Christmas Tree Skirt Finish
 

Good thing I began this in May!
My friend chose the fabrics for her tree skirt and it didn't occur to me to tell her they all needed to be cotton, so she picked some stretchy, metallic stuff for the spokes. I had to interface all that as well as I could to stabilize it and then she wanted the binding to be metallic....Found some silver metallic bias tape. Was that a joy to put on. Not. Then, some crystals and it's done. Whew.

I was happy with how the FMQ paisleys turned out.

When my son saw it he said, "Our Christmas tree is done in purple...Are you making one for us?":shock:

Watson

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Wow Watson, you certainly stepped up to the challenge working with those fabrics! But the end result is quite breathtaking with that big silver star. I can't imagine working with that stuff to make the binding. Lame's are a royal pain to work with no matter what but to make a binding out of it, ugh.

If you do decide to make one for yourself, look into using Silk Radiance (a cotton silk blend) or silk dupioni. You get the shimmer from the silk without all the headaches of synthetic metallic fabrics.

Wow that is spectacular!!! Is there one on the back burner for DS???

Oh my, your friend started something. it is lovely and i agree, one for your tree is next.

That is so cool! I've never seen a tree skirt quite like it :-) Bravo for your perseverance, it turned out fantastic.

Nice job! That must be a really good friend!

nicely done

Watson, that is amazing!!!!!!!!!! You did a fabulous job!

that is a glamorous, sophisticated tree skirt. Love it.

Amazing. BrendaK