Yes, I made Amelie Belle a fabric-scrap tutu for Christmas, except that I did not have any fabric scraps appropriate for her to wear with her hot-pink cow-girl boots so I bought some of those 97-cent fabric samples at Walmart. I bought 8…maybe just 7, and a roll of one-dollar hot pink grosgrain ribbon. I already had the elastic.
I cut the fabric into strips 4-6″ wide, some the shorter diection of the fabric and some the loger direction. Then I looped them over a pice of elastic measuring 15″ around. I ended up cramming so many strips onto it, it stretched the fabric and her little buns couldn’t hold it up on Christmas morning. So it has to be pinned for now.
This is a totally no-sew skirt and if it begins to fray, you just snip here and there. Easy and pretty stinking cute.
ARE YOU R E A D Y for the great r e v e a l ? ? ?
I present Amelie Belle Rhoades in her scrap-fabric tutu.
Beautiful photography by her Auntie Stephanie
I mean – how stinking cute did she make that skirt look???
Love my little Belle-Baby!
Tags: DIY scrap-fabric tutu, DIY tutu, little girl's skirt, no-sew
That girl is adorable and you did a great job on the skirt!
So cute!!
Awww! I called my whole family to the computer to see how cute she looks.
Hello,
I love the cute skirt you made for Amelie Belle! She looks ADORABLE! I would like to make one for my granddaughter. Could you, please, give me directions on how you cut the fabric and how you tied it to the elastic. I see fabric triangles in one of the photos and can’t figure out how to make this skirt.
I would greatly appreciate your help.
Thanks,
…For the love of my granddaughter Eva Luna
The fabric squares I bought were 18″ x 21″. I cut them into strips (some squares I cut into long 21″ lengths, others into the 18″ lengths). Instead of just leaving the ends “squared-off,” I cut the ends at an angle to create a “point.”
Then I just tied it around the elastic – nothing fancy, just a regular old tie. Since the edges are unfinished, it doesn’t seem like there will be an issue with it coming untied. I did probably use way too much fabric, as I actually accidentally stretched the elastic.