No-Sew Fashion Doll Tutu

7/5/2021

A Picture of a green skinned fashion doll with pink and green hair. she is holding her arms in a ballet like pose and wearing a tutu made of white tulle. Text across the tutu reads

How to make a fun tutu for your fashion dolls! You can easily adjust it to the doll, so this will work for different types and sizes! Video tutorial first, or scroll down for the still pictures with words version.

Supplies

A pile of white tulle in a kind of spiral shape on a black background

Tulle! Exactly how much will depend on the size of the doll you are making a tutu for, and how floofy you want it to be.

A green skinned fashion doll with pink and green hair on a white background. Her hands are on her hips and she is wearing chunky black boots.

A doll! You will be tying the elastic around the waist to get the sizing right and trim it to the right length.

A picture of pink handled scissors, with a bottle of fray check and a bundle of black elastic cord on top on a black background

Scissors, thin elastic cord (I use beading cord) and Fray Check. (The Fray Check is for dotting on the elastic knot to secure it, so you could also use clear nail polish if that's what you've got on hand!)

How-To

Step One: Cut a piece of elastic and tie it around the doll's waist in a loop with a square knot. Make sure it fits the doll snugly, but you can still take it off and put it on the doll. Put a dot of Fray Check or clear nail polish on the knot to secure it.

Step Two: Cut a bunch of strips of the tulle, about one inch wide. The length will depend on the length of the tutu you want and also the height of the doll. You want them about the right length for the tutu when folded in half. The amount of strips you need will also depend on the size of the doll, and how floofy you want the tutu to be! These do not have to be uniform in size, making them a bit different adds interest and texture to the tutu! (And you will be trimming them up in the last step, so it's better to make them a bit too long and then cut them shorter.)

A picture of three strips of white tulle on a black background. Two of them are folded in half

Step Three: Tie the tulle strips to the elastic waist band using a lark's head knot.

A piece of white tulle is folded in half with a black elastic band encircling it a few inches down.

Fold tulle strip in half, and push it partway through elastic band.

A piece of white till wrapped around a black elastic band, partway through the process of tying a lark's head knot. The two loose ends of the tulle are pulled through the loop made by folding the strip in half.

Take ends of strip, pulling them around elastic and pull them through loop that folded end of the tulle strip has made.

A piece of white tulle attached to a black elastic band rests diagonally on a black background

Gently finish pulling them through and tighten, pushing the knot secure against the elastic.

Step Four: Continue tying tulle strips around elastic band until it is covered.

Multiple pieces of tulle attached to a black elastic band

Multiple pieces of white tulle attached to a black elastic band. About 1/3 the band is covered.

Multiple pieces of white tulle are attached to a black elastic band. It is about halfway covered.

Multiple pieces of white tulle are attached to a black elastic band. The band is covered about seventy five percent.

A picture of multiple tulle pieces attached to a black elastic band, covering the band completely leaving a circle of black and fanning out from it

Step Five: Put tutu on the doll, trim and scrunch it until you are happy with the shape!

A green skinned fashion doll with pink and green hair lies on a black background with her arms reaching towards her head. She is wearing a black and pink one armed dress and a white tutu at her waist.

A green skinned fashion doll with pink and one curving in front of her torso. She wears a pink, green, and black one shouldered dress and a fluffy white tutu with chunky black boots with pink soles.

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