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Making my own Tutu
Hi. I will be making a tutu using this method:
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However the only thing is tulle is very expensive here. This is what the cheapest shop with the cheapest materials had to say...
"With regards to your specific enquiry we sell Bridal Tulle in a 180cm wide for $6.99 per metre and 270 wide at $7.99 per metre. It is available in white or ivory. Our stores also sell a wide range of colours in Nylon Net which is much stiffer but depending on what you want it for that might be suitable. It retails for $3.50 per metre – it is 127cm wide."
So of course I'd rather use Nylon instead of Tulle. My only question is, because it's stiffer do you think it would still work? The point of using tulle is because it's softer it falls into place. I'm not sure whether Nylon would.
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The store you called is just an expensive store in general. Anyone who feels the need to say 'Bridal Tulle' simply likes to make money, not talk about fabrics accurately.
Yes, you can use nylon netting. If you were making a real tutu (to dance ballet in) you couldn't because netting can irratate the skin and doesn't deal well with sweat, but for that simple project you can certainly use netting.
However, try to select the netting with the smallest weave (holes), that will give you a much better look.
Remember: Nylon netting can be dyed very easily. So if you find one with nice small holes but not the colour you want, just dye it.
Then you just need to expiriment with how wide you want your strips to be. You might want to make them a bit thiner then they recommend on those links because what you are using will be stiffer.
But before going through all that, call a different store, maybe visit them, and shop arround until you find something that works.
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