Tulle Tutus

Ever since our Young Women sold some tulle tutus at their fund raiser auction I have been trying to get around to finding a pattern and making some. Today I completed two, and I have plenty of fabric leftover for at least two more. The best part is that I made each tutu for less than three dollars and all I needed was a ruler, a pair of scissors, fabric, ribbon, and Bekah.

• Ruler: to measure the 4 inch wide strips
• Scissors: to cut strips after folding the fabric and measuring it (fold the fabric over and over again until it is only a few inches wide so that a shorter, straighter cut can be made the width of the fabric at one time)
• Fabric: to make the skirt (as poofy or as flat as you want; I used about 1 1/2 yards for each skirt) by looping the fabric around the ribbon in a "U" shape and making a not by pulling the ends through the bottom of the "U" around the ribbon
• Ribbon: to tie the fabric onto and to tie the skirt around the wearer's waist (the fabric is knotted around the 2 inch wide ribbon that has been fold in half and pressed with an iron, leaving enough leftover ribbon to tie a bow to join it around the wearer's waist)
• Bekah: to measure her waist and her height to determine how long I want the skirt to be on her (I ended up cutting each strip in half by the width, so I had 2 shorter pieces that were 4 inches wide instead of one long one)

I will post pictures after I try the finished product on Bekah tomorrow. She insisted that she only wanted a tutu if it was completely pink and would not try on the one that was predominantly pink with a few scattered, green accent pieces (I am going to make her a green skirt and hope I can convince her to be Tinkerbell for Halloween). She informed me that the pink and green one was "your pretty dress" and that I had ruined "my pretty dress" (imagine a tearful voice and foot stomping here), so I made her another one that is all pink. And since Benjamin was in on the tulle shopping I had to get him some black tulle to make him a football jersey. Wish me luck on that one!