Have you always wanted to learn to make our Serpentine Classical Tutu Base?

This Serpentine Classical Tutu Course Book with Full Plate Pattern Set is the next best thing to attending our face to face Serpentine Classical Tutu Masterclass.

This is a digital download version of our Serpentine Technique Tutu Course Book and Full Plate Pattern Set that will be available for immediate download.

WARNING! This is an advanced DIY Course designed for people with moderate to advanced sewing skills, who have had previous experience making traditional classical tutus. Ideally you should first complete our Classical Tutu Base Course Book or have attended our face to face Classical Tutu Masterclass.

This Course Book by Tutu Couture and Stagewear will teach you the innovative design and construction technique created by Anne Tytherleigh to produce the Serpentine Tutu Base! 

About the Course Book:

The course book was written to be used in conjunction with attending our face to face Serpentine Tutu Masterclass. However, it can be used as a stand-alone guide to help you construct a DIY Serpentine Tutu Base. It includes:

• a brief history of the Tutu.
• tutu design/patternmaking terms and abbreviations.
• design options for Serpentine Tutu.
• Instructions to custom make your plate pattern.
• instructions to calculate, cut and gather net rows.
• multiple waistband options.
• Information on fitting the basque and pants.
• information about hooping, steaming and tacking.
• instructions to apply hooks and bars by machine.
• design and cutting/gathering templates.
• professional hints and tips.

Full Plate Pattern Set:

You will also receive our Full Plate Pattern Set.  This includes the three different plate shapes that we have developed including our Original, Flower and Star Plates.  Each of these comes in three sizes to accommodate all the different tulle and net varieties available.

Also included:

You will receive an extra PDF download from the course creator with some extra hints and tips for costume makers who are not attending our face to face Masterclass. And lastly, we have included Serpentine Tutu Row Cutting Guides for multiple child and adult sizes.

IMPORTANT! If you don’t already have our Classical Tutu Base Pattern, (incl. tutu pants and basque pattern and net cutting guide) you will need to purchase one to complete this project. This is also available in PDF Digital Download for immediate use.

If you are wanting to learn to hand pleat your Serpentine Plate Rows, please look for our TCS Stacked Rolled Pleat Tutorial in our Books & Patterns Collection. However, this design still looks beautiful when the rows are gathered by machine.

Customer Review of our Classical Course Book

Thank you so much. I am thrilled with the Tutus, thanks to your very clear instructions in the Course Book. Followed step by step and made so much sense. Feeling confident for my next Tutu request.       Review from Lesley of NZ

Digital Download Information

Our Digital Download Course Books are intended for the use of the purchaser only. You are permitted to send them to a printing company for printing one copy for personal use. 

These patterns are in PDF format and will open and print to the correct size. There is a 5cm reference square on the pattern to double check that the scale is correct once printed. You can send the PDF pattern to your local printer eg Officeworks, to have the pattern printed on large A0 paper. Or you can print at home immediately using a tiled or poster format.

IMPORTANT!!! select 100% scale when printing and always check the 5cm square is accurate after printing.

Our PDF digital downloads are protected from fraud with Global PDF Stamping, locked PDF, download limits and IP address monitoring. Tutu Couture and Stagewear maintains the same legal copyright declaration on digital pattern, books and tutorials as on our printed versions. You may only reproduce them for your own use.

The fine print - Please read carefully.

Our Intellectual Property, Copyright and Usage Agreement is as follows:

After purchasing the Serpentine Tutu Course Book and Plate Pattern Set, the purchaser is granted permission to recreate the Serpentine Tutu for sale to student and pre-professional dancers. The design and pattern are protected by copyright and are not to be distributed. Any kind of mass producing of this technique is prohibited. Teaching any techniques from our DIY Serpentine Tutu Course to others is also strictly prohibited and is in breach of this agreement. Terms and conditions apply for gaining permission to recreate Tutu Couture and Stagewear’s Serpentine Tutu for any use other than that described above. All images displayed online or elsewhere must give original design credit to Anne Tytherleigh of Tutu Couture and Stagewear.

If you have any queries; big or small, please feel free to email us via the contact us link at the bottom of the page or at [email protected]