Thursday, May 12, 2011

The Cotton Candy Skirt--A New Tulle Skirt





Some of you got a sneak peek at this skirt when I accidently posted this on Monday instead of scheduling it--oops. Well, here it is for real!
Ever since making the $5 tulle skirt last Spring, it has been a staple piece of clothing in our house. But, unfortunately my 5 year-old is growing like a weed...and it was time for a new tulle skirt.

"A big fluffy one" were my orders.

So, we have the new tulle skirt--which has been cleverly (or not so cleverly) nicknamed "The Cotton Candy Skirt" by a hungry little girl. It is fluffy. And big. And made a 5-year old very happy.

I did a quick tutorial for you all if you need an updated tulle skirt too.


You can find it HERE.










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36 comments:

  1. That's soo cute!! :) Looks like she loves it!

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  2. Adorable! And very big and fluffy (she sounds like my kind of girl, placing an order like that!). I love it, and you're killing me here . . . I reeeeeaaaaally need a girl next time around! Boys are fun and all, but have the fatal flaw of refusing to wear tutus.

    Rachel @ Maybe Matilda

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  3. I love it!!! I linked to your tutorial on Craft Gossip Sewing:
    http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-cotton-candy-tulle-skirt-for/2011/05/12/

    -Anne

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  4. Bookmarking this! My daughter would LOVE it! Thanks for sharing :)

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  5. If I didn't know it was a skirt, I may just have eaten it ( lol) It is adorable. I can see this being ordered, if I dare show my 5 year old.

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  6. I made this for Charlotte last night - she is going to wear it to her Great-Grandma's 80th bday party tomorrow. I made in purple - it turned out so cute! p.s. I love your new banner ;)

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  7. ooh! Looks good enough to eat! :) How cute!

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  8. This is SO SO SO cute!!!!! LOVE this style!!

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  9. I read the tutorial and had a quick clarification question....after you folded the tulle twice and then bunched the top like a paperbag...do you lay the bunches horizontally across the skirt & sew down the middle from left to right(really from top of the bunched bag down?).....I was just wondering how to lay the bunches down on the skirt before sewing? I can't wait to make this & just want to get it right!

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  10. Kelli,

    Sorry sometimes I think things are clear as mud....lol.

    I sewed the tops of the bundles vertically. sorry the pictures shows me holding it horizontally because I was trying to hold it and take a picture.....Sew the top of the bundles(right where my fingers are pinching the folds in step 3). Sew across the top of one bundle, then add the next and sew across the top of that one and so on.

    I am thinking that I am probably confusing you more. Does that make sense?

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  11. This is precious. My daughter (first and only girl in the house other than me of course) will be wearing this for her first b-day party in July. I am a novice in the sewing dept. but I figure 2 months is enough time to work up the nerve to give it a go.

    Thanks for sharing this. LOVE IT.

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  12. That's adorable! Thanks for the tutorial.

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  13. I am suddenly craving a big fluff cloud of cotton candy! This is too precious! I am linking back to you on my blog ;) Hugs! Ingrid

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  14. I can't wait to make this skirt. I LOVE IT! I will be sharing it on my blogs facebook page and I will make sure to link to it when I make one.

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  15. Pinning this right now. My daughter would LOVE it!

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  17. I'm a little confused on the math. How did you get 90 bundles out of 4 yards of fabric?

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  18. Melissa,

    You are totally right. I missed a step and had a typo. Sheesh. I am correcting the tutorial right now. And thanks, my brain is a little off sometimes. You need to cut your 6 inch tulle strips in half....then fold them like a bundle. And it is 15 or 16 per layer...not 30.

    Thanks again,
    elizabeth

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  19. Very cute! I love this skirt.

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  20. Elizabeth, The skirt is adorable - I think I want one for myself. Thanks for sharing - Hope you had a wonderful weekend!
    ~Stephanie Lynn
    www.bystephanielynn.com

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  21. Thanks. I thought it might have had something to do with cutting the strips in half. I can't wait to get to work on this skirt. I'm starting with pink, because it's my daughters favorite color, and if she loves it, I'll probably make several more.

    Thanks for sharing such a cute tutorial.

    Melissa

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  22. I want to make this for my daughter for her Bday party on Saturday! She is going to be 11, but she still loves frilly skirts :)

    What did you use to make the actual skirt? I mean what is the tulle being sewn to? I didn't see on the tutorial.

    Thanks for your help!

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  23. I just used a kona cotton that I had in baby pink, the same color as the tulle.

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  24. This is absolutely darling, I am going to have to make. It is a pricesses dream.

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  25. That is beautiful!!!! I made my girls your bustle skirt (mentioned on my blog) and it has been a huge hit.

    I would love to have you share this at my For the Kids link party! Come join the fun!

    http://sunscholars.blogspot.com/2011/05/for-kids-friday-9.html

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  26. Lovely! I had made a similar skirt (with 2 shades of pink though) and had named it as Cotton Candy Skirt (What a coincidence!). This was my gift to my darling daughter for Valentine's day. For those interested here is a link to it.

    Cotton Candy Skirt from Adithis Amma Sews

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  27. love this! I want one in my size :) is that crazy?

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  29. Yours turned out so cute & great tute too! My sister made a very similar skirt & called it the same thing. Must be all the pink--so funny! :)

    http://acreativemomma.blogspot.com/2011/02/ptr-week-7-candy-shop-cotton-candy.html

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  30. After 2 sons God blessed me with 4 grandaughters! They all will love this skirt!

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  31. Love this! I'm an "older" mommy with a princess loving 6 year old. I am just learning to sew. My question is, how do you avoid ragged edges on the tulle when cutting?

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  33. Thank you for sharing this beautiful skirt! I juat finished one for my 7 year old- I'm on a "Tiffany's blue" trip..so I made it in a blue turquoise as a New Years outfit...lots of compliments- she loves it!- Rosa in Fort Worth, TX

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  34. Believe it or not, my 14 year old daughter wanted one! I made it out of black with white flocked polka dots and solid black (alternating rows. It turned out really cute! Hope she wears it.
    Denise Tulsa, OK

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  36. So when you cut the strips in half, is it 6 inches by half the width of the tulle or 3 inches by the width of the tulle? Thanks! Awesome idea!

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