Darvanalee Designs Studio

Scrappy TuTu!

now anyone that knows The Divine Miss N

know that she loves all things pretty

so the other day when i was surfing the 

net more to the point Pinterest :0) just a little addicted lol

 and she seen this pretty little Scrappy Tutu

she immediately started to hound me to make her one....

Now I'm not about to take any credit for this as it is not an 

original of mine...my source is  http://campclem.com

now you will need a few things 

1" wide elastic

Scissors

sewing machine

tape measure 

scrap fabric strips or a jelly roll 

1. measure you little one or in my case my 5yr old 

for the sizing of elastic 

2. then measure from the hip of your little one to their 

knee...this so you can work out how long your 

strips should be....The Divine Miss N measured 13" 

and then you times this number by 2

so my strips were 26" in length.

3. now to make the waist band simply 

take the 2 ends of the elastic and join them 

either by hand or machine sewing...I used my machine 

as it was quicker this way...

 

4. Now we take all our scrap fabric and either cut into strips 

approx 2" or 2.5" wide...now as i have a very impatient little 

girl...i took the easy way out and used up some of my 

left over jelly roll strips...so no cutting for me....YaY 

you then take your folded in half strips and you attach 

each strip to the elastic by way of a slip knot....

YaY no sewing...

you continue to do this until you have used all your 

strips...I used 46 in total...it works out to be 2 strips for 

every 1" of elastic..this way you will know just how many strips 

you will need ...It should look like this below :0)

Now you are done....

 

and i have one very happy little girl YaY 

now back to relaxing :0)

Happy Crafting 

Nicole :0)