Tutu: almost no sewing

This was such a simple project that I actually wasn't even going to blog it, but then there were adorable pictures.

Like that. Yeah.

And that. I actually had zero plans to make Myra a tutu today, but when I got a shipment of neon pink stretch lace in the mail, I thought this would be a good distraction. And it is.

I based this tutu on the No Sew type tutu, for which there are at least 40 gazillion tutorials on the web. I did make a few changes to the general method you see on those tutorials, mostly because I really wanted this to be a super fluffy tutu and most of those look more like slightly puffy skirts.

I started off with 2 inch wide elastic. I wanted to tutu to have a nice wide base, so that it would flare out rather than drape down. I didn't have spools of tulle, just yardage from my stash, so I cut strips about 4 inches wide and roughly 2 feet long.

Most of the tutorials use a looping slipknot sort of thing, but I think this type knot really encourages the loops of tulle to hang downward, so instead I made square knots with my strips of tulle, allowing them to stick out from the elastic base.

I also think a nice fluffy tutu relies on tons of tulle for body, so I crammed as many knots on there as I could. She's been dancing in it all day, so it's a win. And hopefully I can get my pants finished before she remembers that neon pink lace...

ETA
On a related note, I just heard that Disney plans a Princess-style makeover on my favorite princess, Merida. I'm very upset about this, as they are sexing her up, and turning her into someone that I'm not sure I want my own princess to model herself after. Myra loves Merida, and I don't want that to change.

My little Merida

There is a Change.org petition to protest this. I'm not sure how well that will work a week before the "crowning", but it's something. You can find it here - https://www.change.org/petitions/disney-say-no-to-the-merida-makeover-keep-our-hero-brave