On the 7th layer of net there is a hooping channel which is just a strip of net with a straight stitch either side, this should of been sewn on before the net was pleated but I didnt do this so had to struggle and sew it on when all the tutu was together. Once the channel was sewn on I then needed to push a piece of steel crin through the channel, this had to be exactly the right amount to make the tutu lie as flat as possible.
I really struggled with this and it was at this point that I was thinking "do I really want to do dancewear?" I spent ages pushing more crin in then taking more out then once I thought I had got it right and put it on the mannequin it didn't sit right so I had to try again. I think it was at this point that I started to question if this was what I really wanted to do because it frustrated me so much and it seemed that at every stage I had made a small mistake and had to go back, but then that has made me learn and with everything it will never go perfect first time. I'm still not 100% sure I want to go into dancewear I think I will know when I have the completed tutu in front of me. The images below show before the crin was right and after.
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