Tulle Heaven!

This year I am in charge of our annual entry for the local parade for my daughter's preschool.  I took on this task 2 years ago and while it is tons of work, it is fun and exciting to see all the little kiddies in their costumes.  The theme for the parade is Rose Pedals (as in bike pedals).  The theme of our entry is "Rose Bud Racers".  We are going to have kids on bikes and kids walking dressed in rose outfits.  The girls are going to wear tulle skirts and all kids will have a rose bud hat.  I am trying to make it easy for everyone to help out, so I have simplified the directions on how to make a tulle skirt and thought I would share it here :o) 

First, measure your child's waist and cut 1" elastic to that length.  Sew the elastic into a loop using the zig zag stitch (I went across mine twice).  

Measure 24" and cut 46 pieces of 6" tulle (you may need more or less depending on how large your elastic is).  It takes almost 2 rolls of the 25 yard length tulle that can be found in the wedding section of the fabric store.

Wrap the elastic band around a small pillow or your leg.  This makes it much easier to tie the tulle on.

Fold the tulle in half and working from the left, push the folded end under the elastic.

Push the cut end of the tulle through the loop and pull tight to the right.

Keep tying the tulle on making sure you keep the knots tight together so there are no gaps.

And Twirl!!