Christmas tree skirt

[Holly Berry]

After 20 years of putting up our artificial tree, I decided to make it a skirt.

Quick project I though, even though I don’t do much patchwork. I hadn’t bargained for the inny/outy pointy bits.

One of my dogs loves it.....to lie on!! I had a really cute photo opportunity, but she moved at the last minute.

[Ohsewsimple]

Never thought of doing one for artificial tree.  We just stick it on a piece of carpet.
Nice job but I can 8magine it would be time consuming. 

[fajita]

Nicely done, @Holly Berry

[snoozi soozi]

Ooo is that a large Schefflera plant behind the tree?

Looks good 

[Ellabella]

Every year I promise I will make one for the following year.  If I ever do it will not be as classy as that one.

[Ploshkin]

Your inny outy pointy bits are excellent.

[BrendaP]

It's lovely, lots of quilting on it too.  Mine have minimul quilting

[Holly Berry]

Thanks for your lovely comments. If I were to do it again, I would baste together the open ends and trim the wadding and backing as a square before quilting, as it was difficult to keep rolled under the the machine’s harp.

@snoozi soozi yes it’s a sheffellera.

[Lisalou1965]

That is beautiful! I made one a few years ago, but not nearly as pretty as that one - looks a bit like a dresden plate pattern, with extra gorgeousness added!

[WildAtlanticWay]

That’s absolutely gorgeous. And why not with an artificial tree? 

Did you follow a pattern?
I’d love to make something like that but I’d need detailed instructions as I’m not experienced enough to wing it by myself.

[Elnnina]

That is a magnificent tree skirt - the patience you must have to make that - well done.

[SkoutSews]

That's lovely. The colours are perfect and I love the way the quilting accentuates the shape of the 'pointy bits'.

I'd also like to know if you used a pattern or designed it yourself. I've never tried P&Q so all I can do is admire.

[Holly Berry]

I found the pattern on YouTube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yA-f2a3icIo. The link to the pdf pattern doesn’t work, but I downloaded it from Studio E fabrics website.

There is also a tutorial by the same lady for doing the inny outy pointy bits.  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5hv53Eq44Uo

It was easy, once I’d done a couple of the points. The hardest bit was trying to scale up the templates on my printer!!

I used mainly fat quarters and metre piece I bought in Doughty’s January sales, but had to buy the backing fabric, which I also cut the binding from. I cut straight grain binding for the points as they were on the bias, and bias binding for the centre. My tip, watch the binding video before trimming around the points.

[Flobear]

Beautiful work, @Holly Berry
It will be a new Christmas tradition as you fetch it out each year.

[annieeg]

@Holly Berry
Really effective and very striking.  Love your colour/fabrics combination.