For several years, a tutu skirt remains the trend of the season. It is worn by the smallest fashionistas, and teenagers, and twenty-year-old girls. It is not surprising that online forums are full of questions about how to sew a tutu skirt. Moms want to make daughters a fashionable new thing, and beginner needlewomen are in a hurry to find application of their talents in life.
The tutu is almost two hundred years old. Even the name of the ballerina who became the first owner of this model is known. It was a brilliant dancer from Italy Maria Taglioni. It was for her, according to the sketch of the artist and admirer of the talent of the ballerina Eugene Louis Lamy, that the world's first ballet tutu was made. At first, such skirts were bulky and longer. They were sewn only in black and white colors, and only in the middle of the twentieth century did the bundles acquire their current, already classic, shape. A tutu skirt, sewn according to all the canons, is found only on the stage. The number of layers of fabric that this skirt consists of is from 10 to 15. The shape of the silhouette is held by a special wire fixed between the layers. Only experienced costumers and designers know how to sew a tutu. With your own hands it is better to make a simpler model.
In fashion today, special emphasis is placed not on classic models, but on somewhat modified styles. And the most popular of them is the American tutu skirt. Moreover, it is interesting in that for the manufacture of such a skirt, sewing is not required as such. So how to make or how to sew a tutu skirt?
First of all, you need a piece of tulle with a size of 4 to 6 meters with a width of one and a half meters, and with a width of 3 meters with a length of 2 to 3 meters, as well as a thick elastic band with a width equal to the waist volume minus 3 cm. All fatin is cut into pieces with a width of 15 cm and a length equal to the double length of the skirt plus 2 cm. When choosing the fabric, it is necessary to take into account the fact that the color of the skirt due to the drapery will be paler than the color of the fabric in the roll. The same effect is obtained if a chiffon skirt is sewn. Therefore, it is better to choose brighter shades.
You can use not a cut of tulle, but tulle in rolls with a width of 15-20 cm. They are also cut into strips of a length equal to two skirt lengths plus 2 cm. In this case, 2 or 3 of such rolls will be required. The required amount of fabric depends on the splendor of the skirt and its length. But in general, at least 60 ribbons should go for 1 skirt. If you want to create a more creative model, then the ends of the strips can be cut obliquely.
In this skirt model, only one seam needs to be sewn: sew the elastic in a circle. No more seams are required. Now proceed to how to sew a tutu skirt.
To do this, we stretch the elastic on the back of the chair. Now we twist each ribbon of tulle, fold in half and make a loop around the elastic. At the same time, the knot itself should be made free so that the gum does not twist. Next, the next tape is taken and the procedure is repeated. The more stripes, the more magnificent the skirt. If you want to make a particularly magnificent option, then you can immediately fold 2 ribbons of tulle, but the material will leave in this case more. All gum should be filled evenly with knots with ribbons. They should fit snugly together. Now it remains to fluff the ribbons of tulle, and the skirt is ready.
But how to sew a skirt-pack of fabric of different colors or shades changing into each other? To do this, choose tulle of different colors, depending on the composition. You can take several shades of pink and white or choose diametrically different tones: black and red. Then the tapes simply alternate.
The fabric with the pattern should not be taken, because the pattern is lost in the cut ribbons. If it is necessary that the pattern of the top or accessories is combined, then you should also choose several shades of fabric of the main palette used.
The general principle of construction allows you to completely solve the question of how to sew a skirt-tutu. For example, create an asymmetric style: a shorter hem in the front and a long back. This effect is achieved through the use of strips of different lengths.