Steps for taking the perfect measurement of tutu dress

Posted by Little Angels Fancy Dress on January 7th, 2016

Most of the girl child loves Tutu dresses. It is a best dancing costume for your little princess. You can create Handmade Tutu Dressesat your home. It doesn’t take so much time for the making of tutu dress. You can get a Frozen Tutu Dresses for you r princess with only few steps. Here are some steps that you need to follow for creating a best outfit of your princess in very short time.

1. Take the measurement of child

With the help of measuring tape, take the measurement of child’s chest from the below of armpits. After taking the measurement reduces 2 inches from the actual measurement because you have to put here elastic.

2. Take the measurement of waist

Measure the waist of child by using same measuring tape and reduces 2 inches from the actual measurement. In the waist you have to put waistband of your dress.

3. Elastic cutting with the measured size

Take the elastic which has the width of approximately ½ to ¾ inches and then make the cutting of elasticity according to the measurement of the chest and waist you have taken with the measuring tape.

4. Join the ends of the elastic

Now you have two ends of the elastic, join both of the ends with the help of hot glue, fabric glue or superglue. Join both of them in such a way so it forms a circle.

5. Bought some spools of tulle

For making the tutu dress with the perfect size, buy tulle sold by spool having the width of approximately 6 inches. You can purchase it from any of the arts and craft shops and will get variety of colors in this. It also comes in glittered patterns like wavy lines, dots and swirls.

For the short or baby dress you require two or three spools of tulle and for the longer dress you require three of four spools of tulle.

6. Take the length of the dress

With the help of measuring dress, measures the length of the dress from the armpit to the downside where you want to end the length of dress and add the 3 to 4 inches to the actual measurement because when you tie it to the elastic tulle will poof up and make it shorter.

7. Take the cardboard with same size of the length of dress

Find out the cardboard, baking sheet, picture frame or anything else which is easily available to you. It should be in the same length of the dress and thickness should be lowest.

8. Wrap up the board with tulle

Start the wrapping of the board from the bottom edge cy the tulle and do this until the entire spool used up.

9. Cutting of the tulle

With the help of scissor cut the tulle along with the bottom edge of the board. Cut only one side of tulle. The length of the each strip of tulle should be twice the length of your dress.

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