You knew it was coming right? It’s good but not great. It’s more of a tutu apron than a tutu proper. Here’s how it came about. I’ve been picking up pieces of tulle from remnant bins for months and finally had enough to put a little something together. I also splurged and bought a gathering foot. First of all it’s the best thing ever. No more fussing with rows of stitching and getting great gathering only to pull to hard and break the thread. The only thing I can’t do is account for how much length will be left if I gather with x tension and y stitch length. Does anyone know how to figure it out?
There are obviously some kinks to work out. I should probably stop taking pictures of projects before I cut all the thread ends and try to prettify it a little. I just used a wide ribbon for the band and tied it in the back. You can get a sense of how it looks in the back from one of those pictures. The other reason Chase got a tutu today? Last night I jumped up and tried to squish a bug. Who knew that would precipitate hours… HOURS of EYE? EYE? That’s fly? in baby speak. EYE? all through bathtime… EYE? all through bedtime, we even read a book about a fly. First thing this morning… everything was ok. Ben got up with her and put the tv on and I slept in. When they came back upstairs his face was drawn and pale and all he could tell me was that he looked away for a second and that when he looked back at the tv there was a chicken, a duck and a frog on the screen and Chase had renewed her efforts at looking for an EYE? What do I do he asked me. What to do indeed.
I let Ben go back to bed and went to work. EYE? was nothing a new tutu and a little Dragon Tales couldn’t take care of.
