How do i make ice skating clothes? Help me pls!?

Question

My daughter is new in the ice skating sport and here in the philippines clothes for the said sport is costly. Can someone help me

Answer 1

Use a figure skating dress pattern and make sure to use 4 way stretch fabric. You can find patterns and fabric at your local fabric store. Figure skating anywhere is very costly, not just the dresses and tights, but the skates are also very expensive. Here are some links that will show you the patterns used to sew figure skating dresses http://www.jalie.com/sewingpatterns/figu...

http://www.skatingdresspattern.com/webpa...

http://www.kwiksew.com/Catalog/cat_detai...

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http://www.denverfabrics.com/pages/stati...

You can also try to see if you can find other skaters who have dresses that they are selling and get them for a much better price.

Answer 2

there are plenty of online stores for skating outfits. and all which are not too much money.

Answer 3

This book has instructions and patterns for one piece and two piece "actionwear" - including styles for skating.  In the Amazon Editorial Review, it says "even a beginner sewer can follow and be able to make professional looking garments".      

Kwik Sew's Swim & Action Wear

http://www.amazon.com/Kwik-Sews-Swim-Act...

You don't have to wear fancy skating outfits to skate . . . especially true for practice!  Stretchy leggings and layering a t-shirt with a light jacket/sweater is totally fine.  As long as she is warm and can move around freely!  

For practice, she can also wear a leotard with a wrap or pull on skirt (the "dance" look . . . easily interchangable and less work to wash) - with a sweatshirt/jacket/sweater on top.  I've occasionally put my swimsuits to use (if the cut is appropriate of course) - add a wrap skirt and there's an instant skating outfit.  I had a friend who just made tons of wrap skirts in whatever fabric/color . . . and she just threw it on whatever she was wearing - even unitards and over leggings.

However, going for the skirt/dress look, you MUST invest in skating tights . . . there are NO substitutes for those (for thickness, durability, and warmth!).    

Hope that helps some!

Answer 4

go 2 second hand stores, op shops and stuff. its really hard 2 make

Answer 5

Make sure you use a 4-way stretch material! I learned that the hard way.  

Here's a site with patterns: http://www.jalie.com/sewingpatterns/figu...