so SO excited!!!! finished tutu!

deedee1017

I finished DD's tutu! Thank you to all the ladies who gave me great advice. I feel so proud!

Here's what I did: i used the tulle by the yard instead of the roll. I had already bought it so I cut that in half width wise, and then into 2.5" x 14" strips. I used three yards of tulle. I alternated stacking two or three strips on top of each other to make the tutu poofy. About 3\4 of the way through, I realized I was going to run out of the red tulle I bought. I remembered that I had a roll of white tulle from another project that was never opened. In the beginning, I couldn't decide if I wanted all red or red and white, but at this point I figured let me go back and add some white to it as an accent and to avoid having to run to the store again. So I loosened the knots and added one white strand between every three red ones. It worked and I didn't have to run to the store again. 

I absolutely love it!

deedee1017

sorry, the pic wouldn't attach before.  Not the best pic, but i couldn't wait for daylight!

Lesley0228

That looks awesome! Nice job!

CateOfChicago

I made one too after a friend had some girls over. We used those small rolls of tulle. She cut cardboard into the size necessary for the child's size. It only took a few minutes to wrap and cut the tulle. Looping the tulle took a little longer. Yours is super cute. Here is the finished product.

deedee1017

@CateOfChicago‌ that came out beautiful! I love the colors!

CateOfChicago

Here's an overpriced one I bought at a boutique before learning how. The tulle is light pink, hot pink and white with polka dots. The color combo is cute and this would be easy to do.

deedee1017

I think next time, I'd make the strips wider. It took me forever to knot them all. The one you bought from the boutique is so pretty! When tulle goes on sale again, I'm going to stock up. Dd is going to have nightmares about tulle when she gets older.

deedee1017

Snowboarderbritt said:

It looks great! Awesome job!

thank you!!

deedee1017

This is my inspiration for dd's party outfit

bionicb

How funny! I just finished my bf's daughters halloween tutu. I need to get working on A's... there are 8 different colors involved.

deedee1017

bionicb said:

How funny! I just finished my bf's daughters halloween tutu. I need to get working on A's... there are 8 different colors involved.

Must. See. Pics.
I am going to make Olivia a Halloween tutu too! She can wear it at the pumpkin farm when we go with all our family and where we will be celebrating her birthday with them. I think I'm just going to do orange and black. What colors are you doing?

bionicb

I'll take a pic of both girls halloween tutus when i get home. That way I can get on the laptop and actually post them.

A's bday tutu is dark purple, light purple, hot pink, pale pink, dark green, bright green,yellow, and orange. I may have miss counted. Im too ambitiois. One of the pinks has glitter, as does one of the purples. I dont know what I am thinking, I hate working with glitter tulle, but its just so cute!

bionicb

Wren (bffs baby) two tutus left and center (center is a teeny tiny one, only to cover the front half. Arias on the right. 

Tulle cut and sorted for Aria's bday tutu. 

carawasa

Looks great!!

dovetail223

Great job!

megs1409

It's absolutely adorable!!!  This makes me want a little girl!!! 

deedee1017

kicius56 said:

@deedee1017‌ It looks great! I have white tulle left over from a project I never did and would try my hand at a tutu. Would you mind sharing the how-to? Did I miss a post?

@Kicius56  I made a post the other day (https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12418341/making-a-tutu#latest) saying I wanted to make one and some of the other ladies who have made them gave me some great ideas and advice.

I googled around for a video that shows it best and this one looks pretty good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XOUANSosbw  If you use the tulle by the yard, just cut it into strips.  Initially, I made the knots really tight and it folded the elastic and took forever to finish.  Once I loosened them up a bit, it was better.

cassey910

Looks great!!

deedee1017

Thanks ladies!!

jennlin

maybe it's just me, but @deedee1017 's dog w/o a face creeps me out.

yes, i know it's backwards (RIGHT??!), but it's still creepy.

but the tutu is beautiful!

deedee1017

jennlin said:

maybe it's just me, but @deedee1017 's dog w/o a face creeps me out.

yes, i know it's backwards (RIGHT??!), but it's still creepy.

but the tutu is beautiful!

@jennlin I didn't want to go to bed before I finished it.  I tried to take a photo of just the tutu but it was just a pile of fluff.  I put it on the lamp shade and it looked dumb so the next (logical?) solution was to put it on the biggest stuffed animal dd owns.  He's a slouchy guy so i got a view from the back  sorry he creeps you out!

KerCo51

Beautiful!  This post has just convinced me to get a tutu for DDs first birthday pics.  I am too lazy to make one, though. DH is not going to be happy with her wearing a tutu, but I don't care.  Too cute!