Tutu Tutorial

Photo courtesy of Skip to My Lou

Its really not as hard as it looks!

There's little to no sewing involved and is the simplest thing to make.

There are heaps of similar tutorials for this out there, you just have to google 'tutu tutorial' and you get dozens. But I liked this one by Skip to My Lou because it's made in more of a random fashion and I like that.

• To make one you will need 5-6 metres of tulle cut into strips of different widths. The amount of tulle you decide to use will determine how full the tutu will be.
• A length of elastic. I recommend a thin elastic as the thick elastics curl up when you tie the tulle on.
• A needle and thread just to sew the elastic ends together

Take a length of elastic that will fit snugly around the child's waist and sew the two ends together.

Tie the tulle strips onto the elastic by folding the tulle and pulling the ends through the loop.

Continue to do this with all the remaining strips all around the elastic.

If you wanted a neater looking tutu you would need to cut the strips of tulle to the same widths and once the tutu is made trim the lengths to make them even. I like the unevenness of it though, so I leave it as is.

Extra tid-bits:

Try using several different colours like pink, white and black; or red and white

You might choose to add some ribbon or other fabric strips into the mix

You could get your children to help (or even make their own) with this one