| WORKING WITH TULLE Before anyone dashes out and buys some odd 7+ metres of tulle (yes you will need a lot, even if you're just doing a pancake tutu), make sure you know which tulle to get. Here are the three main types: Bridal Tulle This is flimsy, and usually comes in widths of at least 2 metres. Use for a 'top plate' if you must, but otherwise, it's just too expensive and too flimsy. Novelty Tulle and 'Wannabe' Tulle The former refers to any decorated tulle, suitable for decoration but not strong enough for the body of the tutu. Wannabe tulle is still tulle (I only use that word because it's the only thing I can think of. It's not entirely intended to be derogatory, only on this occasion), but it's not quite stiff enough for anything other than a bell-shaped or romantic tutu. 'Real' Tulle This is as stiff as it gets. This is literally like see-through cardboard, and the only tulle that will work for a classical/chopin/flat/pancake tutu. |
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| THE DIFFERENT TUTU SKIRTS This is known to me as a flat, short, chopin, pancake or 'classical' tutu. For the simple process of saving time, I'll call it a short tutu for now. We'll get into pancake (ie about 4 layers of moderately gathered tulle) and non-pancake (about 7-9 layers of heavily gathered tulle) tutus later This is known to me as a bell-shaped tutu. This is known to me as a Romantic, or Long tutu. |
| The instructions for flat and pancake tutus are pretty similar. Click here if this is what you're doing. Click here for instructions for romantic tutus. Click here to return to the main page Last updated 28/8/04 |