What little girl doesn’t love a tutu?! Since I don’t have any little girls, I thought I would find some little girls and make them a tutu for Christmas! These were so much fun to make! They are definitely time consuming. The tutu’s I made are very full of tulle and took me about 2.5 hours to make each one.
Here are the instructions to making your very own. I did come across some excellent you-Tube videos of them and the links are below.
Things you will need:
1. Thick ribbon. (I used 1.5-2 inch wide ribbon) I did find that using the softer ribbon was easier to work with, however did have the same results.)
2. Tulle. I bought rolls of tulle that was 6 inches wide. I took a knife and cut each in half with a sharp knife making sure each side was 3 inches wide. Yes, even cut the cardboard rolls in half. I have shown in the picture 2 rolls, however I did end up using 3-4 rolls for each tutu. I like mine full!
3. Scissors, tape measure.
4. Optional: I found these beautiful butterflies at Michaels craft store. They had little clips on the back. I removed them and hot glued the butterflies onto the tutu at the end.
Steps
1. Measure the girls waist. The girl I was making it for has a waist of 20 inches. I added 20 inches on each side in order to tie the tutu. That means my ribbon was 60 inches long. I cut the ends at an angle for a more feminine look.
2. Tie a knot at 20 inches in and another knot 20 inches in. This is to prevent any slipping of the tulle. I also like that when the girl grows, you can always make the tutu larger. It can grow with her!
3. I cut my 3 inch wide tulle 24 inches long. That way when I fold it in half in measures 12 inches long just the perfect length for a little girl! Take your first piece and make a loop.
4. I do apologize for the quality of the pictures, but you get the idea!
Next take the loop and put it behind the ribbon as shown.
5. Loop to end of the piece of tulle through the loop.
6. Pull to piece of tulle to tighten.
7. Tighten the tulle.
8. Slide the piece of tulle over to the knot.
9. Be sure to choose a pattern. For the pink tutu I used 4 white and then 2 pink. For the blue/green/white I attached 5 pieces of white, one blue, one green, one blue and then 5 pieces of white again. You can decide how full you want the tutu. Just slide the pieces to your liking. I did see a couple tutu tutorials and they added ribbon pieces onto the tutu. I LOVED the butterflies and couldn't resist!
Cost
I found that canadian prices of tulle is pretty high compared to purchasing the tulle on e-Bay or in the united States.
1. Each roll of tulle is $5.00. I did use four rolls.
2. Spool of Ribbon: $3.00
3. Butterfly accessories: $6.00
4. Time: 2.5 hours
Now all I need is a little girl of my own!! I cannot wait to see the look of these girls’ faces on Christmas morning!!
Enjoy!!
Here are the tutorials below. They are excellent!!
