Pixie inspired Romantic Tutu

So my daughter needs a dance costume for a routine she is doing at college

She has designed a dark green and pale lilac in colour romantic tutu and has asked me to make it for her

First I looked for a really nice romantic tutu pattern, I notice that the patterns from Tutu that Dance are highly recommended so decided to purchase the romantic bodice and skirt pattern.

I purchased it as a PDF with as little bit of apprehension, which was unfounded I'm pleased to say, as really easy to print off and stick together.

I have also found the bodice really easy to sew together

I then looked at embelisemts but could not make up my mind so started with the sleeves first which In all honesty helped me change the frond to green ribbon.

So now just the other sleeve to add before starting on the skirt part.

Well that's the sleeves done now on the the skirt!

Well it has taken me well over an hour to put the bottom layer of the skirt on this will not show from the top !

As you can see my daughter didn't want the skirt to be longer than her knees so it looks quite short to me...

I have just pinned the skirt to the bodice just to show how 3 layers look (not pressed yet) one last layer to add which I will leave for today... (You can just see my dog trying to get in the picture :)..)

Couldn't wIt until tomorrow put the last layer of tulle on and I think it is starting to really take shape much better than I expected I think the cream tulle really brightens it up.

Now to think about the embellishment...

Had chance to put dress on daughter today to make sure it fitted ok 

Still got to press/steam the tulle but I think it fitted well even if I think the skirt is to short it's her design !

So now I need her to decide on how to embellish it, which she is going to look at over the weekend. 

I think this bit will either make it look fantastic or just make it look ok.. So fingers crossed its fantastic.