Tutu anyone?

I’ve been a busy bee with arts and crafts lately. We went to Hobby Lobby last week and I decided I wanted to make a tutu to add as part of my photography props. They can be so expensive to buy so I thought “why don’t I just make one” so I did. I made 3 actually. But that’s only because that was how many it took for me to get it right.

The first attempt was pink and white. I cut the tulle into thin strips...to thin actually. So it lacks...character I suppose. Definitely didn’t turn out like I had hoped:My second attempt wasn’t much better. I had decided that the reason I didn’t like the pink/white one was because I had cut the strips to thin. So this time I didn’t cut them width wise at all, but I made it to long: So I think I will take that one apart and cut them shorter so that I can still have a red tutu with out having to buy new tulle. Also by taking it apart I could get two out of it or make it bigger instead of wasting so much tulle and just cutting off the ends.

My most recent attempt gave me the cutest little tutu, although I may be biased since I did make it. But I figured out it needed to be shorter and it needed at least 2 pieces of tulle for each strand. So I used a shimmering purple and white and ended with this: Now that I have figured out how long to cut the tulle these have become pretty easy to make. The last one took me about an hour, which includes cutting all of the tulle and then attaching them to the ribbon. And it cost me about $7.00. I bought the rolls of tulle at hobby lobby and used 1 of each color for this one. Basic colors (white, red, green, blue) are $2.99 and the others are $4.99. But the shimmering purple was on clearance for $2.99 so I grabbed those up. I think I want to make an aqua/blue/green one next, but that one of course will cost more.

Now I just need to find some little models to put these on. They are pretty easy to make, so easy in fact I may make up a bunch to sell. It gives me something to do while I’m catching up on my shows that have filled up my DVR.

But if you are interested in making your own I found lots of ways to make them by doing a Google search on How to make a tutu. Most of them tell you to use elastic but I just used ribbon so that I could use it on all sizes by either tying it tighter or looser as needed. And now that I’ve shown you how not to make them you can jump right to the perfect tutu with out trouble shooting like I had to.

Good luck and let me know how it turns out if you make one.