I Just Want To Celebrate

This Sunday is my only niece’s birthday.  Unlike with her older brother, I don’t usually find myself at a loss as to what to get her/make for her.  She’s a girlie girl with a smidge of tomboy sprinkled in.  She’s fun to shop for.  The only hard part is she is super petite…going to be four and has a lot of 2T clothing in her closet that still fits her just fine.

Anyway, I have been working on a quilt for her and other then tying it off, it is finished.  I thought that I would give it to her for her birthday instead of waiting until Christmas like I had originally planned, but the more I thought about it, the more the idea didn’t appeal to me.  Birthday’s are special, they are a celebration of you.  The gifts you receive for your birthday should be special as well.  And while a handmade quilt is special…I’m not so sure that a four year old would see it quite that way.  So I decided that it would make a better Christmas gift since I am known as the aunt who gives practical gifts for Christmas anyway.  (let everyone else overwhelm children with toys that capture their attention for fleeting moments.  I’d rather give a gift that will still see use the following September.)

Okay, that meant I had to come up with a new idea quickly.  And because I have decided that if I can help it, I am making gifts instead of buying them, it had to be something I could put together quickly.  The answer…a tutu!  But of course!  What little girly girl couldn’t use a tutu?!?

I was able to find a great tutorial at Plumtickled.  I think her model is just the cutest.  Just look at that face.  And it was super easy to make.  I think the hardest part was cutting the tulle.  I chose to do it in a very light purple, white and a light pink and well I couldn’t see the tulle on top of my cutting mat.  That was a little annoying.  Anyway…I got it all cut and knotted on an elastic band that I hope fits her ‘just right’.  (I didn’t want to call her mom for her waist measurement because I like gifts to be a surprise for the parent’s too.)  (Apparently I am more particular about gifts then I thought I was.)  I tried to take pictures of it after it was finished, but it was just too dark in the house.  I’ll probably try to take some more this afternoon when I get home, but if that doesn’t work, I’ll just wait patiently until Friday when she receives it.

My biggest dilemma now…how do you wrap a tutu?

 

 I Just Want to Celebrate by Rare Earth

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