During the last half of the year I am often making variation tutus for YAGP. Here is a selection of tutus that could inspire any young dancer to be Princess Florine.
I had only a small amount of this lace left so I had to be creative in making a balanced design from it. The bodice decoration here is augmented with rhinestones, seed beads and sequins.
There wasn’t quite enough lace to reach the edge of the skirt so I introduced a little window of glitter net as a design feature. I think it is issues like these that inspire my creativity the most.
The window effect is quite pretty I think. I blinged it up a bit with lightweight acrylic rhinestones.
Et voila … net to the edge of the skirt to give a soft romantic look.
This was a combination of a light blue lycra and a darker lace. I wanted to keep the design as a light tracery of lace so that it would not look too heavy against the pale blue.
I added some crystal AB rhinestones for a bit of extra glimmer. The tiny flat sequins on the lace accommodated the real sparkle and flash.
I really like who this one turned out. I’ve since had quite few requests for a reprise of this style.
And finally a sweet little blue and silver tutu with a scalloped plate and lace overskirt.
The peaks of the scallops were embellished with rhinestones as a focal point.
And there we have it. Three Princesses in blue.
Hi Barbara
These are just divine. I am loving all of your posts.
Would you mind sharing with me the colour of the lycra in the middle tutu and also where you got it from.
Thank you Bec Schubert
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Hi Bec
Thanks for your kind words. I get almost all of my matt lycra from Eclipse textiles in Queensland. I can’t recall the name of the blue you’re asking about but it may be a discontinued colour. Have a look at their web page. They have a great range but you may need an ABN to order from them.
Thank you Barbara. Do you mean the Matt Xtra Life Lycra?
I think so. The colour may be Caribbean Blue if that helps.