Hip Belts Handmade By Fulya

Flames!!!

I have been making these hip belts for a few years now and selling them on our travelling Souk www.kookiekaftan.co.uk Each belt is a one of art peice and I have never made two the same. This is the kind of work I love to do. They work well on bellydancers, as a hip belt is an essential  part of our costume, but they look great worn over jeans or with a goth / steampunk look (particularly the "Bustle Bum" Belts). I will be selling them on etsy soon; In the mean time here are a few I have made for myself .

Gorgeous Green

Both Flames and Gorgeous Green are "Bustle Bum Belts" - many layers of fabrics were cut into strips, edged with a rolled hem on my overlocker and gathered to make the ruffles. It works best if the fabrics are different textures. 

"Flames" is decorated with 3 layers of velvet in red, orange and yellow appliqued by machine, to make the Hot Rod style flames. I also added Hotfix crystals for extra sparkle. 

"Gorgeous Green" was decorated with a pre-brought drop beaded trim sewn on to ribbon, I used it around the bottom edge and used it to make swags over each thigh. I re-used a ready made beaded belt for the top beaded trim. The belt bases were both made out of Velvet. 

Dia De Los Muertos 

This belt was made for a Dia De los Muertos themed dance and costume. I used printed cotton fabric to cut the pictures from and appliqued them onto the belt base by machine. I then added ruffles to border the best and sewed the large crystals on, and used smaller Hotfix crystals for more sparkle. The Roses are made from lengths of fabric that are rolled and folded into the rose shape.