Scrap Skirt Tutu Tutorial (and a free pattern!)

I have a treat for you guys today!  Two of them, actually!

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First, I've been dying to share this scrap skirt with you all, but haven't had time to get to pictures until today!

I saw something similar on Pinterest a while ago, and thought it would be perfect for a Halloween skirt.  I just could just picture all of the fun fabrics, so that's just what I did!

Aeris loves the skirt and even got to wear it to dance class today.  It is a great skirt for dancing!

You'll need about 1/4yd of each fabric.  I used four different fabrics for this skirt.  I measured the length I wanted it to be, then multiplied it by 2.  Then cut the strips into whatever width you'd like.  My strips were 1.5"-2".  I started out measuring, then figured just eyeballing it would work fine.

I measured some elastic around her waist, sewed the ends closed, and began looping the fabric around the waist band.  If you've never made a tutu before, its super simple.  Just put the waist around your leg, most convenient.  Then place a strip under the elastic, folded in half.  You're going to pull the bottom through the loop and make a sort of knot.  That's it!  Who knew making your own clothes could be so easy.

And, since it's Halloween, I wanted to share another treat with you!  I just wanted to say thank you for subscribing, and to let you know how much I appreciate you all, I'm offering my Jack-o-Lantern pattern for a free download today only! (just click the link to download!)

Happy Halloween!