A Tulle petticoat tutorial

My sister wanted a puffy petticoat to cosplay and dress up in, so I got the mission to make her one. Tulle is an interesting fabric, it's stiff and quite easy to work with.

The petticoat consists of tiers in layers, there is one tier at the top of the garment and by the hem it's six tiers. The first tier is the shortest and the second tiers for the second layer should be two times the length of the first layer and the tiers of the third layer should be two times the second layer. So you should have one ribbon about two meters, two ribbons about four meters and six ribbons about eight meters. It is easiest to start from the bottom. There will sit one layer on the waistband then two in the top layer who will each hold three tiers.

A cluster of tulle

1. I cut the tulle in 15 cm wide ribbons
2. Sew all of the side seams off the ribbons before you connect them and them you should have nine "rings" (these ones are not for mortal men doomed to die but for dresses who need support)

Three ribbons ruffled together

3. Ruffle together three of the longest ribbons.

the three ribbons sewn to one of the middle layers

4. Sew the ruffle on to one off the middle layers 

Do step three and four with the remaining three longest and middle one.

The middle layers ruffled together

5. Ruffle the middle layers together.

The two middle layers sewn to the top layer.

6. Sew the middle layers to the top one

Finished petticoat

7. Sew the top layers to an elastic waistband.

8. Wear and tear with joy.

A skirt over the petticoat

By playing with the width of the ribbons and number of layer your petticoat can differ considerably.