When Julia told me she wanted a blue tutu, I had envisioned all these different colored blues and was quite excited to get the supplies needed so I could get started. When we got to the store, something TOTALLY different happened. I like to give my kids a choice - especially if they're the ones that are going to wear whatever it is I'm making; and Julia LOVES color. The brighter, the better. So once she saw all the colors Hobby Lobby had to offer, my vision of a blue ombre tutu went right out the window! I had to limit her to 3 colors and reminded her that she originally wanted a blue tutu. I also had to give her a quick lesson in what colors matched what and what colors didn't. So she chose turquoise, yellow and black.
Then I had to move on to finding something for Patrick. Poor kid; because there is so much more to offer girls when it comes to crafting/sewing, he usually gets the short end of the stick. I did promise him that I would make an attempt at sewing him up a few pairs of shorts after making some shirts for Julia with some fabric she had picked out a while back (I will get to the story behind the fabric in a bit). So I let him roam the fabric section to see if anything piqued his interest while doing some looking myself. I showed him all these great plaids, stripes and ginghams but he turned each and every one down. I was about to lose hope on him choosing fabric (he's more picky than a girl sometimes!) when all of a sudden I hear "Mom! I like this one!!" and I turn around to see him carrying a bolt of this:
Trying to be a good mother and quickly reassess in my head what I'm going to make for him I tell him that Sponge Bob is a great choice and to put it in the shopping cart. I'm making my way to the cutting table when I hear "Mom! This one too!!" and I turn around to see him carrying this bolt towards the shopping cart:
Once again, I tell him he made some great choices and we make our way to the cutting table; where I get 2 yards of each fabric. And while we were getting our fabric cut, he then proceeded to point out every other fabric pattern he fancied as well. Most were fleeces and flannels so I told him that I would make him some pajama pants when I'm done making his shorts.
Anyways, on to the tutu!! So like I predicted, the knit elastic was SO much easier to work with - I didn't get the 1/2 inch like I mentioned in my last post, but the 1 inch was easy to work with too - it folded over very easily when I tightened the knot of the tulle. And sliding it to the side to make room for more tulle was a cinch as well! This time I also measured the waist and cut that exact length because of the stretch - and it worked out great because I know Julia won't put the tutu right at her natural waist anyways. For the tulle, I also measured to the knee, doubled that amount and added 2 inches to make up for the knot so the tutu falls closer to the knee for Julia than Claire's did for her.
Here is the "progress report" I sent to my friend Mandy (don't mind the mess in the background, that is from the day's worth of fun that I didn't get to clean up yet before turning in for the night - I was making this while watching Amish Mafia last night):
And here Julia is trying on her skirt. You really can't see the blue because she's wearing blue jeans, but she's super stoked that we're going to incorporate it into an Easter outfit:
And I even managed to get Claire to try hers on for 3 seconds while distracting her with the remote:
Patrick decided to get in on the action too:
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