It's Delia's birthday next week and I wanted to get her a tutu, so I turned to etsy to find myself one to buy. And then I figured I am sure I could make one myself. So I did.
I went to the fabric store and got 4 yards of tulle, 2 yards of light pink and 2 yards of dark pink. I think it costs about $1.50 a yard and you could use way less than I did. I made a super puffy tutu! I bought a couple of yards of ribbon and some rhinestones to glue on.
I cut the tulle into strips, mine were about 2 and 1/2 inches wide and 14 inches long (decide how long you want your tutu to be, double that and that should be your length). Then I took my ribbon and tied it between two chairs to make it easier to tie the tulle onto it. I used a lark's head knot to tie the tulle onto the ribbon. And about 45 minutes later I was done.
I decided to use a ribbon because I wanted it to have a cute bow but I thought when I was finished that I should have used an elastic so that Delia could get it on and off by herself and then just tie a bow onto the elastic.I found the instructions through flickr. If you google "flickr how to make tutu" you'll find it. I didn't want to link directly to the website because she has some, ahem, "artistic" pictures of herself in her tutu!
If Delia likes it, I'll post pictures of her wearing it next week! Happy tutu making.
