12 Days of Christmas - Fancy Nancy Tutu / Starry-Eyed

{Danielle from Blissful and Domestic}

Kicking off the Christmas for kiddies part of our holiday party is Danielle with her lovely tutu!

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Hello Lovelies! I am so excited to be here today! I am Danielle and my home is over at Blissful and Domestic. I love to blog about sewing, crafts, recipes,home-school, etc. Basically anything that allows me to use my creative gene. I love thrift stores and re-purposing, which is mainly what you will see from me. I love taking someone's cast offs and make them into something fantastic. I love Christmas and am so excited to get to share a fun Christmas tutorial with you today.

So now that you know a bit more about me, let's get crafting.

Today's tutorial is lovingly titled Fancy Nancy Splendiferous

Christmas Tutu Tutorial

It is inspired by a very fancy little red head...

Can you guess who?

Well of course Fancy Nancy!

Who doesn't love Fancy Nancy?

She is just too dang cute!

I mean with her feathers and glitter, how could any little girl not want to dress like her?

I know my little girl loves her. Every Christmas she asks for Fancy things to add to her dress up collection. I know this year will be no different.

This being said I knew I needed to create something fantastically, splendiferous for my Miss Priss. We decided on a Splendiferous Christmas Tutu.

I started out with A LOT of white tulle and some red velvet Chirstmas Ribbon.

I also got my drink of choice, measuring tape, and ipod ready to go.

Every girl needs to listen to Glee while crafting.

I heard that somewhere...I swear.

My tulle was folded in half and was 22 inches wide.

I cut strips that were 32 inches long. Once those strips were cut,

I opened them up (no longer folded in half) and cut them down the middle.

I then ended up with about 28 strips of tulle.

You may need more or less depending on the size of tutu you are making.

I made mine for my daughter, who wears a 5t and waist measurement is 22 inches.

You will cut your ribbon 60 in.

This allows for a nice big bow in the back.

You will have A LOT of strips

Take each strip and fold it in half

Now with your tulle, tie it in a slip knot onto your ribbon.

Continue doing this with each strip.

Once you have finished tying your tulle, try it on your little girl and even up the strips. I like mine a bit uneven. It gives it a fuller feel, but go with what you like.