Tutu Fun

In last few weeks several people have mentioned tutus to me, this last time I finally decided to see if I could make a tutu that we could afford. The last display of tutus I saw were really, really expensive, in the $100 range. I found some great blogs talking about no sew ones, so I figured I would try that first.
Tulle is not as expensive as I thought it would be considering how much tutus even at a big box store cost.  I got 9 yards of tulle in 3 colors, 5 yards of lavender, 2 yards of dark green, and 2 yards of fuchsia, for $13.  I only needed 6, but I got extra for mistakes. I repurposed two stretchy toddler short waistbands. The shorts were stained or had holes and were just waiting to be made into rags. With all that I made a short tutu and long tutu. It took me less than 3 hours with toddler interruptions.  They are super cute, so I will have to cut down on my complaints that I never get to buy cute stuff for my kiddo. They are also reversible, so will make great play clothes for my beginning dresser.