Christmas Tree Skirt
What would Christmas be without a stressful sewing project? Haha only joking, but somehow I manage to squeeze in a few too many quilting/sewing projects each Christmas season.
This year was no different as I decided to make a Christmas tree skirt! I wanted something super minimal and nothing I could find in stores really piqued my interest (or my budget, for that matter).
I grabbed red yardage from Walmart (3 yards was less than $10!) and made some rough sketches. I knew I wanted it to have scalloped edges and thought (erroneously) that the three yards of red I bought would be enough for both sides. It was actually barely enough for one side because of the way I assembled it. If I did this again I’d just make one giant circle, quilt it to the back, and then make the scallops before binding. It would have been much simpler!
Instead, I decided to do the following:
cut out triangles for each scalloped section
give each triangle a rounded bottom edge (I used an empty cereal box to make a template)
sew them together to make a circle
I had lots of help from my toddler in running “quality control” before I started found a good fabric to be the backing.
Since I ran out of red, I found a cream cotton in my stash that I’d bought on discount at Hobby Lobby earlier this year. It had specks of gold glitter throughout that would look lovely under the Christmas lights. I sewed together some batting scraps and then pieced together a giant square of the cream glitter fabric to use as backing.
Quilting it was a lot of fun, even though it took many, many hours of dizzying work sewing in circles. I let the blue beach towel that was serving as a placeholder tree skirt motivate me to finish.
I made a two-toned binding (red on one side, cream on the other) to finish it off so that it is all red on the top and all cream on the bottom. It was time-intensive and took a lot of careful work but sooo worth it! I love that it’s reversible and can be cream or red! I finished the binding, washed it, and had it under the tree with three days to spare before Christmas. I love how it turned out and hope that it’ll last forever!
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas!
