Free Directions for Making a No-Sew Tutu
Notions: Tulle: 6 yards total. You can use one solid color or a combination of colors.
Elastic: ½-inch wide for babies and toddlers/1-inch wide for older children. You will need a piece long enough to go around the waist of your child.
Instructions
Step 1: Lay tulle out across a large flat surface with fold toward you. Cut 6-inch wide strips using all of the tulle. You can use a cutting board and rotary blade or just cut with scissors. It is not important that the strips be perfectly straight or exactly 6 inches wide.
Tip: If you do not have a ruled cutting board to help measure the tulle you can lay the first piece of tulle you cut over the top and use as a pattern to cut out your remaining pieces.
Step 2: Wrap elastic around child’s waist and cut where edges just meet. Overlap elastic 1-inch over the other side and staple together along both edges. Make sure staples are running up and down, not from side to side. You can also hand stitch the elastic together or sew on a sewing machine.
Tip: Elastic is available in several different colors. Try to find a color that will be less obvious if it shows through the tulle. Here is a website where you can order different colored elastic for pretty good prices: http://www.laceheaven.com.
Step 3: Open a strip of tulle and place the center over the back of the elastic. Pull tulle around to the front and tie snuggly. Repeat with all tulle pieces.
Step 4: Once all pieces are securely tied on you can spread them out more evenly and you are ready to set back and watch your little one dance up a storm!
