I was going for a hoop skirt sort of thing (sort of a Civil War era thing), so I may leave the bell as it is, however, I definitely see your point about resting the upper tutu down on the bell.  I will work on that this weekend.

This is actually my first week working in 3D modeling.  I purchased Rhino ages ago, but just never had the time to play with it.  All I had done before was build Bryce primitive structures.  However, the more I work on the few things I've started, the more I am enjoying it.

I have textured a set of slippers to match, although beats me if they'll ever be seen.  :)

Could be worse, could be raining.