And some more frills

I bought this playsuit yesterday and thought it was missing a certain something..... Frills of course. It was a little tricky to handle, as I made the frills quite narrow, but considering its size 000, I thought a small frill was more suited.

I also decided every baby girl needs a tutu and I was just the Aunty to make one!

After carefully watching a few utube videos of how to sew tutu's, I felt confident to try and translate the techniques to a mini tutu on the base of a singlet. I will not lie - it was Fiddly.

Here's the technique I used:

(sorry there isnt any pics along the way - but you get to use your imagination!!)

1. Firstly I measured the base of the singlet (the width) and cut a piece of elastic to this size (I used underwear elastic as I like the softness of it). The Tulle needs to be roughly 3 or 4 times this measurement depending how full you want the tutu. I only multiplied the measurement by 3, so not too full for a first timer.

2. I decided it would have only three layers. Each layers length is 3cm shorter than the previous. So my top layer I decided was 12cm, then the layer underneath was 9cm and the last layer was 6cm. All pieces have the same width (measured and multiplied by 3, from step 1).

3. Next, I measured 3 pieces of thread that were as long as the elastic. Then comes the first fiddly bit. I took a needle and my first bit of thread and tulle. Made a knot at one top end and along the top, thread my needle in and out bunching the tulle together till I got to the end and finished with another knot. Make sure you use the full length of thread so the piece is as long as the elastic when you are finished. Do this on all three pieces.

4. Ok, Now pin the shortest piece (which will be the under layer) to the elastic along the lower edge and sew in place. The next layer, the middle layer, pin in place next to the strip already sewn in place, but not over the top but edge to edge which you will flip over after you are finished sewing. So you will be sewing down the middle of the elastic with the tops of each layer butt up against each other and after sewing you can flip the middle layer down over the bottom layer so you wont be able to see the thread... hope I am explaining this right!

5. Now, pin on the top layer the same way as the second so you will flip it when sewn. Sew it.

Then I pinned it to the bottom of the singlet and again with the machine, sew it!

I then thought the ribbon would finish it off nicely.

I cant wait till she is born.