No One Knows Fancy Like Nancy!

Jul 17, 2010 by Lindsay

Today we celebrated my niece, Taylor’s 3rd birthday! I wanted to do more than just buy her a gift and when my mother-in-law mentioned that she loved reading the book Fancy Nancy, I knew exactly what I could do!

I knew the basics of tutu making but looked up this tutorial and it helped me figure out sizing and length. I started with about 6 yards of tulle in the colors I wanted cut into strips.

Then you double it over and loop it around your elastic.

The instructions mentioned not to pull it tight until you had all your strips put on. This was very helpful because the elastic did stretch out quite a bit and I ended up taking about 6 inches off from the size I started with. I found a wand and headband at JoAnn’s that matched my theme and made them “fancy” too! Here is the finished product.

I managed to get a picture with the birthday girl after all the gifts were opened.

Happy Birthday, Taylor! I hope you enjoy being fancy!