I'm starting to plan for the skirt, the crinoline needs to be planned out so I know how much tulle to buy. I have it planned out as the skirt will be, obviously the waist band, then the first layer only has one four inch strip of tulle, the second has two, the third has three and the bottom layer which will be six inches will have five strips of tulle. In total that's 1.5 yards, that being said there's going to be a minimum of two of these so I can have one of each color and I'm gonna stay with even numbers for the other layers. I'm debating on how many layers of this tulle I should do.

Here's the math and a small visual.

each layer's gonna be like this

== the waistband, satin/elastic 1" elastic with waistband.
(__) 1 strip tulle 4x54"
(____) 2 strips tulle total 4x108"
(______ ) 3 strips tulle total 4x162"
(_________)5 strips tulle total 6x270"

That's 1 layer at 1.5 yards.

For this costume should I go for a whopping 15 yards of fabric and do 10 layers? or would that be too fluffy?

let me know what you think guys ^-^