Fit for a "Princess!"

She has arrived at that stage.  It started a few weeks ago - anything pink, anything girly, any pretty character (especially the Little Mermaid) - they're all "princess."  I have no clue how she even learned the word - she just proclaimed it one day at the bookstore when she spotted a Cinderella book. She spent last night wearing a purple and pink dress (complete with fairy wings) that I had bought her a while ago.  This morning it was the first thing she asked to put on (along with her Disney princess shoes, of course).  So I completed today's chores at Target and the commissary, my little princess in tow.

And so I made Princess a tutu.  I have had this dress-up tutu in mind for over a year but I never got around to making it, thinking  she was still a little young to appreciate it.  I finally made it this afternoon, while Princess napped (it's exhausting work, being a princess).  It's made of 2 1/2 yards of tulle, a bit of elastic, and curled ribbon.

ps: Don't expect to find a decent tutorial for this online (not a freebie, anyway).  I just kind of made it up as I went. I plan to make another one; perhaps I'll take pictures of the process for a tutorial next time.

 

Comments

[Susan]

Very cute! You need to post pictures of the princess wearing it. My mother-in-law made something similar for the little girls to wear.

[KBG]

I, too, have a princess in tow. She actually calls herself Cinderella (of course) and I'm Belle. I've been debating the tutu for a while now, I hope I pull mine off as well as you did yours, it looks really cute.
Hope you had a great holiday!