Tree Skirt!
12-19-2010, 11:10 AM
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Last year after Christmas, we gave away our longtime tree skirt. I totally forgot about that until THIS year when we had a tree without one!
Someone else has done this method within the past few months, and that's where i got the idea! Took a "squarish" section of poinsettia fabric and a matching white muslin, and used batting ends zig-zagged together for the middle...
Someone else has done this method within the past few months, and that's where i got the idea! Took a "squarish" section of poinsettia fabric and a matching white muslin, and used batting ends zig-zagged together for the middle...
batting "ends"
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simple loop-de-loop quilting
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12-19-2010, 11:19 AM
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Used a marking pencil on the WRONG side (green lead...wouldn't you know it? lol! )
Not pictured is me folding the whole thing in half, then in 1/4 and ironing an "X" into the center. Then I placed a safety pin and flipped over.
Attached 2nd safety pin to the first one and created an easy arc with a piece of cotton yarn tied to the marking pencil and safety pin.
Not pictured is me folding the whole thing in half, then in 1/4 and ironing an "X" into the center. Then I placed a safety pin and flipped over.
Attached 2nd safety pin to the first one and created an easy arc with a piece of cotton yarn tied to the marking pencil and safety pin.
Used the short end of the string to make the center...that worked out, didn't it? :lol:
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Drew a line from the center safety pin to the edge, cut with scissors then serged everything.
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12-19-2010, 11:25 AM
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By this time I was so excited that I'd have a project done in a day, I forgot to take pics! So, I made a standard binding and used a measurement of 5x the diameter of the skirt and had about 12-15 inches left over. This part was super fast because instead of doing 2.5" strips, I did 2.75 and I just put a little cut on the end of the fabric and then RIIIIIIPED! Everything was super accurate and it took me 2 minutes to do it this way instead of 10. For the win!
(Now it's under the tree, all covered up with gifts. Oh, the irony!)
(Now it's under the tree, all covered up with gifts. Oh, the irony!)
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