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Dress up your baby at Christmas or any time, with colors that you choose for the holiday.
You can also make them for larger sizes. See instructions at the end of this blog.
Everyone loves to dress up a baby girl for picture taking around the holidays and a tutu makes little girls look like little angels. I saw some soft emerald green netting when I went into Houston yesterday and fell in love with it. It had sparkling glittering green dots all over it and that's what caught my eye. It was 60% off so one yard came home with me and it kept on beckoning to me to make something. This morning I decided to design and make a baby's tutu that would be a lovely attention getting during the holidays.
These instruction are to fit a large/extra large baby age 9-12 month. However, you can lengthen the satin and skirt net for a toddler. Once you understand how it is made, you can adjust accordingly.
How to make it.
Think soft when you choose the net and satin. Remember it will go on a baby and it must be comfortable.
You will need 1/2 yard of soft net 60" wide
3" by 36" of soft satin
42" of 1/8th to 1/4" ribbon.
Cut out 3" by 36" soft satin.
Pin and sew it into a circle.
I over locked both sides because satin frays when handling, but that is up to you.
Cut 2 pieces of soft net 16" by 60".
Make each net piece into a circle by joining seams and set one aside. Run a row of gathers on one side of the other one and draw it up to fit the satin. Right sides together, pin the gathered net to one side of the satin. Sew them together, turn right side out and top stitch on the satin. This will make the net lay nice and flat.
Do the same with the other net piece on the other side of the satin.
Right side out, fold the satin in half so that the skirt now has two layers. Pin all around, then top stitch 1/2" from the top of the satin. This is now the casing for the ribbon.
Lay the skirt with the circle joins at the back and to one side of the front, put 2 pins 1/2" apart. Use a seam ripper and carefully make a small slit on the top part of the satin only. DON'T GO THROUGH THE BOTTOM PART OF THE SATIN. Use a dab of fray check on each slit to stop them from fraying.
Through one slot, use a safety pin and thread the 42" of ribbon all around to the other slot and come out. Draw up and tie a bow.
Larger sizes.
I made this one to fit a toddler. Follow the directions for the baby skirt.
1 5" piece of satin.
2 10" pieces of net.
46" length of ribbon.
For how to make the headress click here
See how to make a fabric butterfly necklace, click here
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