Can you sew on tulle?

brightning

I made DD a tutu (eeek! she loves it!!! I'll PIP when it's totally done). But she wants "sparkles" on it. Without getting out the needle/thread and trying it for myself, does anyone know if there's a way to sew on tulle? I was thinking of maybe just sewing sequins on it. Would this work? Or can it not withstand the tug of the thread? I'm assuming a hot glue gun would melt it (don't have one of those, but they're cheap and I'd buy one if it worked).

Can I even tell you how happy it made me for DD to squeal with delight this morning when she came out of her room to see a 90% finished tutu in the livingroom? Other than her recent obsession with pink, she isn't into a whole lot of girly things. I love-love-love that she had on boys PJs (blue shorts, shirt with a lion driving a scooter), and yet she put on a pink tutu and played the guitar within 30 seconds of waking up. WHY wasn't I awake enough to pull out my camera?!!!

KUJayhawkBride

Are you talking about individual sequins all over it? If that's what you mean, I would do them by hand. They also make stretchy sequin (I think with the ribbon) that you could add around the waistband or even around the bottom.

KUJayhawkBride

btw, that's so fun! I'm glad she loves it, D loves hers too! 

neverblushed

I would look for sequins that have a little hole in the middle, then hand stitch the sequins to the tulle.

I once tried to use hot glue on tulle and the glue actually melted the tulle.

Mysterious_wife

Allens glue might work.  They make a gel that dries quickly. It would be faster than sewing them by hand.