My finish today is an entire year in the making! Well actually, a month in the making and 11 months sitting in a box half finished.
My tree skirt is finally completed and under the Christmas tree waiting patiently for presents. My cats are having a very good time breaking it in, in the meantime.
I used the tree skirt pattern from Fat Quarterly’s 2010 Christmas issue. You can still download it here. The tree skirt was designed by Brioni “Flossyblossy” Greenberg and it’s just the cutest little tree skirt ever!
I thread traced around all the appliqués with a darning foot, because I am too lazy to sew around them with a normal presser foot (sew 3 ” and turn, sew 3″ and turn…argh!). I quilted wintery, blustery swirls in the background, which is my very favorite free-motion design.
I somehow lost my Fat Quarterly PDF when I went to find it this year, so I made up the closure. I think it was something like this. Those are big 1.5″ covered buttons and I just inserted button loops into the binding.
It looks so great under the tree! Just ignore the bottom 6″ of the branches. My kids like to lay on the tree skirt and pull the ornaments off the tree.
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I hope everyone is having a great holiday season. I really can’t believe Thanksgiving was over a week ago and it’s isn’t even December yet.
I leave you with our photo with Santa.
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merry christmas! your skirt is gorgeous!…and ur children(?) are more beautiful!! i have a pic of mine in a similar state of mind! love it!!
Ahaha! Great Santa picture, the kind they’ll love when they’re older. The skirt turned out so cute.
Uhhhhh… I don’t think she wants anything to do with Santa! Poor girl – her brother seems pretty stoked though! I love your tree skirt – it is absolutely incredible – that FMQ really makes it wintery.
Cutest tree skirt but absolutely adorable Santa photo!
I love the tree skirt! I have a picture of Johnnie at about that age crying on Santa too 🙂
Lovely tree skirt! Poor little sad girl. 🙂 Santa is kind of scary, no? Actually this one looks very kind and friendly.
The tree skirt is an awesome finish and the quilting is superb! The Santa photo is one that will bring many grins at future gatherings…..ahhhhhh, the memories!!!! Hugs, D
I love the fabric covered buttons and the striped binding. I’ve only got as far as drawing a circle on the background. 🙂 Perhaps next year.
I love everything about your tree skirt, Janice — the colours, the design, the FMQ. LOVE! Great job!
Love your tree skirt! And the Santa photo is great! I have some similar Christmas photos from the other day!
It’s beautiful!!!
That is so amazing looking under your tree!!!
your tree skirt is so incredible beautiful! i love love love it. great work. i hope to get one made for next year.
That is a great Santa pic! I absolutely love that adorable tree skirt – I like everything about it – the design, the fabrics, the quilting!
This is so beautiful!
Gorgeous tree-skirt. I think most of my projects are like that “a year to make because they spent 11 months in a box.” Well done . . . great memories for the little ones.
love this tree skirt! signed up for the give away and got lost here. great blog!
Your tree skirt turned out great! I am still working on mine-the one on my blog is one I made for my daughter. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
I LOL ! want to do if I start maybe done by next Christmas:-)I have
a fun way to show off a tree skirt, just finished helping a customer do her house for Xmas
and her coffee table was perfect for the tree skirt we place( anything) over the opening . even a small tree would work….childrens books and a few brass candle sticks….it really shows off the appliquied designs and we were not doing a tree so it had to go some where…..so now I have a reason to even want to do one my dinning room table is round??????
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Can you still get this PDF? I can’t find it.
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The link for the pattern no lonnger works. Could you please send it to me? Beautiful job btw!
The pattern is no longer available…can you help?
Just love your work and am truly inspired by your projects. Unfortunately, this pattern is no longer available on line, would it be possible to get a copy? Thank you Jane
Wish this was still available.
Apparently you are no longer allowed to download the pattern. I would love a copy if anyone has it. Yours is adorable!
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‘Wow beautiful tree skirt. Also, as the wife of a Santa…we have that exact same Santa Chair in our Living Room to use for visits with Santa. The pattern is not longer available…any measurements you can share with me to help me get a tree skirt finished?