A Sprinkle of Sugar and Glitter: Three Cheers for Tutus

Everyone has their own idea of what homecoming means to them. For me, it means tutus, lots of sparkles, and even more school spirit! Being a cheerleader, and especially a captain, school spirit kind of has to be exploding out of me. Luckily for you (and me) it explodes out through costumes. This week is our homecoming week, and what better way to show school spirit while still looking cute than with a tutu!

I made one a few years ago for cheer that was similar, but I couldn’t quite remember how to do it. (Let’s be honest, I can barely remember yesterday!) Thanks to www.auratreasury.blogspot.com for the awesome reminders!

Now, it’s my turn to teach you. It’s easy, I promise! It all starts with a few simple things:

LIST OF THINGS YOU WILL NEED:

Ribbon -You will want a thick ribbon- anything over 1.5” will do! Also any color will work, I chose to do black as it is one of my school colors. (You pretty much cover all of it up)
Tulle- I found that the 6” X 12 yd worked best, but it’s up to you!
Scissors

Your first step will be to measure your ribbon around the waist of the person you are making the tutu for. Be sure to cut it long enough so that you can tie it at the end.

Now we move on to the actual making of the tutu. You can either choose to keep your ribbon flat, or tie it and

have it rounded. I found it is easiest to do the first few flat and then tie it.

You will begin by making sure your ribbon is flat.

Then, you will want to take one of your colors (it doesn’t matter which) and make it the length you want.made

Once you have your length, you will want to fold it in half and then cut it.

Now you want to take the folded piece of tulle and tuck it under your ribbon.

Now your tulle should be separated by the ribbon with two ‘halves’. The folded half and the tails. You will want to take your two tails (Hold them together) and bring them up through the loop on top.