a not so fluffy tutu :( help please!

[shaynamills]

Wow these are awesome, do you tie with a slip knot or a square knot? It looks like way more layers than two, I love it.

Originally Posted by KasCssAceZjs

I also tie mine and they come out so fluffy you cant see the tie part so i love that. I only do two layers. I just grab two pieces of tulle and put them on top of eachother and then tie it like that. I think they come out awesome. heres 2 pics. We were doing a dress up photoshoot and she didnt have a shirt on so I blocked it out.

[tuchaeboutique]

if you tie only.... make one knot on top and flip your tutu over and do another tie on the bottom then you have poofiness up and down. So then theres a knot on top of the elastic and bottom

[pattock6]

I am not sure what I did that you didn't do, I made my daughters tutu for her halloween costume. Totally not something I want to do for money, but it is really puffy. Hers goes to the floor she wanted it also flowy and princessy.

[lil_ladybug]

Thank you so much for the details in this message! If I did my math correctly... you typically use about 150 strips (I am assuming you cut your strips 12" to get a 6" length?) So a typical yard of bolt tulle (54") would equal about 27 strips of tulle that are 6" wide by 12" long... I would need to use about 5.5 yards of bolt tulle to equal your rolls of tulle. I am in the right ballpark for the yardage, however I was more worried about layers and less worried about actual yardage on the waistband. I see my mistake!!!

Beautiful tutus everyone! Thank you so much for sharing pictures with me!

[mxrod4]

i think if you're sewing long layers, make your layers longer so it gathers more. i think that would make it more full and not lay so flat on the next layer. i make the tied ones also, but i've done the gathering thing with skirts for my daughter. anyway, hope this helps!