Tribe.net. Local Connections katribaltemple http://tribes.tribe.net/katerinastemplecostumes/thread/5bc0a12a-0731-454c-9d6c-b730c3d5d1a3 2008-02-14T23:36:03Z 2008-02-14T23:36:03Z

<div>There are a few spots left! Contact me directly for details and info. Cost for the day-long workshop is $120. Register with a friend and you each get a discount and pay only $100 each!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/katerinastemplecostumes">Katerina'sTemple BD Costume Workshops</a> - 0 replies </div>

katribaltemple 2008-02-14T23:36:03Z katribaltemple http://tribes.tribe.net/katerinastemplecostumes/thread/d7a8d598-660c-42e4-bb93-692baaf4c14b 2007-10-16T01:13:21Z 2007-08-30T21:11:55Z

<div>There were a number of ladies who contacted me asking for another workshop date because the first one coincided with vacations. So, I'm thinking about having another one in late Oct. The last two Saturdays of the month (20th, 27th) are available. If anyone has an opinion or preference I'd be happy to hear it, otherwise I'm just going to make a selection. <br/> <br/>Thanks!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/katerinastemplecostumes">Katerina'sTemple BD Costume Workshops</a> - 3 replies </div>

katribaltemple 2007-08-30T21:11:55Z katribaltemple http://tribes.tribe.net/katerinastemplecostumes/thread/fbfe912c-8679-448b-b54b-976e3fcb4039 2007-08-08T17:13:40Z 2007-06-27T20:49:16Z

<div>Katerina, professional custom clothier (for over 15 years) and bellydancer, will show you how to make a complete dance bra and belt set of superior quality and style, for much less than the cost of an imported costume. <br/> <br/> She will take you through the entire process, giving you the tips and tricks of the trade, enabling you to make your own unique, one-of-a-kind costumes. If you can thread a needle, you can make your own unique and beautiful bellydance costume, too! <br/> <br/> Limited only by your imagination, your hand-made creation will be a work of art; yet will hold up to performance after performance – and always with a perfect fit! <br/> <br/> <br/> ********************* <br/> <br/> You MUST pre-register for this workshop; space is limited for the benefit of personalized instruction. Payment may be made in 2 installments for your convenience, by check or Paypal - $60, by July 10th, and $60 by August 10th, which are non-refundable. <br/> <br/> If you wish to join us, please register ASAP, as you will be receiving a packet and list of what to bring along. This is a hands-on, intensive workshop; you will be required to bring all the materials necessary to make most of a complete bra and belt set. Cost of materials will vary by individual, of course, but a rough estimate of what the necessary items for the workshop might run, could be as little as $50. <br/> </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/katerinastemplecostumes">Katerina'sTemple BD Costume Workshops</a> - 5 replies </div>

katribaltemple 2007-06-27T20:49:16Z katribaltemple http://tribes.tribe.net/katerinastemplecostumes/thread/f3779698-477f-4127-906e-6f3569953f46 2007-06-29T00:50:25Z 2007-06-29T00:50:25Z

<div>Good question. Well, I'll tell you. <br/> <br/>I've been sewing professionally for over 15 years now (maybe 17, I've lost track...). My mother taught me to sew, because she, in her prehistoric and old world wisdom combined, thought that it was still essential for a girl to know in order to make her marriagable. So naturally, I cared little. But I did enjoy the creative aspects of it a great deal. I'd pick it up again on and off while growing up, but it wasn't until I was in college (as an older student, wife and mother) that I felt a real need to sew creatively for myself. So one year, for my birthday, I bought myself a very cheap sewing machine. And I will honestly tell you that I haven't been the same person since. I went crazy buying fabrics, patterns, notions; I explored books, sewing magazines, took workshops with the big celebrities in sewing (much like we do now for bellydance; yes, there ARE superstars of the sewing world...). I'd find myself sewing rather than studing (and I was a SERIOUS student!), sewing rather than writing papers, and sewing rather than studying for finals. It was good therapy; that's OK. <br/> <br/>I got good fast; and it quickly became a part-time busines. I was doing lots of odd projects, which was interesting, good practice and fun. Before long, I found myself begining to do a lot more upscale work; evening gowns, wedding dresses and non-traditional wedding ensembles, and particularly historical reproduction clothing primarily from the American Revolutionary War era. I couldn't have been happier living between these two worlds: the high-class, cocktail/formal world, and the eighteenth-centural colonial one. It was during this time that I began also seriously studying bellydance (another life-altering event). <br/> <br/>Life events occur, as they are wont to do, and I found myself again back in school; but this time when I emerged I began working as a biomedical researcher/scientist. Sewing took a back seat after that, but I still always continued to sew for myself and loved ones, and would take on some extrordinary commissioned project worth my precious little free time. More and more I found myself sewing almost nothing other than bellydance-related projects, however; costumes for myself, middle eastern-inspired garments for my mate/drummer, etc. What little I did purchase was invariably a disappointment (as it always is in the non-bellydance clothing world, as well). I kept thinking, "why are dancers throwing aways good money on that? or "I could make that 100 times better for 10 times less!" I have altered a very expensive imported costume for myself, before ever having worn it, and had things literally fall apart in my hands. I KNOW I can improve on the methods used in comercially available costumes - and have, drawing from my clothing construction background. And I KNOW there is no reason to pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars for ill-fitting, poorly constructed costumes that are nearly ephemeral (I've proved this many times over). And I KNOW I can teach ANY dancer to make her own beaurtiful, unique, original, perfectly-fitting works of art! <br/> <br/>And so that's why I'm here... To serve all my beautiful sister-dancers out there; to help them look gorgeous so we can dance together! <br/> <br/>Love, Katerina</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://tribes.tribe.net/katerinastemplecostumes">Katerina'sTemple BD Costume Workshops</a> - 0 replies </div>

katribaltemple 2007-06-29T00:50:25Z