(Almost) No-Sew Princess Tulle Skirt Tutorial

As promised, here's the tutorial on the tulle skirt I made for Brittany's orchard shoot. I spent about $20.

I found the tulle online. The waistband I used was from a local fabric store, and is actually two crocheted headbands (like you'd use for babies) cut and hand-stitched together to form one long strip.

The tulle I cut about 7-8 feet long (it depends on how long you want it, really. But you'll fold it in half so keep in mind the actual length will be half of what you cut) and roughly 6 inches wide. I recommend cutting it about 6 inches longer than you think you're going to need. Tulle clings to itself and if you're going to be outside or walking around with it, it will shorten itself a bit.

I attached the tulle strips to the waistband by folding the tulle strip in half (the long way), looping the halfway mark through the waistband, and pulling the ends through the loop, and pulling tight. But not too tight... it's just a skirt, after all. ;)

I attached the tulle in random places, somewhat evenly spaced out, and finished the very top with random shorter bits of tulle.

The top strips ranged from 10 inches to two feet and hid the waistband really well.

  You could add a ribbon "belt" around the top if you wanted, but I didn't. Lastly, finish the skirt by sewing hooks on one side so the skirt is adjustable for whoever wears it.

In all, It took me about 4 hours to do. And I used about 30 yards of tulle. I wanted it big and poofy (and since it's ivory colored I wanted to be able to hide the legs underneath) but you can add more or less as you like. I hope this helps!

The skirt in action:

Dreaming on the fly.

I know myself to dream on the fly. Last year around the first of May I imagined a beautiful orchard shoot with a big dress and one of my gorgeous friends as a model. To my dismay, when I called the orchard owner to ask if I could take pictures there, he replied I could... but I missed the blossoms by about two weeks.

48 weeks went by and I called him again. He again agreed and this time the peach and apple trees were in full bloom. It was like imagination ecstasy. I quickly recruited a friend, ordered a beautiful golden corset, and put together a huge tulle skirt.

But.

Unbeknownst to me, the corset was coming from China. To my knowledge it's still not stateside. I wasn't going to let it deter me. This shoot was not going to not happen this year. So I spent an entire day visiting every lingerie and thrift store in my area and I found a whole pile of nothing. My only option was my friend's corset that she forgot she even had. It wasn't the golden satiny goodness of the Chinese corset. It was better. It was soft pink and lacey. Oh, how I love lace. I plan on posting a tutorial of how I made the skirt.

Brittany was such a trooper. It was 40 degrees and 15-20 mph winds. Here are the fruits of our labor.