For F's Birthday party outfit, I wanted something whimsical but also something she could easily move in and play outside. I didn't want a real dress or a pants outfit so after trolling through pinterest I found a scrap skirt. I changed a few of the steps because I like to tweek thinks to fit my needs.
I wanted a pink skirt of course!! I had appliqued and embroidered an adorable 3 tier birthday cake with the number 2 candle onto her shirt. Once completed as I was taking it out of my machine, it got snagged and ripped. My luck is amazing! So I ran to the store and bought an Iron On number 2. This particular one, I purchased at Hobby Lobby. It went with her skirt so I was fine with it and she was none the wiser.
The scrap tutu Supplies:
Fabric scraps ( I used a variety of pink prints)
1 inch wide No Roll elastic
Pinking Sheers
Step one:
Measure your little girl from waist to where you want the skirt to fall.
Multiply by two and add 2 inches. (this is because you are folding the fabric in half and tying around the one inch elastic)
Measure her waist and add 1 inch to that measurement (this is to compenstate for sewing the elastic band end to end)
Step Two:
Cut your elastic band to size then over lap the ends approximately a half inch and zigzag sew a nice secure square crossing over in the center creating a X with your stitches, for stability.
Step Three:
Cut your fabric Strips.
You want a 1.5 inch wide by your desired length (x2 plus 2 inches). For sake of making things non-complicated. Ex: F's length from waist to knee was 10 inches. I cut my strips 22 inches long by 1.5 inches wide.
I used 11 different types of Pink Fabric. I cut 3 from each for a total of 33 scraps.
Next I would like to thank once again my husband for being such a trooper! He was nice to iron ever single one of those 33 scrap strips as I was cutting them to help cut down on the time. Since this was once again a late night project after the wee one went to sleep.
Step Four:
Seperate your strips as you see here into sections in the order your want your prints to appear on the skirt.
Step Five:
Take one strip from each pile and stack them in consecutive order. So looking at this picture from left to right. I took one from each and stacked them into 3 piles in the same order. This way the pattern of prints would repeat in the skirt. Here you see my husband being my model LOL! After they were all cut and ironed it was just quicker to use him to make my stacks. (excuse the cell pic). (as you see a fourth pile, that was for something else I only used 3 for the skirt). However for sizes larger than the 2t that my little girl is, you will need to cut more strips. Just as long as you keep repeating the pattern sequence, it's all easy peasy to adjust.
Step Six:
Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of putting it together because I tied the fabric onto the waistband while in bed watching a late night movie.
You want to take your elastic waist band and simply fold your strip in half length wise over the elastic and tie into a Knot on the band...DONE........Rinse and repeat until finished.
Step Seven:
Finishing the skirt. You can leave it as is or you can trim the ends into a rounded trim, or a pointed corner. I Used Pinking Sheers and trimed the ends into a Point. There will be fraying and that adds to the Character of the skirt but do know if you wash this after being worn it will continue to fray. It is typically a one use type of skirt but I have washed and ironed it and F has worn it a few times since them.
Here you will see her wearing the skirt and how it's Knotted at the waist. It gives it a poofy appearance with a great twirl factor.
Any questions feel free to contact me anytime.
Peace, Love and Shutter Clicks,
Mandy
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