Needlework Monday - Crochet Princess Tiara & Diy TuTu

Greetings everyone! This week for #NeedleworkMonday I didn’t have time to finish up on any projects. I had to take care of my daughter who was under the weather up until yesterday morning. So I went into my crochet archives to share this project from 2013.

It was our daughter’s 3rd Birthday and she wanted to be a princess for her party. Before I go to the store and purchase things I always think about ways I can make things at home and use my crafting resources. I really like gifting with diy projects because they are special and they make the person receiving them feel special.

Sorry the picture is so blurry but this was taken four years ago with an old android cell phone

For the tiara I already had all of the supplies I needed. I had the glitter yarn, headband, ribbon, pink jewels and a hot glue gun. The pattern called for an elastic band to attach the crochet work to but I thought it would look better to add it to a headband that I wrapped with white ribbon. After I finished crocheting the tiara I attached it to the headband with the hot glue gun. When I made this tiara the pattern was free. I looked it up today and now there is a charge for it...but as always I will provide the Link.

For the tutu I already had the ribbons but I did have to go purchase the tulle and the elastic. I measured the elastic to her waist and sewed it together. I then measured the length from her waist to where I wanted the tutu to end. I then doubled this measurement because you will be folding the tulle pieces in half and then I added one inch for tying the knots to the elastic waist.

Once I had the measurements I begin cutting the tulle with my rotary cutter. I kept each piece the same width (sorry I can’t remember how wide they exactly were). Once I had ten pieces cut at a time I would stop to attach them to the elastic waistband. I put the elastic band around a chair, folded the tulle piece in half, wrapped it around the elastic and secured it with a knot. I kept repeating this until I felt the tutu was full enough. Once all of the tulle was attached I added silver ribbon evenly around it. The longest ribbon was tied in a bow so she would know that was the front of it. The other ribbons were tied in knots all around.

Tip: If you cut your ribbon ends at a diagnol and burn the edges they won’t fray or unravel and they look much neater and crisper.

I completed the tiara in one day a week before and put it up so she wouldn’t see it. I worked on it during her nap time and bed time. I started the tutu the night before her Birthday and layed it out for her to be surprised in the morning. She couldn’t believed I made this for! She just lit up and instantly slipped on the tutu and put on her Princess tiara.

Thanks for stopping by today!!! I hope to see lots of needlework creations today!!! 😀