I have a niece..... Do I need say more? For years, I had only nephews and though I love them dearly, they're just not "girly". When my sister found out she was pregnant with a girl I was SOOOOO excited and my mind went into overdrive with all the possibilities of things I could make for her.
Once my mind finally settled, I decided that I wanted to make her a tutu. A tutu? How the heck was I going to make a tutu?!?! To be honest, I'd never really looked at a tutu up close, but how hard could it be? As it turns out, not hard at all.
First, I scoured the web for tutorials and found one that gave me confidence to go out and take my try at making one on my own.
I decided that I wanted to make a pink, white and green tutu. With all the confidence I could muster, I went into my local craft store and headed straight for the tulle. I bought a yard of each and following the video step by step, desgined my masterpiece. It took me about 20 minutes from start to finish (can you believe it??) You can't really tell, but I packed the the ribbon I used as a waistband with as many strips of tulle as I could get.
To be honest, it ended up being a behemoth of a tutu, but not wanting to be deterred, I shipped it to my sister. Much to my suprise, it was an instant hit with my neice (and sister). When the time rolled around for her one-year old photos to be taken, the tutu was front and center as you can see by the photo above.
Well, my neice just turned three years old and I decided that I was ready to tackle another tutu. This time I decided to go BIG or go HOME. I made it using a rainbow of colors: red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise and purple. The colors are absolutely gorgeous and I got a fantastic deal on the tulle!
To be honest, it ended up being a behemoth of a tutu, but not wanting to be deterred, I shipped it to my sister. Much to my suprise, it was an instant hit with my neice (and sister). When the time rolled around for her one-year old photos to be taken, the tutu was front and center as you can see by the photo above.
Well, my neice just turned three years old and I decided that I was ready to tackle another tutu. This time I decided to go BIG or go HOME. I made it using a rainbow of colors: red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise and purple. The colors are absolutely gorgeous and I got a fantastic deal on the tulle!
I wanted to whip this one out quickly and wasn't as careful with the cutting as I should have been, but to be honest, you can't tell. Once again, I packed the strips of tulle closely together and repeated the colors twice. As you can see on the waist band, I used about 10 strips of tulle for each color and the finished tutu is so fun.
I loved my first tutu, but the rainbow colors just spoke to my heart. I kept it for a couple of months before I sent it on to be loved by my neice.
I loved my first tutu, but the rainbow colors just spoke to my heart. I kept it for a couple of months before I sent it on to be loved by my neice.
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