Project number 1: Kara's birthday tutu!

For the longest time I've been wanting to put my awesome talents to work. I decided to make my daughter her birthday outfit. It's going to be a green tutu, with a brown crochet top, and some awesome colorful flowers too! (: Her birthday theme is Luau, mainly with a secondary theme of Lilo and Stitch since she loves the movie.

I gathered all my material which was: elastic, lots and lots of tulle since I wanted a long full skirt, glue gun, measuring tape, scissors, and a bit of free time.

Her stomach area measured about 19 inches, so I cut the elastic at 17.

Please don't mind the stamp marks on the kitchen counter. Completely forgot to remove them before I did this. It's a long story as to how they got there. Lol.

So after that, you just glue the ends together like so:

 And yes, I know I'm in serious need of a manicure. Maybe once payday rolls around I'll ask the hubs if I can have a "girls day."

Anyway, back to business. So after that, when working with the elastic, you'll want to stretch it out. So try putting it on the back of a chair. I used one of Kara's.

 Yup. I'm a lazy momma wearing sweatpants. Just got done doing Zumba, I honestly didn't even want to move. Don't judge me.

After that, you'll want to measure how long you want the tutu. I went with 12 inches. No matter how long you want it, you'll want to double up the tulle. Like I want 12 inches, so I'll cut the tulle at 24 inches. I'm pretty terrible at describing things, but you just fold the tulle then put it through the whole. I hope these pictures help!

 Then do that over, and over, and over again. And soon,you'll have this:

 Remember to keep stretching the elastic.

 And just keep going until all the elastic is covered! Here's my beautiful model, well, modeling!

I needed to make a few adjustments, as the elastic was a bit too big!

Needless to say, she absolutely loves it! She kept patting the tulle and laughing. I can't wait to finish it. It's still crazy that she'll be 2 here in about one and a half months! <3

Stay tuned for my next project: Almond milk! Hope you enjoyed this post, and let me know what you think! It's fun, cheap, and easy!