So! I’ve finally finished my Christmas tree skirt! I sort of took my time on this one. I’ve felt slightly lackluster about sewing lately, probably because of all the other things that need to be organized for the holiday. But, Christmas is almost hear, so time to relax and have a cup of hot cocoa.
I used Kim’s magnificent tree skirt tutorial for this project. It utilizes the Drunkard’s Path blocks.
Fabric – I used 13 different fat quarters for my prints (well, really they were 1/2 yard pieces, but I only used half of each). For the solids, I purchased 4 different 1/2 yard pieces. I had extra left over of the solids, so I used the remnants of those to cut bias strips (each strip I cut at 4″), pieced them together, then used my ruffler foot to make the ruffles (although you can also gather them by machine by running 2 rows of basting and pulling the threads). I had barely enough of the ruffles (in fact, I had to let some ruffle out in order to make it all the way around the circle!). For the backing, I used 1 yard of a candy cane striped fabric. I didn’t have any batting on hand, so I used 1 yard of Pellon Thermolam (it’s 1-sided fusible, so I fused it onto my tree skirt top and quilted it).
I used my Accuquilt GO! Baby to cut the fabric for this project, although you can certainly use any Drunkard’s Path template (they are 3-1/2″ squares that finish up at 7″ blocks when piecing 4 together).
Pattern Pieces – There were no pattern pieces, although I did borrow my grandmother’s tree skirt to trace it onto newspaper so that I could transfer the markings to my tree skirt after I had pieced it.
Illustrations/Instructions – Kim has a lot of photos in her tutorial, which is really helpful. I had a great time piecing the curved edges, they really do look so wonderful (and not hard!)! These were great blocks for the tree skirt, and I love how the solids look like polka dots and/or ornaments!
Conclusion – Great little quilted project, if you have another quilt under your belt, you’ll be fine! It’s also a wonderful opportunity to try a new technique!
Merry Christmas to everyone!!
So adorable, Sara!! I love it!
I’m so excited you showed us this when you were done and took a picture of it around your tree. It really turned out great, dont we just love Kim. I thought I already have a red tree skirt but then it came to me to have this one on top of my red one, it’d be so cute, it would really look like a skirt. I think I’ll make one after Christmas before I put my decorations away. Thank you for the inspiration ladies!!!!
looks fab! i really need to remember to make a christmas tree skirt sometime this summer so i’m ready for next year 😉
Your tree skirt looks beautiful!
How cute! I love the colors you used!
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Yay for a finish, it looks great :o) I know what you mean about the lacklustre thing though, *having* to make things rather than enjoying your hobby puts you off a bit, still, only a week to go ;o)
very nice
Looks amazing Sara!!!!! I love your colors!!!!!!!
Very bright and cheery. Well done!
It looks fantastic! Love the superheroes on the tree too! 🙂
This is so cute. I love the different color ruffles too.