Elegant tulle dress for girls: tips on choosing and sewing. DIY tulle skirt Crochet dress for girls with tulle

A tulle skirt is an almost universal piece of clothing. It would seem, where can you put it on? Depending on the style, color and accessories, it can be worn to a party, for a walk, on a date and almost anywhere! A big plus is that it is quite easy to sew. And even if you have never sewed clothes, you will definitely succeed in this wardrobe item!

Master class No. 1: fluffy tulle skirt with a cover

Before you buy the material and start cutting it, you need to take two measurements: waist circumference and skirt length (for example, from waist to knee). Next, you will have to make some calculations:

Add 5 cm to the length of the skirt.
Divide your waist circumference by 3.14, and then divide the resulting number by 2. This will give you your waist radius.
Add both values. Let's denote this number by the letter A.

If the addition result is less than or equal to 27, you will need a piece of soft tulle measuring approximately 6x1.7 meters

If the addition result is more than 27, buy 10-12 meters of tulle.

You will also need fabric for the base cover (it is better if it does not stretch and fray). To find out the length of the cut, multiply your full waist circumference by 1.5, and its width will depend on how long you want the cover to be.

Additional materials and tools:

Wide elastic band, the length of which is equal to the waist circumference + 2 cm
Measuring tape or tailor's meter
Scissors
Pins
Sewing machine and thread to match the fabric
Tracing paper

You can soften harsh tulle by washing, drying and ironing it.

Operating procedure:

1. Draw a semicircular pattern on tracing paper:
- the white arrow indicates the radius of your waist
- the black arrow indicates the length of the skirt

2. Cut out the template.

3. Fold the tulle piece in half lengthwise if the number A is less than or equal to 27. If it is greater than 27, skip this step.

4. Now fold the piece in half, like a book, and in half again to make 8 layers of fabric.

5. Pin all the layers together along the top edge of the stack and cut out all the pieces at once.

6. You should have 4 identical circles with a hole in the middle. If you don't have enough fabric to make full circles, you can cut out semicircular pieces and sew them in pairs.

7. Place the two circles together and baste them together along the edge of the center hole. Do the same with the remaining two circles.

8. Place both pieces on top of each other and mark with pins four points around the waist - on the sides, in front and behind. The pins should divide the circle into 4 equal parts.

9. Bring the ends of the elastic together and sew them with an overlap (2cm). Mark 4 dots on the elastic that match the marks on the skirt.

10. Fasten the tulle to the inside of the elastic and sew with a zigzag stitch.

11. Take a rectangular piece of fabric for the cover, fold it in half and sew the side edge. If the fabric frays, pre-treat its bottom edge with an overlocker.

12. Place a basting stitch along the top edge of the resulting “pipe”, then tighten the thread until the cover fits snugly around your waist.

13. Sew the cover to the elastic, placing it under a layer of tulle. Trim the fabric along the bottom edge so it won't show.

Your skirt is ready!

Lesson No. 2: children's tulle skirt

Multiply the waist circumference by 2, add 5 cm to the length, and you will find out the cut size you will need for the base.

Now you can get started:

1. Sew both lengthwise sides of your cut using a zigzag stitch.

2. Lay the fabric out on the table. Fold the top edge in 2cm and smooth out the fold. Don't stitch the edge!
Set this piece aside for now.

3. Lay out a piece of tulle approximately 2.5 m long in front of you.
Cut it into ribbons of equal width (approximately 10-12cm). For each frill you will need 4 ribbons.

4. Sew 4 fragments into one long ribbon. Use a basting stitch so that when the work is finished the threads can be pulled out.

5. To make ruffles, set the maximum tension and maximum stitch length.

6. Fold one tulle ribbon in half lengthwise and stitch along the fold line. Repeat this process with all other ribbons.

7. Let's return to the base blank. Lay it out so that the ironed fold is under the fabric, on the table side.

8. Distribute the ruffles throughout the fabric and secure each ribbon. The first row can be laid along the lower edge of the fold (it can be felt through the fabric), and the rest can be placed parallel to the first, maintaining a certain interval.

9. Stitch each frill along its center line.

10. Unfold the fold on the base and fold the base in half with the frills facing inward. Trim off any excess tape on the sides if necessary, carefully bring the edges of the base together and stitch.

11. Turn the edge of the fabric back towards you along the fold line and stitch along the bottom edge. Be careful not to overstitch the frill!

12. Turn the skirt right side out. Now you can pull the basting stitches out of the ruffles and thread the elastic into the waistband.

Instruction No. 3: model with large frills

This model is somewhat reminiscent of the previous one, but the frills here are larger and are located one above the other, like the scales of a pine cone.

1. Measure your waist circumference and multiply it by 3. Also measure the length of your skirt.

2. Cut out a rectangle for the base and overlock its top and bottom edges.

3. Turn the bottom edge of the base under and hem it.

4. To make scales, you must cut the tulle into strips of equal length and width (focus on the size of the skirt).

5. Next, for clarity, we will use a denser fabric, but remember that we are talking about working with tulle.
Fold each strip in half. Do not smooth the fold so as not to lose the airy effect.

6. Having laid out the base on the table, take one of the parts and gather the forked edge into a “bun”. Attach the piece to the base in the place where the first scale should be and secure it with a pin. Place the next scale under the first, and so on until the bottom edge of the base.

When determining the location of the first flake, do not forget that you need to leave a little space along the upper edge of the base to trim it and insert the elastic inside.

7. If necessary, adjust the location of the scales, and then sew them to the base.

8. Having completed the first vertical row, proceed to the second, then to the third, until the scales cover the entire base.

10. Fold the top edge of the warp towards you and hem it, leaving enough space for the elastic.

11. Insert the elastic and overlap the ends.

Master class No. 4: seamless skirt

You will need:

At least 10 meters of tulle about 120cm wide
A strip of fabric, the length of which is equal to the circumference of your waist + 10 cm, and the width is approximately 13 cm.
A wide ribbon, the length of which is equal to the circumference of your waist + ties.

Operating procedure:

1. Lay out a roll of tulle on the table.

2. Measure 18cm from its outer edge and mark this point.

3. Continue making marks every 18cm until you reach the opposite edge of the cut.

4. Using the marks as a guide, cut the fabric into strips.

5. Take the strips one by one and, folding them in half, tie them to the tape as follows:

6. The closer the knots are, the fuller the skirt will be. Continue until you have filled the entire tape.

7. Tie the ends of the ribbon.

You can leave the skirt as is, using the ends of the ribbon as ties each time you wear it, or you can create a belt that will better define your waist and hide the knots.

8. Fold the strip of fabric you chose for the waistband in half and mark its center.

9. Do the same with the skirt - mark its middle.

10. Connect the fabric and the skirt at the marked points.

12. Turn the skirt over and place a basting stitch just under the knots, catching the edge of the fabric that is now underneath, on the table side.

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Lesson #5: layered tulle skirt with belt

For this model you will need at least 6 m of tulle (with a width of about 150 cm) and a wide silk ribbon for the belt.

Operating procedure:

1. Cut a piece of tulle into fragments 2 m long and fold each fragment in half lengthwise.

2. Cut each piece along the fold to create 6 separate pieces, each 2m long.

3. Alternately fold and overlap the short sides of each piece, leaving approximately 20cm from the top edge unstitched.

4. Now stack all the pieces on top of each other so that the seams match. Pin all layers at the top edge.

5. Tie the ends of two tight threads, then thread each of the loose ends into a separate needle. Make two parallel basting stitches through all layers of tulle, from one edge to the other.

6. Then gently pull the fabric towards the knot, distributing the gathers evenly. Stop when the length of the gathered fabric is equal to your waist and secure the threads to keep the folds in place.

7. Take a wide silk or satin ribbon and sew it to the waistband of the skirt from one edge of the open slit to the other in a circular manner (see previous project). Leave long ends on both sides for tying a bow - it will not only decorate the product, but also hide the cut.

A snowflake or princess dress will be a combination of two parts: a crocheted yoke and a tulle skirt. At the first stage of knitting, you need to calculate the number of loops for the yoke. This is the most difficult thing, and then go according to your idea, how you see a New Year's crochet dress with tulle for a girl.

First, let's come up with an image. Its basis will be the yoke pattern. I decided to choose a simpler option - a classic square yoke with raglan sleeves and fillet knitting. See the diagram below.

Yarn selection

Now we choose yarn and a hook for the New Year's dress. The chosen hook and yarn determine how many loops will need to be cast on for the collar and how many rows to knit, as well as the density of the knitting. For example, if you use a hook that is too thin, the knitting fabric will be dense and stiff. This is unlikely to please the delicate skin of children.

I chose YarnART Violet light turquoise yarn. Hook - 1.5 mm.

Yoke calculation

Now you need to take measurements. It is necessary to measure the circumference of the neck and chest. Next I will describe the pattern of how I knitted it for my daughter Alice (3 years 4 months, height 95 cm). She got the parameters:

Neck circumference (Obsh) = 25 cm,
Chest circumference (CG) = 52 cm.

Calculate the knitting density. To do this, knit a square with double crochets, and determine the number of loops in multiples of centimeters. I have 9 dc, approximately 2 cm. (dc – double crochet)

I decided to make the neckline of the yoke 37-38 cm, so that it would be free on the neck. This is approximately 37 cm x 9 dc / 2 cm = 166.5 loops. But this is not a finite number.

We divide the resulting 166.5 loops by 3, we get 55.5 loops for each part of the yoke knitting:

1/3 on the chest,
1/3 on the back, 1/6 on each shelf,
1/3 for both sleeves, i.e. 1/6 per sleeve.

Now let’s figure out how many loops will go where, taking into account that according to the rapport of the crochet dress pattern I have chosen, it is necessary that each part of the yoke has an odd number of loops. I got the following:

on the chest – 55 loops
27 loops on the back shelves
There are 27 loops per sleeve shelf.

In total, you need to dial 55 + 27x2 + 27x2 = 163 loops plus 3 lifting loops.

The process of knitting a yoke

The length of the raglan is limited to the child's shoulders. I stopped knitting when the width of the chest part became 19 cm. After that, I no longer knitted the sleeves, but knitted 6 rows of only the back and chest panels. Thus, I increased the armhole height sufficiently.

After that, I calculated how many loops were needed according to the circumference of the chest. To do this, we calculate OG (chest girth) = 52 cm and add a margin of 3 cm so that the dress does not become too tight. It turns out that the girth of the dress = 55 cm. This size corresponds to 55x9/2 = 247 loops.

Count the total amount of loops on the back and chest panels that are already knitted. I got 197 loops.

We count: 247-197 = 50 loops - this number of loops is not enough to close the yoke in a circle. Divide the number in half. We get 25 air loops that need to be picked up under each armhole to continue knitting the dress.

Tie the required height of the yoke. For me it ends under the bust, and after that there will be a tulle skirt.

Tulle skirt

Now you need to make a tulle skirt. There are several options:

sew tulle directly to the knitted yoke;
fasten the tulle to the VP arches on the yoke;
fasten the tulle to an elastic band and sew to the yoke;
fasten the tulle to an elastic band for headbands and sew.

I chose the last option. So tulle can be placed in several layers. I made the top one blue and the bottom one white. It turned out very airy and snowy.

Then just sew this skirt to the yoke and you will get a dress.

Sew a zipper or button on the back of the dress.
In the video you can see several ways to make a tutu skirt from tulle:

New Year's crochet dress with tulle for girls

Girls love dresses with full skirts, because in such dresses they seem like fairy-tale princesses. Therefore, dresses for girls made of tulle are very popular. You can buy such a dress, or you can make it yourself, even without sewing skills.

Tulle is a thin fabric that resembles a cobweb. But at the same time, it is a very durable material; it is practically impossible to tear it apart with your hands. Essentially, tulle is a mesh made from nylon threads.

Depending on the size of the mesh cells, materials of different degrees of rigidity are distinguished. The material can be soft, then long flowing skirts are sewn from it. And from a more rigid variety of material you can make a tutu skirt.

Tulle is available in different colors; in addition, it can be decorated with sparkles, spraying, and prints.

When planning to purchase or sew a dress for a girl with a tulle skirt, be sure to pay attention to the quality of the material. Fabric produced in the European Union is ideal for children's clothing. It does not wrinkle and is soft enough, so it is comfortable to wear.

But tulle made in China is tougher. In addition, Chinese tulle does not meet fire safety requirements. When exposed to open fire, it bursts into flames. And eurofatin, thanks to the use of special technologies, begins to slowly smolder when exposed to fire.

When choosing a material, pay attention to the width of the fabric. To sew a regular skirt, you should choose a fabric 1.5-3 meters wide, but if you plan to make a tutu skirt, then it is more profitable to take narrow tulle, sold in rolls, then the strips will not have to be cut to width.

How to make a tutu skirt?

Almost all fluffy children's dresses made of tulle have a tutu skirt; it is also called a “tutu.” This is a multi-layered fluffy model, consisting of several (at least ten) layers of fabric.

Even mothers who don’t know how to sew can easily make a children’s skirt here with their own hands. You will need rolled tulle 10-15 cm wide and a wide elastic band for the belt.

You can take one-color tulle or buy several rolls of different colors, then the skirt will turn out to be colorful. Operating procedure:

Let's measure the girl's waist and cut the elastic for the belt of the required length. This is a very important point, the belt should not be tight, but too loose will be uncomfortable;

using a centimeter we determine the length of our future skirt, we determine it at will, but short skirts look better;

cut the rolled tulle into strips, the length of which is twice the desired length of the skirt;

We begin to tie strips of tulle to the elastic waistband, folding the strips of fabric in half. The more tightly the stripes are placed, the more magnificent the skirt will be. When making a variegated model, you need to alternate strips of tulle of different shades, achieving the desired pattern;

after the elastic belt is completely covered with tulle ribbons, the skirt will be ready;

If desired, you can further decorate the skirt using bows, satin ribbons, artificial flowers, etc.

What to wear with it?

A homemade tutu skirt can easily be turned into an elegant dress. To do this you need to choose a beautiful top. It is best to wear such a skirt with leggings, as it is see-through. But you can do without leggings if you sew a petticoat from satin or other suitable fabric.

This outfit is suitable for a matinee in kindergarten or a home party. You can complement the set with tulle bows, decorating the girl’s hair with them.

Elegant dresses

For a special event, for example, a graduation party in kindergarten or elementary school, you will need a more elegant outfit than a homemade skirt made from tulle ribbons.

What types of elegant children's dresses made of tulle are there? A variety of models can be seen in the photo, this :

outfits with multi-layer tutu skirts, but not in stripes, but in sun style;

dresses made of satin and other dense fabrics with fluffy tulle petticoats. The petticoat is made longer than the skirt so that it is clearly visible. In addition, the petticoat may have a color contrasting with the color of the dress;

dresses made of tulle in an A-shaped silhouette, knee-length or slightly lower, with a sheath and flowing one or two layers of tulle;

dresses in the empire style, in which the overskirts are made of tulle. This dress can be made with a train, but you need to take into account that this detail may interfere with the girl’s movement. Therefore, the train should be short, and it could be pinned to the skirt or worn on the hand, putting a special loop on the wrist.

What to wear with it?

Elegant dresses require elegant accessories. You will need neat shoes, white or just light-colored tights. You can decorate your hair with a lush bow or pick up a small hat with a tulle veil.

For 4-5 years old, an elegant dress: a crocheted yoke and a tulle skirt. Square yoke with raglan: Pattern report = 6p+1 This means that each raglan line should be divided into 6 loops + 1 for symmetry. For example: shelf 2 reports = (6*2)+1=13 loops; sleeve 4 reports = (6*4)+1= 25 loops, before (front + shelf) 4 reports = (6*4)+1 = 25, etc. If you need to increase the number of loops, then add loops per 1 report per shelves and 2 on the front, on the sleeves at your discretion (1 or 2) For the dress I dialed 165 air. loops 2nd row: 18dc + 1dc, 2v. p., 1dc + 47dc + 1dc, 2 v. p., 1dc + 35dc + 1dc, 2 v. p., 1dc + 47dc + 1dc, 2 v. p., 1dc+18dc (+1dc is an increase, indicated in this picture by gray dc) Do-it-yourself tulle skirt Before you buy the material and start cutting it, you need to take two measurements: waist circumference and length of the skirt (for example, from the waist to the knee). Next, you will have to make some calculations: Add 5 cm to the length of the skirt. Divide your waist circumference by 3.14, and then divide the resulting number by 2. This will give you your waist radius. Add both values. Let's denote this number with the letter A. If the addition result is less than or equal to 27, you will need a piece of soft tulle measuring approximately 6x1.7 meters. If the addition result is greater than 27, buy 10-12 meters of tulle. You will also need fabric for the base cover (it is better if it does not stretch and fray). To find out the length of the cut, multiply your full waist circumference by 1.5, and its width will depend on how long you want the cover to be. Additional materials and tools: Wide elastic band, the length of which is equal to the waist circumference + 2 cm Measuring tape or tailor's meter Scissors Pins Sewing machine and threads to match the fabric Tracing paper You can soften harsh tulle by washing, drying and ironing it. Procedure: 1. Draw a semicircular pattern on tracing paper: - the white arrow indicates the radius of your waist - the black arrow indicates the length of the skirt 2. Cut out the template. 3. Fold the tulle piece in half lengthwise if the number A is less than or equal to 27. If it is greater than 27, skip this step. 4. Now fold the piece in half, like a book, and in half again to make 8 layers of fabric. 5. Pin all the layers together along the top edge of the stack and cut out all the pieces at once. 6. You should have 4 identical circles with a hole in the middle. If you don't have enough fabric to make full circles, you can cut out semicircular pieces and sew them in pairs. 7. Place the two circles together and baste them together along the edge of the center hole. Do the same with the remaining two circles. 8. Place both pieces on top of each other and mark with pins four points around the waist - on the sides, in front and behind. The pins should divide the circle into 4 equal parts. 9. Bring the ends of the elastic together and sew them with an overlap (2cm). Mark 4 dots on the elastic that match the marks on the skirt. 10. Fasten the tulle to the inside of the elastic and sew with a zigzag stitch. 11. Take a rectangular piece of fabric for the cover, fold it in half and sew the side edge. If the fabric frays, pre-treat its bottom edge with an overlocker. 12. Place a basting stitch along the top edge of the resulting “pipe”, then tighten the thread until the cover fits snugly around your waist. 13. Sew the cover to the elastic, placing it under the tulle layer. Trim the fabric along the bottom edge so that it is not visible. Your skirt is ready!