Birthday Tutu

Today I wanted to share one of my other crafty passions.  Being a house full of little girls, WE LOVE A GOOD TUTU!!  In my first years of Mommyhood, I used to buy tutus for my daughter and they are not cheap.  They were however made very cheaply and never lasted more then a month or two.  Enter child #2, another little girl and I decided I would never pay for a tutu again!  So I bought a bunch of tulle and we now make our own, ones that can get used hard and still stay together.  For Christmas this past year, I made tutus for every little girl on our gift list.  My daughters put special orders in for the new ones they wanted but I kept telling them that we were making them for their friends/family.  They were bummed because they wanted a new one soooooo bad!  I did of course make them each one on Christmas Eve, so they were thrilled Christmas morning to each receive one in their special order colors!  I do not have the pictures of them together in them, but I will post it once I get the pics from my sister. 

Well, tonight we have a Birthday Party for a little girl in one of my daughter's preschool class.  Yesterday when I asked my daughter what she wanted to get her, she said she wanted to make her a tutu!  Despite being very short on time and tulle, I was able to whip this one up for the birthday girl!

 

Of course my oldest had to model it for everyone!  This is my favorite style to make.  I have found that tying off the ends keeps them from fraying and I think it really gives it a pixie look!  I'm not sure if Craft Us Crazy is still running the Anything Goes Challenge but I will try to link this.  I'm off to make a card for the Birthday Girl.  Have a great day!