On Pointe Tutus/Tutus sur Pointe - Montreal

Squeal! Finally I can share a photo of what I’ve been working on for the past year! I’m so proud to say that I made the skirts for the tutu in the second photo (there were 19 in total)! The brilliant cutters and stitchers at the atelier at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens made the bodices and did an amazing job decorating and bringing these costumes to life from the designs we were given to work from. It was truly an honour to work with them from prototype to stage and I’m so excited to see these onstage in the next couple weeks!

With Jill Meuris

There’s something about a new tutu: clean, crisp, fluffy. Just finished this one this week for a local photographer. But it’s just a drop in bucket of exciting projects I’ve been working on lately. I can’t share just yet, but hopefully soon! Happy Tutu Tuesday!

Happy world tutu 2/2 day! I have so much to be grateful for! It’s been a fun ride so far; I can’t wait to see where else it takes me…

Happy tutu Tuesday! These two will soon be traveling to Europe to tour for a few months with one of my lovely dancers. Congratulations .va ! I’m so very proud of your hard work and success! Good luck on your new adventure!

This view makes me happy…

Too excited to share this photo of Rachele Buriassi wearing a tutu made by Jill Meuris for On Pointe Tutus/Tutus sur Pointe - Montreal in Les Grands Ballets Canadiens production of Don Quixote onstage at Place des Arts! It’s a wonderful production! Run and go see it!

Photo by Sasha Onyshchenko

Danseurs/Dancers: Rachele Buriassi et/and Esnel Ramos

So proud of Ballet Montreal Performing Arts School and their amazing Sleeping Beauty show this weekend! Congratulations to all the students, teachers, parents, and artistic and creative team for all their hard work! I’m so honoured to be a part of your dance experience and I can’t wait for next year!

- with Jill Meuris

On Friday I decided to make a tutu over the weekend. Instead, I cut, stitched and ruffled four full sets of tutu layers (10 layers of tulle per tutu), cut and stitched four panties, and completely assembled two full tutu skirts! They still need to be tacked (and the last two assembled and tacked), but not bad for 3 days of work! Happy Tutu Tuesday!

Vendredi j’ai décidé de faire un tutu. En fait j’ai coupé, cousu et préparé les épaisseurs pour quatre tutus (10 épaisseurs par tutu), coupé et cousu quatre culottes, et j’ai fini deux jupes de tutu au complet! Les deux tutus finis doivent être encore tacquer, et les deux autres doivent être fini et tacquer, mais pas pire pour trois jours de travail!