Romantic Tutu Construction

Current Format: 1 Day
2010 Availability: TBA
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Soft, long, flowing... in a word, 'romantic'. Who would guess there are so many different ways to make them, and so many different options?

This class offers your choice of several style, color, and finishing options.

The course includes a copy of the latest edition of "The Romantic Tutu Book", by Claudia Folts. We will provide all the necessary fabric and patterns.

You will construct one skirt-style:

• Traditional Romantic - long skirt, 4-6 layers of tulle, hangs from the waist, no over-basque, or
• Neo-Romantic - long skirt, 4-6 layers of tulle, hangs from the hip, with over-basque or quilted hipline or boned long-line basque, or
• short 'Degas'-style Romantic with quilted hipline, or
• 'Petaled' Romantic (Faerie) - 6 layers, 3 tiers, 'petal' shaped skirt-layers, or
• any of the above options with roll-hemmed bottom-edges

NEW! - For 2009, we have added an advanced skirt-style option, a gorgeous 'Russian-style' gored skirt, featuring 4 layers, with 16 to 24 gores per layer. This option is only available as a single-color skirt, in your choice of white, pink, or lavender tulle.

Be aware, the gored skirt is an advanced design. Although the result is beautiful and well-worth the effort, this style is Much More Intensive, with Lots More Work! To complete this tutu in one day, you MUST be able to work in a Very Focused Manner and NOT be easily distracted.

All the skirt styles can be built on an integrated panty, or created for use with separate trunks - we'll discuss both methods, you will choose 1 to create.

You will create your skirt in one color/role option:

• single color - white, pink, or lavender tulle, or
• white tulle with white silver-sparkle tulle ('Snow Corps'), or
• white tulle with light-blue silver-sparkle tulle ('Snow Corps'), or
• several shades of pink, with a top-layer of either pink gold-sparkle tulle or pink silver-sparkle tulle ('Waltz of the Flowers'), or
• several shades of purple/lavender with a top-layer of either purple or lavender gold-sparkle tulle or purple or lavender silver-sparkle tulle ('Waltz of the Flowers'), or
• mix of pink, light-garnet, fuschia, and coral with a top layer of pink gold-sparkle tulle ('Waltz of the Flowers'), or
• mix of lavender, fuschia, green, and dusty-rose with a top layer of silver-sparkle tulle ('Waltz of the Flowers')

We will explain various finishing options in class, and you will choose one option:

• hand-ruched hipline, or
• machine-quilted hipline, or
• casing with inserted elastic at the hip instead of a basque, or
• fabric basque with tulle attached from hip
• long-line fabric basque, boned, beginning 3-inches above the waist

Although you will create only 1 skirt-style in class, and choose only 1 finishing option, you will have the opportunity to learn about the others, and to see how they are designed and constructed.

Please note: this workshop does NOT include bodice instruction. The course is designed to work in conjunction with our 'Bodice Construction' or 'Bodice Design, Patterning, and Construction' seminars.

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