about leotards. I asked several questions that started with “how satisfied are you with leotard ?” Leotard styles, leotard colors, leotard coverage,...
3 Features That Make a Leotard “Athleticwear”
Three features may not sound like a lot, but these three things actually make a huge difference. Let me tell you what turns a typical leotard into athleticwear. Enclosed seams Typical leotards have exposed serged seams on the inside, and exposed serged and...