Posted in tutorials, tagged kids, tutorial, tutu on May 30, 2010|
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This tutorial is a quick, easy and inexpensive project that you’ll love. This tutu is made for dolls between 10″ and 18″, but can be easily adjusted to make either larger or smaller.

Supplies:
1/4″ Elastic, scissors, needle and thread or sewing machine, 1 metre (or yard) of tulle

Cut a 9″ length of elastic for dolls 9-12″ tall or cut a length 11″ for dolls 18″ +. Then either hand sew or machine sew the 2 ends together to create a circle. Just make sure its well secured.
Next, cut your tulle into 3″ wide strips. Then cut those strips into 4 – 10″ (approximately) pieces. You don’t have to be exact, just eyeball it the best you can.

Next, take your 10″ strip and fold in half. Put the folded end through the elastic circle and then pull the 2 cut ends over the elastic and through the folded tulle loop.

Pull the ends to tighten it gently. At first you might have to play with it a bit to figure out the tension but after the first few you kind of get the feel of it.

Continue to work your way around the elastic, sliding the pieces snuggly together as you go so you don’t see any white of the elastic. If you have a few pieces of tulle left over I suggest you try to squeeze them in as when you stretch the tutu out you will be able to see the elastic peaking through and we don’t want this. So better to have too many than too little.

Voila! All done. Now try making them in all different colors and embellish as you wish. Have fun!
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