Hello
there!
So
today I’m writing you a bit late in the night but you know, it’s
Friday! We can get ourselves a bit of a late night, am I right?
Today
I’m coming with the post I’ve been waiting to do almost the full
week: how to fix a messy tutu.
Disclaimer
before I start: I’m not a full on highly professionally trained
tutu maker here, but sometimes I’ve had to fix my rehearsal tutus
on my own because they can get very messy and sometimes there’s no
way you can bring it to an actual tutu maker to get it professionally
fixed, so I have learned to do a well enough fixing job by observing
and trying several times.
Now
yes, let’s jump into this mini tutorial!
First
things first, observe the tutu you’re working with. In here I have
a model of Bloch which has a better quality tulle than other brands
like Intermezzo. It’s thicker and it holds its shape better when
all is in its place.
This
particular tutu had some breaks on its layers making them separate
from each other and when having pas de deux it made the boy get stuck
in the layers and made the job much more difficult than it should be.
So
first of all, you should observe the tutu layer by layer marking the
spots were there’s breaks and separations.
To fix
them just grab one layer at a time on the broke section and straight
the section as if there was no break. This way we overlap the two
sections creating a middle point where we can have it sewn easily and
pretty discrete. For that, I would recommend to use cotton thread as
it’s a bit thicker and stronger and anyway it won’t show up when
dancing at all.
Make
small stitches over the same spot no more than three times and finish
it with a knot.
Once
you have all of the layers together again it’s time to get all of
them in the same shape. By that I mean that we must sew them together
gently so the layers won’t come off each other and move around when
dancing. For that we need to start by sewing big and not too tight no
more than three times passing through as many layer as the distance
of the original sewing lets us. In my case it was almost a hand of
distance from the outside to the inside of the tutu.
Secure
your sewing with a tiny knot on the under layers and repeat the same
around the tutu. Mark the spots you want to make it in first so they
follow more or less the original pattern and they’re also
sufficiently inside so that the sewing won’t show at all. I left a
hand of distance in between each sewing section.
And
that would be it! Be sure that you cut off all the excess thread and
try it on to see if it still fits as you like and moves correctly
(depending on how your tutu naturally falls you may want it more or
less of a plate tutu).
Try it
in a class and if you need to fix anything there’s always time to
resew and get your tutu fixed to your taste. Investigate and don’t
be scared of the fabric, it’s not as delicate as you may think.
I
really hope this was useful to you and that I explained myself good
enough but if you have any questions don’t hesitate to leave them
down below!
I hope
you have a lovely evening and I’ll see you tomorrow!
Love,
Muriel
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