DIY Forest Styled Fairy Tutu

This is a shorter style tutu.  The forest fairy tutu is perfect for a little one on the go.  My granddaughter was able to play outside with it and had no issues climbing or sliding.  It worked very well for my very active forest fairy.
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Forest Fairy Tutu Supplies

This fairy tutu is made using a simple no sew method.  You do not need a sewing machine to create this tutu.  Here is the list of supplies.

To make this tutu you will need:

Various Types of Tulle

There are numerous types of tulle. Tulle comes in silk, polyester, cotton, or nylon. Quality and cost vary widely, wedding tulle that comes in bolts was the highest quality of tulle I found.  I was not willing to cut the tulle into strips, so I  purchased rolls of precut wedding décor tulle made from nylon.

Tutu Sizing

The tutu is 18 inches long. Each strip needs to be 40″ long to accommodate for the tulle used to make the knot.

Measure the tulle:

It will save you time if you make a cardboard template for cutting the tulle.

Cut the cardboard to 20″, with a pen mark one end of the cardboard where it will remain visible once covered in tulle.  Start the tulle at that end and flip the cardboard twice for each length of tulle needed.

I counted until 20 before stopping to cut.  Carefully cut the tulle at one end ( makes ten strips). Once you cut all your tulle you can start assembling the tutu.

Attaching the Tulle

Adding the tulle is a very straightforward process.  The holes the headband were small. Instead of stretching the headband to accommodate my fingers I pulled the tulle through using a large crochet hook.

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Starting on the third row from the bottom, attach a strip of tulle to every hole. Repeat the process for three rows

For the top multicoloured row.  Starting at the front,  3 spaces to the left of center add a dark green tulle strip, leave four spaces, add a purple, repeat evenly around the headband, make sure to end with green at the front to create a gap as shown.
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Make the Forest Fairy Waistline Arrangement

This forest fairy tutu has a bohemian style bodice with various leaves and flowers. This design uses lots of greenery,  leftover leaves from of dollar store flowers can be used.

Place leaves in every second hole attach them loosely with a needle and thread. Make sure to break up the threads into sections so the waistband can stretch.  Complete this all the way around.

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Start to build the centerpiece by adding two long stems to the outside for structure. Sew the stems to the waist and then tack them to the tutu in spots.

Fill in the display with wide leaves on the bottom,  weave into the headband and sew where you can.  Supplement with glue where ever you can that won’t show.  Weave tall florals into the top of the band to mimic a bodice, again sew as much as you can and supplement with glue.  Finally, use two coordinating colours of ribbon, tie in a pretty bow, and attach to the middle of the arrangement.

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Finally, add the large centerpiece flower as a focal point,  sew as much as possible and glue.

This tutu matches the DIY Forest Fairy Crown  I posted earlier, and these matching fairy wings

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Forest faeries play peek-a-BOO. I see you, do you see me?

I had the best of afternoons playing with the girls out in the spring air.   Its four week’s since I gave these to them, and they are still wearing and playing with them.  What better feedback can a Grama have?