How to Make a Tutu Without Sewing

Watching a popular movie on dance can have your little one throwing tantrums about taking up dance lessons. If your daughter is keen on ballet dancing and is excited about doing pirouettes and plies, in cute little tutus, then it is time for you to start honing your skills in making tutus. Because you will need to have a stock of tutus in different colors and combinations ready for her different recitals. The easiest way to do so is to make a tutu without sewing. It will save you a lot of time, and well, it is just much easier to make, especially if, like me you are a disaster when it comes to needlecraft. In this article, we give you easy steps that will help answer your question.

Making a Tutu Without Sewing

To make a tutu you need a few essential items. The most important of these things is an elastic band of considerable width. If you do not want to use staple pins to close the elastic band once you have measured it around your child, buy a band of her size that is closed at both ends. This is easily available at any arts and crafts store. The other important thing that you will need to purchase is the material that you need in order to learn how to make a tutu dress. The best material for this would be tulle, as it falls as a ballet tutu must. Depending on whether you want to make a multi-colored tutu or a single toned one, select the material that you want. Other than this you will need a pair of scissors and a measuring tape. Now that you know what the things required are, let us move on the actual procedure for the same. Just follow the simple steps given below and you should be good to go.

• First and foremost, there are some important decisions that you need to make about the tutu skirt. The first decision is what to make: a tutu skirt or a tutu dress. Tutu dresses need quite a bit of sewing, so we suggest you stick to skirt.
• Next decide on what the length of the skirt will be. This will decide the length of the material for you. For example, if you need a skirt that is 20 inches long, then the length of the tulle needs to be around 40 inches.
• Once you have decided this, you will need to cut out enough strips of tulle to go around the elastic band. Let the width of each of these tulle pieces be approximately 6 inches.
• The next job for you would be to measure out the elastic band that will go around your child's waist (in case you have not bought a closed band). Once you have measured it, cut the elastic band with a little extra length, and staple the ends together.
• Now you can start attaching the pieces of tulle to the band. This is the easiest process to learn to make a tutu. All you need to do is place the center of the tulle piece on the elastic. Pull it at both sides and ensure that they are equal, and tie a knot with the tulle. Repeat this with all the other pieces of tulle.
• Once they are all tied to the elastic band, you can spread out the pieces of tulle evenly, so that the tutu looks more even.

Making a tutu without sewing is extremely simple. Once you have learned the basics, you can accessorize it the way you want with sequins and lace. You can also use the method to learn how to make a layered tutu without sewing. If your daughter is insistent that you learn how to make a tutu halter dress, then you can buy a ready-made halter in the same shade as the tulle cloth that you have bought, and attach it to the tutu skirt.