a butterfly costume - part 2 - the tutu skirt

Happy Wednesday Friends!! I am ready to show you part 2 of Lauren's butterfly Halloween Costume! If you missed part one check it out here.

Also to recap, according to Lauren a butterfly costume has:

1. butterfly wings
2. matching tutu skirt
3. antennas
4. "wings on my eyes"

here is the cuteness!

For the tutu style skirt here is what you need:

*fabrics, tulle, ribbon, etc. It is a scrappy style tutu

*scissors and sewing supplies, lighter

*a small chair

*no roll elastic

*cardboard

I know there are many tutorials out there for making this style tutu but here is another. That way you dont have to go searching for one

Measure your child's waist and cut your elastic. I have seen some tutorials say cut it 1" shorter than the waist some say longer. I just went with a little shorter because I tend to tie these too tight and so the elastic is stretched a bit

Anyhow, cut it and sew with a zig zag stitch. This is the only sewing so feel free to hand stitch or just tie it in a know to make it no sew

Decide how long you want the skirt to be. I decided 7"-9" would be good. I have this cardboard already cut to 18". cut the board about 2 times plus 2 inches longer than you want the tutu to be

I cut all of my fabrics (some knit, tulle and the ribbon) using this method. all tulle and knit 6" wide. TIP buy the tulle on the 6" rolls. Saves lots of cut time. Then just wrap it around the cardboard and secure it to the cardboard with elastic headbands. Then clip the ends. (sorry no picture of this step)

After I cut the ribbons I heat sealed all of the ends

Now you have a big pile of strips all 18" long. You will need way more than you think you need

place your elastic around the chair. For a smaller tutu I used to put the elastic around the top of my leg. I definitely prefer that method but she is too big now. 

now for the knots. make a loop in front of the elastic with the ends up

put your fingers through the loop and reach behind the elastic and pull the ends through

tighten - but not too tight

keep going. I didnt go in any real pattern

Use all of the fabrics all the way around

And then add the ribbons. I used a more secure knot for them because they kept coming loose.

Now you have a super cute tutu skirt!

It matches the mask nicely!