This is such an easy and adorable skirt to make. You don’t need any special skills or equipment to make one of these pretty tulle tutu skirts, and you can put one together in about an hour.
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Supplies:
One of these bands from Michaels
Tulle in color(s) of your choice
Scissors
We really like the specific band from Michaels linked above because it has great elasticity, is the right width, and already has holes for attaching the tulle, but you may be able to find something similar at another store. Or, if you’d like your band to be a specific color, you can find the band material at Hobby Lobby on the spool in several colors. You could buy it off the spool and sew together your own band.
We put this skirt we made on a 7 month old and a 22 month old and it fit them both really well. We think you could use this band on an infant all the way up to a 2 year old, probably even a little older depending on her size. You may want to adjust the length of your strips of tulle depending on how big the child is. We cut our tulle into 12″ strips. If you’re making it for an infant, you may want to cut your tulle a bit shorter.
First, cut your tulle into 12″ long strips (or adjust length longer or shorter depending on the size of the child). The tulle is 6″ wide on the roll and you’re going to leave the width the same, so you will end up with 6″ x 12″ sections of tulle. We needed approximately 50 strips for this skirt. Tie a section of tulle in each hole of the bottom row on the band. The best way to tie the tulle to the band is to do the following:
- Fold the tulle in half lengthwise
- Push the folded end of the tulle through a hole in the band
- Loop the loose ends of the tulle through the folded section of the tulle, then pull it tight
Go all the way around the band until each hole on the bottom row has a section of tulle tied to it. And that’s it. Really easy, right? If you want a really full skirt you can always add additional rows of tulle.
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Love the skirt, such a cute idea!!!
Thanks Jenne!!
What every little ballerina needs! Thanks for sharing on the Thursday Blog hop!
Thank you so much Pam! The Thursday Blog hop is always so much fun!!
That is so cute! Pretty sure Lexie would look adorable in that skirt! 🙂
Thanks Mindy! And you’re right, Lexie would definitely look adorable in this!!
Oh my gosh, this is adorable! Thanks for sharing at The Makers! Pinned 🙂
Thanks so much Katie!!!
Adorable skirt! Thanks for linking up to our Motivational Monday party!
Thanks so much Amanda!! It’s such a fun new link party, I’ll definitely be back 🙂
What a great idea to use those bands! I was just looking at a band like that I bought from JoAnn’s that my daughter doesn’t wear anymore and was trying to think of something to do with it. I’m pinning this, thanks and now following on G+. 🙂
Thanks Bernadyn!! And I’m actually taking a break from social media stalking you to respond to your comment, so be expecting follows everywhere in addition to google+ :). Your blog is too cute!
Oh, that’s so sweet, happy you like it and so is yours!! Thank you so much!!
Adorable! Pinned. Hugs! Lou Lou Girls
So bummed I missed this contest, but I love the idea of using the headbands!! Do they come in different sizes at Michaels??
Hi Ali! I only saw the headbands in one size, but I found the exact same material the headbands are made of on a spool in the ribbon section at Hobby Lobby. So if you purchased the ribbon version of the waistband material, you could make it any size you want. Also, the ribbon version came in a bunch of different colors, so if you wanted to make a pink or purple one, you could make the waistband the same color 🙂
This is too much cuteness in one post! Thank you so much for stopping by last weeks Creative Spark Link Party! I hope you stop by to link up again this week! http://bit.ly/1vvIGjo
Thanks so much Michelle!! There were so many great projects linked up to your party, we will definitely be back!
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