Monster Roar

Adult Katy Perry Roar Set

We have a saying at the Tutu Factory when I (the designer) creates something that everybody wants and we're working silly hours to get the 100s of orders out. "We've created a monster." And with the Roar costume we certainly have! If you've seen any of my other blogs you'll see I love Katy Perry but I didn't set out to make her Roar set. A customer made a custom order to create the roar tutu skirt and I later decided to make one with the flowers and then see if we could make a top to go with it. I placed it on ETSY to see how it would do and here we are. Several hundred sets later and still going...

11-12 Year Katy Perry Roar Costume

3-4 Years Katy Perry Roar Costume

So we thought we'd let everyone see what work goes into making our Katy Perry sets. We don't have a team of people cutting, another sewing, adding detail etc. It's all done by hand, by 1 of 2 people. So yes, it won't be out within 24 hours but it's hand made especially for you so we like to think it's worth the wait.

Making the Tutu

We have 3 different greens to create Katy's jungle leaf tutu look. Each layer has 3 panels and we also have 2 layers of flashes in there too that have to be individually cut out at various lengths depending on the length chosen by the customer.

After cutting the individual layers each layer then has to be 'feathered' into the spikey leaf look!

Now the tutu is cut and ready to be sewn

And into the waiting queue they go! Each tutu has a label with the customer's name, waistband colour choice and sizes

Working out way through the jungle of tutus waiting!

Now it's just time to start adding the flowers and leaves onto the waist

Each flower and leaf is individually hand sewn on

And that's the tutu done! Now for the top...

Making the Top (Long Children's version)

We have made our own pattern for the top. This fabric is £25 a metre so it bumps the price up but it is the best stretchy leopard we've found (and we tried a lot!) So it's worth it!

Drawing around the pattern ready to cut out

The top is cut out by hand with scissors. No fancy shmansy machines for us :(

As most of the edges are left unsewn we have to make sure that the lines are super straight so they give a great finish! It's slow going but we'd rather they look as nice as possible. Then they just need to be sewn together and that's that one done! Just that one...

Now for the next one, and the next... oh, and the next one too.

 Hopefully, you've had an interesting sight into the behind the scenes of the Tutu Factory and how much effort really goes into one of our tutu sets!

New Beginnings

Well, I have decided that I shall be doing a weekly blog on what we're up to, new tutus, how our week has been etc. A bit of a tutu diary you could say! We're still in the early stages of our business so hopefully we can look back at some blog posts in a few years and remember the good old days!

We actually have staff now! Can you believe it? Our admin assistant started last week doing emails and phone calls, etc and we have a new machinist starting tomorrow. This should hopefully start freeing me up to add new products to the website, keep it maintained, work on new samples and more! Seems like we're getting busier and busier every week and as mental as it is right now and as exhausted as we are from working from 6am until 10pm at night I hope it continues. And now we have staff perhaps we might get a real lunch break here and there!

So... have a peek at some new tutus we've created over the past few weeks. These aren't on the website yet. Some may be added in the future while others may not. If you've found this blog by accident and want one of the tutus below just send us a message here 

This is our Daisy Days tutu set. Funky sunshine yellow cascade tutu with daisy detail on the front, matching plunge bra with matching daisy and festival daisy headband. Great for festivals, EDC and EDM outfits! Such a summery outfit!

Sunshine Tutu Set Daisy Costume

This is our cascade tutu with 6 foam roses on the front. Great for an 'outside the box' Alice in wonderland costume!

rose tutu alice in wonderland costume

We made a children's Alice in Wonderland tutu for a special party. Was in a rara style tutu with black ribbon trim edges, matching black bow and white net apron on the front with casino suit sequin detail

Alice in Wonderland Tutu Skirt

A different take on a Minnie Mouse tutu. Made in red sparkle net with black sparkle bow and frill trim. Polka dots are made of our white 'Angel' glitter fabric. So sparkly in real life!

Minnie Mouse Tutu Retro Style

We're currently having a play with some new Minnie ears ideas. These are some Sailor Minnie ears for any nautical nights out. Cute little anchor details in royal blue glitter fabric and a cute red vintage look hair bow. We're also doing some in stripes for a sailor theme as well as some leopard minnie ears. Photos will be up soon as the leopard ones look awesome!

Sailor Minnie Mouse Ears

Nautical Minnie Mouse Ears



Below are our Minnie ears in the 'Angel' glitter fabric with a white sparkle hair bow and a straight veil. Some people are preferring this straight veil to our cascade veil. Perfect for a girl who loves Disney but doesn't want anything too fussy!

Bridal Minnie Mouse Ears 

Minnie Mouse Veil

We were asked to make a custom bridal set with light up veil but it was also her 30th birthday. We love making custom tutus and tutu sets so we accepted the challenge! All the tiaras with ages on were quite expensive so I decided we could add the 30 ourselves with our glitter fabric like the Minnie Ears above and it worked out even better than we expected! The glitter fabric is so sparkly in real and photos don't really show how pretty it is. The tiara was also super glittery and with the white sparkle net mixed with neon pink net and LED lights it looked gorgeous! 

Hen Night Veil 30 Birthday Veil

Light Up Hen Night Veil